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BlackRock, BNP Paribas form strategic alliance

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2020
BNP Paribas and BlackRock have tied the knot on a strategic partnership designed to deliver integrated investment management capabilities to mutual clients. BNP Paribas Securities Services and BlackRock's Aladdin investment management platform have ...

The domino effect: Oil falls, markets follow

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2020
Despite all the jaw dropping falls that investors have endured during the COVID-19 crisis, the US oil price crash overnight may just be the worst. The price of West Texas Intermediate crude oil for May plunged more than 190% during trade on Monday ...

Oil tanks

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2020
... that they have to take delivery on at some point during May". Sinking oil prices came despite the belated agreement (around mid-April) by OPEC plus to chop 9.7 million barrels per day - equivalent to 10% of global supply - in May and June. Not enough ...

Regal Atlantic fund down 58.6%

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2020
... an elevated level of net exposure to the underlying market and a continued tilt on the long side to a number of smaller and mid-cap companies that have been significant contributors to the fund's 82% performance in 2019." Regal said it has since ...

Telstra issues 10-year bond

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2020
... would use the funds from the note for general corporate purposes, including pre-funding of future debt maturities. "Since mid-March Telstra has also secured an additional $940 million in bank facilities, and Telstra now has a total of $3.6 billion of ...

Not the time to sell products

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2020
While the arrival of the COVID-19 crisis may have come as a prime product selling opportunity for some, Allianz Retire+ chief executive Matt Rady is adamant that the more appropriate behaviour is to support advisers. Speaking to Financial Standard ...

ISA warns Aussies off locking in losses

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2020
The peak body for industry superannuation funds has launched an advertising campaign to warn Australians against crystallising their losses amid the market turmoil caused by COVID-19. Re-using a line from the backing track present in its television ...

COVID-19 damage to stretch several quarters: Natixis IM

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2020
... of the year and into 2021, Lafferty predicted. "We expect markets to remain volatile with significant selling pressure to mid-summer (July)," he said. "However, a bigger washout in sentiment, earnings, and valuation should give way to a more durable ...

Big banks cop a beating

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2020
... 'aa' category," the agency said. "We expect these conditions to affect asset quality and earnings in particular, with the mid-points of both factors reduced by a notch for the large Australian banks, with negative factor outlooks." Fitch said ...

Centrepoint executives depart, pay cuts implemented

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2020
... crisis." Benbow said the company has been systematically moving from lower quality rebates to recurring fee-based revenue since mid-2018. "We are well positioned to respond to capital management strategies as they arise," Benbow said.