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Return of the king

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2020
... on cash was so low," he said. "I think these periods can act as a good reminder of the different value and risk of everything in a portfolio." As Doyle explained, a cash holding can provide certainty in uncertain times, and actually gives investors more ...

The week that was

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2020
... Australia, according to the Department of Health, social distancing measures have seen strict rules placed on just about everything, from restaurants and cafes to weddings and funerals. As a result, earlier this week saw hundreds of thousands of Australians ...

Macquarie shares halve in COVID-19 sell-off

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2020
... "A deposit guarantee from the government (like during the GFC) or something similar might be necessary as well but everything possible would be done to ensure the banks survive. If they fail, we have far bigger problems." Medallion Financial Group managing ...

Banks defer small business loan repayments

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2020
... still requires authorisation from ASIC. The news comes after Commonwealth Bank chief executive Matt Comyn vowed to "do everything that we can" to keep businesses open and people employed during the crisis. Comyn said this is a "very difficult" period ...

Chief economist update: Cash splash

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2020
... that's paralysed economic activity. Fiscal and monetary authorities are splashing cash, printing money and throwing everything at their disposal to try to prevent the certainty of a global recession from turning into a global depression. According ...

Best, worst equities performers in COVID-19 sell-off revealed

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2020
... markets." Australian investors have suffered heavy losses during the COVID-19 sell-off, as they race to sell anything and everything to generate liquidity. "Australian investors have seen the domestic bourse among the hardest hit in Australian dollar ...

Volatility hits super funds

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2020
... shares, and overseas shares, and technology stocks for example, gives members a fairly wide exposure, without betting everything on the one asset class." CORRECTION: An earlier version of this article included incorrect returns for AustralianSuper's ...

Chief economist update: China leads the way

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2020
... expected given the stoppages and closures implemented in the country. But just as my uncle and his dog blame China for everything corona, Beijing also provides a glimpse of how this coronavirus game of chicken will eventually play out. At the height ...

Former Toys "R" Us executives face fraud charges

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2020
... misrepresented TRU's financial situation to induce toymakers to provide goods on credit. Some toymakers lost almost everything." Private-equity firms KKR, Bain Capital and Vornado Realty Trust acquired the toy company in 2005 for US$6.6 billion. ...

Advisers too time-poor for cash management

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2020
... accounts across different institutions. "Gone are the days when I just had all my bank accounts with one bank, and had everything in one spot," McArdle said. "Most people today have got kind of a scattering of bank accounts with different banks. And ...