recession

Funds management

Medium-term outlook for consumer demand remains positive

Despite the challenging period and first recession in Australia in 30 years, consumer spending, particularly in categories such as furniture, home improvement and electro...

Financial planning

Brits fearful as UK enters recession

British expats are likely to grow and safeguard their wealth by moving assets overseas as the United Kingdom enters a recession for the first time in 11 years. ...

Financial planning

Australia’s recession likely already over: BetaShares

The country has experienced the shortest and sharpest economic contraction in history as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic but challenging times will likely persist, Beta...

Financial planning

Australia in recession for first time in 30 years

Australia is officially in its first recession for 30 years, according to figures from the Treasury, but the June quarter will be “more severe”....

Financial planning

Aussies still expect recession in next 12 months

Seven out of 10 Australians think that the country will have a recession in the next 12 months, according to Switzer Financial Group....

Funds management

Capital preservation needed for deepest post-war recession

Investment strategies need to preserve capital, look for strong balance sheets and good quality assets that have been oversold as the scale of the economic shock COVID-19...

Features

InFocus: This time it’s different

Significant market corrections are, thankfully, rare but Ausbil Investment Management executive chair, chief investment officer and head of equities, Paul Xiradis, says t...

Funds management

Economic activity in developed markets expected to recover in H2

Economic activity in developed markets is expected to recover in the second half of the year, but the shocks in some parts of the world could last longer. ...

Financial planning

Signs the crisis has ‘stopped getting worse’

Although we may enter a recession over the next couple of quarters, there are key signals to look for that will signify the crisis hitting its peak, according to a T. Row...

Funds management

More stimulus might be needed

It is unlikely that fiscal stimulus will be able to keep Australia out of recession over March/June quarters and more stimulus may still be needed, according to AMP Capit...

Funds management

Could COVID-19 trigger the next Global Depression?

With falling stockmarkets, it is looking inevitable that Australia will fall into a recession, along with most other major markets, but could the world fall into depressi...

Financial planning

Expect 11% unemployment peak warns Westpac

Unemployment in Australia could reach 11% by June, according to Westpac chief economist Bill Evans, up from its original forecast of 7%, in light of the “extraordinary ti...

Funds management

AMP Capital questions whether stimulus package is enough

Australia will receive a large $17.6 billion direct stimulus package, which will include a $2.4 billion health package and hospital funding to the states and territories...

Funds management

Investors ready to price in global recession

Investors who anticipated a recovery in global growth only a few weeks ago, are now ready to price in a global recession, according to Janus Henderson Investors....

Funds management

Franklin Templeton positions for likely Australian recession

Franklin Templeton has been tactically adjusting its fixed income portfolios in expectation of a possible global financial crisis and is looking to take advantage of attr...