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Coronavirus is an investment opportunity: Fidelity

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2020
COVID-19, despite its obvious health hazards and hysteria-spooked market volatility, can actually be an opportunity for investors, enabling them to purchase the market's darlings at discounted prices. That's according to Paul Taylor, portfolio ...

REITs resilient in face of virus: Principal

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2020
... in Australia (A-REITs) have been volatile, as corporate reporting suggested the recent bushfires and growing coronavirus (COVID-19) concerns had a significant impact on trade. She said regional shopping centres have been particularly affected. "Lower ...

Major industry events cancelled amid pandemic

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2020
... year - SHINE4Kids, Starlight Foundation and Learning Links -will be continuing their work despite market volatility and COVID-19 outbreaks. "It's at times like these that they need our support more than ever," she said. McLaren added that FICAP hopes ...

ScoMo launches $17b stimulus package

ALLY SELBY, ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2020
... as it ramps up its efforts to dodge a coronavirus-sparked recession. It comes as the World Health Organisation regrades COVID-19 to a global pandemic, with 118,326 cases of the virus globally and 4292 deaths. The stimulus package will directly support ...

Stopping SG is nuclear response to COVID-19

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2020
... says industry funds are "well-placed" to deal with the decline in the Australian and global share markets caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. "But due to the diversity of assets in super funds' portfolios the losses are likely to be far more muted than ...

Westpac not evacuated, misinformation abounds

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2020
... confirmed it is business as usual. The discovery of three Westpac employees at its Barangaroo offices with suspected cases of COVID-19 forced the bank to take some precautionary measures, including sending some employees home so that cleaning could occur ...

Chief economist update: Budget surplus or bust

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2020
It's official! The World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared COVID-19 a pandemic. Uh, scary! But what's in a word? According to the ABC : "An outbreak is a sudden rise in cases of a disease in a particular place. An epidemic is a large outbreak. ...

Moody's to give free research

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2020
... Moody's economic and credit resources to help our stakeholders around the world address the uncertain situation related to COVID-19." This comes after many financial institutions have spoken of their concerns about the financial and economic impact of ...

Active managers: Opportunities abound

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2020
While COVID-19 may have some reeling from uncertainty, active managers are seeing it as their time to shine as opportunities for growth crop up. T. Rowe Price's head of investments, Robert Sharps, said while he is not seeing any wholesale change from ...

Trump slams Fed in Twitter tirade

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2020
... government stimulus - with the White House reportedly working on a proposal to assist businesses and workers impacted by COVID-19; including plans to cut payroll taxes to 0%, relief for hourly workers, and assistance for the airline, hotel and cruise ...