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Business unusual: COVID-19 threats facing real estate

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2020
... sheet of REITs are in better shape than they were before the Global Financial Crisis, with lower gearing, more diversified debt, longer tenure and higher internal cover ratios - these are all positives. "The sell-off has been significant, while we don't ...

Is it time to lean on the Future Fund?

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2020
The government's $213 billion stimulus package is set to push up the country's total debt but experts say it is not reason enough to draw down on the sovereign wealth fund. The government has so far announced $213 billion in stimulus spending ...

Fixed income liquidity squeeze bites

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2020
... government bonds were trading at bid/ask spreads of 15 to 20bps up from the under 1bps normally, while global high-yield debt was showing even greater dispersion in the spreads as of March 19, according to data compiled by Schroders. The effect is that ...

Opportunities and threats amid COVID-19 crisis

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2020
... significant losses, Potter said. "Banks are highly leveraged with both financial and operational gearing, so a higher bad debt charge will impact profits," Potter said. "The government support package will allow some time before the bad debts ramp up ...

Chief economist update: AUD depreciation no cure for coronavirus

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2020
... AUD/US sank from US$0.80 to below US$60 during the Asian financial crisis in 1997, that was quickly followed by the Russian debt default and the collapse of Long-term Capital Management (LTCM) in 1998; it fell from around US$0.65 to US$0.49 during the ...

Cashwerkz announces new chief executive

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2020
... that, Lechte worked at UBS for 14 years holding a number of roles including the head of Asia and Japan for fixed income and debt origination, head of fixed income for Australia and head of fixed interest trading Australia. He was also a founding director ...

Court confirms Storm Financial founders breached duties

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2020
... in 2009 after being forced into administration by Commonwealth Bank. The Townsville-based company was about $90 million in debt. In 2010, ASIC's initial case centered around specific investors who were advised by Storm Financial and alleged the advice ...

No evidence of fear-driven withdrawals so far: Fiducian

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2020
... suffice to say that when markets fall so does our revenue," it said. "The company has surplus cash for its operations and no debt." All Fiducian staff and franchises have been encouraged to work remotely from home, with the firm revealing it had developed ...

Dow skyrockets in two-day winning streak

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2020
... intervening period," he said. "Credit markets also moved higher yesterday, although it was noticeable that US dollar high yield debt is still close to its lows given that these companies are more likely to fall through the cracks in both Fed and government ...

The impact of COVID-19 on emerging markets

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2020
... "China has been very much out of favour in regards to investor sentiment towards DM, EM, China and US trade, and Chinese debt," Yeung said. "But from a valuation perspective, China as a whole looks very attractive. There are certain brands like Alibaba ...