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Chief economist update: Lock us down Scotty!

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2020
... underlying psychology of this all is that a total lockdown would imbibe a sense of panic in communities and the entire country in general. But isn't it better to lockdown all social interaction and commercial activity for two weeks or two months ...

NAB Private director starts new venture

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2020
... Strathnaver Capital to distribute funds in Australia. "It will represent a small selection of investment managers and be their country representative in Australia," Borysiewicz told Financial Standard. "We will focus on institutional and wholesale market ...

Chief economist update: What happens in China...

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2020
... to try and get ahead of the debilitating consequence of the increasing number of infections from the coronavirus. One country after another is closing its borders, limiting, if not entirely preventing, person to person contact. Guess online dating will ...

Insurers halt some virus cover

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2020
Two of the country's biggest insurers have halted cover for COVID-19 for some new customers, in new exclusions since the outbreak of the virus. TAL and MLC Life have introduced new policy provisions for any new customers in response to the COVID-19 ...

JP Morgan commits $86m to COVID-19 crisis

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2020
JP Morgan Chase & Co has committed $86 million (US$50 million) to address global public health and long-term economic challenges from the spreading COVID-19 pandemic. It comes as the World Health Organisation reports 786 new coronavirus-related deaths ...

World rolls out stimulus

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2020
... government will do "whatever it takes" to offset the economic impact caused by the virus, with Johnson promising to put the country on a "wartime footing". New Zealand's $12.1 billion package amount to 4% of GDP, in what the finance minister said ...

Best, worst equities performers in COVID-19 sell-off revealed

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2020
Latest insights show the fortunes of the 2019 equities rally laggards have changed, having so far come out on top during the COVID-19 crisis. Asia and emerging market strategies have topped their diversified global equities counterparts amid the dramatic ...

Chief economist update: Australian recession here we come

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2020
... on whether or not to submit my daily rant for today. Here's to hoping I'm 200% way off my rockers, but as one country after another self-isolates itself to contain the still growing coronavirus pandemic, the likelihood that Australia's 28-year ...

Philippines halts all trading

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2020
... President Rodrigo Duterte's announcement placing the entire Luzon under "enhanced community quarantine"." Luzon is the country's largest and most populated island, with 57 million people now restricted to their homes. Following in the steps of Italy ...

Chief economist update: China leads the way

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2020
... become tedious to keep track of the number of infections on a daily basis, it's become hard to keep tabs on which country has closed its borders, which central bank has eased policy and which government announced new stimulus measures and by what ...