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Pandemic response concerns overblown

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2020
... national income in 18 years, and then halve again to 2.5% in a further 18 years. "So, the costs of what we're doing really are big. And important. But they shouldn't scare you as much as they have." In a piece published on The Conversation, UNSW Professor ...

Chief economist update: Oil gush

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2020
... Sure, equity markets were already sliding since the start of the year but it was on this day that markets had their first big fall - the S&P 500 index dropped by 7.6% on that day; the Stoxx 600 index plunged by 7.1%; the Nikkei-225 index went down by ...

Is it time to lean on the Future Fund?

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2020
... borrowings or it may decide it wants to run a higher debt to GDP ratio instead of paying down debt. Future Fund won't have a big role in funding the stimulus spending, including for early release withdrawals, according to Oliver. "Future fund has ...

Fixed income liquidity squeeze bites

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2020
... are not a consideration," he says. "But if you do, practice what we call good trading hygiene in trading - avoid putting in big orders at market and avoid trading near open and close, as this is when the trading price and NAV differences tend to be the ...

Return of the king

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2020
... their balance and see how far it has declined," Vynokur said. "From our perspective it is critical to keep the focus on the big picture, and focus on the long term and not actually getting into panic." "I think it is very important for investors to be ...

Lonsec recommends PCFM fund

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2020
... said Antipodes believes China is starting to reintroduce normalcy to day-to-day life in the nation, which he said will make a big difference to important supply chains. "We think selectively there's opportunities in some of the higher quality consumer ...

Bigger balances, bigger blow: Elia

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2020
Speaking to Financial Standard, Hostplus chief executive David Elia has said it's the super funds with higher average account balances that should be worried about the impact of the early release scheme. Hitting back at public commentary suggesting ...

Opportunities and threats amid COVID-19 crisis

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2020
The spread of COVID-19 has seen a dramatic turn in the global economy; where earlier this year growth was almost tangibly real, now a downward trajectory towards deep recession seems much more likely. But one asset manager believes there is both opportunity ...

First in first out?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2020
... the resumption of business and social activity after a month of lockdown and stressed that companies still face relatively big operational pressures with more firms reported funding shortages and falling demand than in February -- reasons why the People's ...

Super funds' dirty, poor performing stocks revealed

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2020
New research has revealed the 22 ASX 300 companies - many of which super funds have exposure to - that are polluters and haven't performed well this year. Activist group Market Forces released a new report today, titled Out of line out of time ...