FINANCIAL CRISIS

Tools & guides

There are four stark differences in the effect this year’s financial crisis is having on currency, writes Francesca Fornassi, compared to during the Global Financial Cris...

Funds management

The Reserve Bank of Australia will need to be ‘innovative’ in how it manages this financial crisis and support liquidity, writes Janus Henderson’s Jay Sivapalan. ...

Expert Analysis

A decade on from the fall of Lehman Brothers, Jeffrey Kleintop looks at what market shocks and vulnerabilities have the potential to spark another financial crisis should...

Superannuation

Superannuation returns can provide lessons for dealing with crises, with the sector’s performance since the GFC showing the importance of taking a long-term view even whe...

Superannuation

The GFC, divorce, fraud, and foreign super funds should be considered by the Government when consulting on the $500,000 super lifetime cap proposal, DBA Lawyers believes....

Funds management

Markets are unlikely to return to pre-GFC conditions economies shift away from an industrial base towards a digital and service base....

Editorial

The industry funds are seeking to play the consumer protection card in their defence of the default funds under modern awards regime but the real beneficiaries of the sta...

Funds management

The use of managed futures as an alternative asset investment should be approached with caution due to their recent volatility and the likelihood they may be exposed to p...

Life/Risk

Industrial property asset owners can expect yields to compress over the course of 2015, as demand for “super prime” properties rises, according to CBRE Research....

News

Profitable investing in the post-Global Financial Crisis (GFC) environment requires far more than simple good luck or good management. Instead, a new paper by AMP Capital...

News

The boom is over: long live the boom. A greying developed world, China’s slowdown and the faltering performance of the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Afric...

Editorial

Sean Fenton looks at the merit of long/short investment styles in today’s volatile markets. ...

Editorial

Planners' appetite for fixed income has been on the decline, but will question marks over rates and markets change that? Kate Cowling investigates....

Editorial

In the fourth article in this series on equity investing, Hugh Young discusses why people and a strong culture are so important to successful companies. ...

Life/Risk

Developers will have the defining say in whether industrial properties across Australia continue to provide strong yields for investors, according to a report from Collie...

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