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Collapse of REITs spells opportunity: SG Hiscock

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2020
... embarking on other non-core activities - but through the impacts of social distancing. Now, REITs are on the frontline as the economy reopens, Berry said. "Capital markets are opening and functioning, this is not the GFC as feared," he said. "Shops are ...

COVID-19 poses unique human rights threats

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2020
... said. "On the one hand, apps to track down infected people can save lives and help unlock societies, in turn helping the economy. On the other hand, if it is not done carefully, people's privacy is at risk." The idea that privacy rights should be put ...

Expats sweat as main residence CGT cut-off looms

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2020
... transitional period but there has been not a whisper of this likely to take place; given their concerns are focused on the local economy through COVID-19," he said. "I feel as though the thousands of expats who will be impacted by this are being left ...

Chief economist update: Eurozone contraction heads from mild to severe

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2020
... debts of their more profligate neighbours. Moreover, just as the Ricardian equivalence theorem dictates, stimulating an economy through government spending (financed by debt) would fail to boost domestic demand as households and businesses restrain spending ...

The future is fast arriving: BlackRock

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2020
The shock of the COVID-19 pandemic, which has now claimed more than 350,400 lives and will likely cost the global economy $1 trillion, has set off a chain reaction that will forever change our long-term return expectations and strategic allocations. ...

Chief economist update: Japan reopens for business

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAY 2020
... from home and companies to reduce shifts for workers who cannot work online. It couldn't have come soon enough for an economy that's now in deep recession. Japanese GDP plunged at an annualised rate of 7.3% in the December quarter - as private ...

Chief economist update: Hong Kong is ours

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2020
... for China's Politburo. Social restrictions and lockdowns imposed by the powers-that-be to contain the virus sent the economy plunging 6.8% in the year to the March 2020 quarter... but it also halted the series of ongoing protests in Hong Kong that ...

Banks urged to step up

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2020
... he said those capital and liquidity buffers the big banks have built up in the good times should be used to support the economy - not to support shareholders. "If there was ever a time to allow these buffers to be used, now is that time," Lowe said. ...

Chief economist update: Australia needs China more than it needs us

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2020
... rational. However, to apply the same yardstick to another sovereign nation, especially one which is now the second biggest economy in the world... is a big no no... NO. More so if that country (China) buys 34.7% of your exports (based on World Bank figures) ...

Rich Dad feels for financial advisers

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2020
... think this virus is going be around that long but what we'll find is that we don't come out of this because the economy is so weak, so over stretched, so long that all it takes is this one punch to the gut," Dent told Financial Standard. He believes ...