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Oil to make strong recovery: State Street

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2020
Oil is on track to make a quick and strong recovery despite expectations that a broader recovery is not on the cards for some time, according to State Street Global Markets. Ben Jones, multi-asset class strategist at State Street, said he expects to ...

Currency-hedged ETFs gather pace

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2020
... Ex-Australia Quality (Hedged) ETF (QHAL), BetaShares US Equities Strong Bear Currency Hedged (Hedge Fund) (BBUS) and BetaShares Crude Oil Index ETF - currency hedged (synthetic) (OOO). QHAL has slightly higher inflows than its unhedged counterpart QUAL ...

Chief economist update: Easing restrictions narrow oil demand-supply equation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2020
It's only been just about a month since oil producers were practically paying buyers to come and take their stocks off them. This was on April 20, one day before the WTI oil futures contracts for May delivery dropped to minus US$36.98 per barrel. ...

Fundamentals return to the forefront in EM

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2020
... returning to the forefront in emerging market debt. The research found volatility related to the COVID-19 outbreak and dramatic oil price decline in Q1 2020 precipitated a large sell-off in risk assets, including significant outflows from EM debt funds. ...

Emerging markets weather varied COVID-19 storms

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2020
... had been emerging from recession when confronted by this crisis. With demand for its commodities exports - chief among them, oil - slashed, efforts to maintain economic growth have been overwhelmed." Similarly, neither Indonesia nor India are well equipped ...

Long/Short fund returns 23.2% in April

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2020
... Entertainment. All of these investments were made with a long-term view. Other strong performers included Atlas Arteria, Downer, Oil Search and Alacer Gold. The portfolio currently has 93 holdings, 68 of which are long, and 25 that are short.

Opportunities abound in COVID-19 environment

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2020
... be bounces in optimism and pessimism in the coming months, on both the macroeconomic and market front." While a collapsing oil price may be seen as an indicator of the world economy in recession, it will actually be a positive for businesses as they ...

Capital retention policies may hit investors: Research

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2020
... Walsh pointed out. "Our modelling also shows real estate - especially retail - is at risk of distress. Additionally, the low oil price will test the resilience of many energy companies, and we assume that this will lead to dividends being at risk, especially ...

Chief economist update: The outlook for Australia, according to COVID-19

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2020
... just passed, CPI inflation rose to 2.2%, but it is expected to turn negative temporarily in the June quarter, due to falls in oil prices, the introduction of free child care and deferrals of various price increases. Further out, in the baseline scenario ...

Junk by name, junk by nature?

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2020
... withstand considerably more macro and event-driven stress than their speculative-grade counterparts, the COVID-19 pandemic and oil price shocks have resulted in a marked increase in fallen angels," S&P Global Ratings said. These issuers, who have fallen ...