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Self-isolation to accelerate secular trends

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2020
... highly leveraged stocks - many which have traded on nose-bleed valuations - will "naturally be hit hardest". "Over the past few years, we watched as many investors poured into growth at any price and for a while we have been commenting that valuations ...

Return of the king

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2020
... cash for liquidity, certainty and optionality," Doyle said. "If we build portfolios based off what has done well the last few years, then that is backwards looking. We want to always be positioned for the uncertainty that might lie ahead." Doyle said ...

Bigger balances, bigger blow: Elia

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2020
... single listed asset [as at March 31] but we may need to, depending on what the demand is," Elia said. "We're sitting on a few billion dollars in cash and we've still got cash coming in, so we're going to be well positioned to meet members ...

Opportunities and threats amid COVID-19 crisis

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2020
... consumption, will do reasonably well," he said. "Retailers that sell into cafes and restaurants will be negatively impacted, but few retailers are overly exposed to this sector. In both the retail and bank sectors, the biggest risk is the shutdown goes ...

ACTU pokes holes in JobKeeper

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2020
... why it should not." McManus said the union movement and Australia's business groups had been working together over the past few weeks to call on the government to subsidies wages to the tune of at least 80%, to ensure Australians were employed even in ...

ASX suffers worst quarter in over a century

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2020
... and 17% respectively in March, according to the S&P Dow Jones Indices quarterly report. "While there have been relatively few confirmed cases of COVID-19 so far on either side of the Tasman sea, markets in Australia and New Zealand were swept up in a ...

Super funds' dirty, poor performing stocks revealed

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2020
... question. In January the 22 companies represented 7.54% of the ASX 300 by market cap (15.56% with BHP added) and now, just a few months later, they represent 5.77% of the ASX 300 by market cap (13.61% with BHP). The market cap of the 22 companies fell ...

Market recovery or dead cat bounce?

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2020
... founder Claude Walker said investors should still be cautious going forward. "The massive share price rises over the last few days is gratefully received by investors, but is quite likely assisted by end-of-quarter rebalancing," he said. "What we are ...

FEW launches Livestream series

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2020
... In response to COVID-19, Financial Executive Women has launched an industry-first Livestream event series for its members. FEW Connect, which will showcase industry leaders and experts four days a week, is open to all members and staff of FEW's corporate ...

Diversification pays off for some, but not all: bfinance

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 30 MAR 2020
... a quarter were not. About 11% of respondents to the survey had made significant changes to their portfolios over the last few weeks, while a third made minor tactical adjustments. However challenges remain. "Most are rebalancing to prior weights, or ...