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Dividends ripe for the picking

ANNABELLE DICKSON | TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2020

... well on the back of global economic concerns and the immense amount of money printing being undertaken by the US Federal Reserve," Hamson said. In addition, consumer staple stocks like Woolworths and Wesfarmers performed well throughout the pandemic ...

Chief economist update: Fed heads for the mountain

BENJAMIN ONG | FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2020

... year due to the pandemic - produced another significant shift in US monetary policy. On August 27 at the Hole, US Federal Reserve chair virtually buried the Philips Curve - the inverse correlation between inflation and the unemployment rate - by announcing ...

Chief economist update: Worse news is better news

BENJAMIN ONG | THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2020

... to support the flow of credit to households and businesses, it would be appropriate over coming months for the Federal Reserve to increase its holdings of Treasury securities and agency residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS) and CMBS at least ...

Chief economist update: Cheaper prices not a bargain

BENJAMIN ONG | THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2020

... minus 0.05%. The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has already stressed that it won't go negative but as US Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell reiterated overnight: "The path of the economy will depend significantly on the course of the virus."

Chief economist update: Gold 2000

BENJAMIN ONG | WEDNESDAY, 29 JUL 2020

Gold prices have already been on the up and up last year, buoyed by major world central banks' about face towards a more accommodative policy - led by the US Federal Reserve's interest rate cuts (July, September and October 2019). Gold prices ...

Investment strategies need to change: GSFM

ELIZA BAVIN | TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2020

... was put to work in early April "We have been around 85-90% invested since April. We based this on what the US Federal Reserve did," Griffin said. There were many solvency concerns at the time, but the Fed took that off the table, so we put the money ...

Pension funds apply pressure on climate change

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR | THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2020

... addition to the lives and livelihoods of tens of millions of people across the country." The message was sent to the Federal Reserve, Comptroller of the Currency, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Commodity ...

Chief economist update: Not easy easing restrictions

BENJAMIN ONG | TUESDAY, 14 JUL 2020

... strongly in May. We have entered an important new phase and have done so sooner than expected." This was what US Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell declared before the Committee on Financial Services of the House of Representatives two weeks ago (30 ...

Chief economist update: Extraordinarily uncertain outlook

BENJAMIN ONG | TUESDAY, 30 JUN 2020

US Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell has painted an optimistic picture of developments in the US economy while at the same time warning of extraordinary uncertainty. "As the economy reopens, incoming data are beginning to reflect a resumption of economic ...

S&P warns of record fallen angels

ELIZA BAVIN | FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2020

... central bank to pump liquidity into the market through corporate bond purchases may help buffer the market. "The Federal Reserve's April 9 announcement that it would be including COVID-19-era fallen angel credits in its corporate liquidity facilities ...

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Australian Unity to shed 195 roles

MATTHEW WAI

Australian Unity is reducing its workforce by 195 positions due to underperformance stemming from delays in government support for its Home Health platform and the integration of several businesses.

Count shutters limited-advice business, slips in size ranking

MATTHEW WAI

Count Financial has reportedly wound up its restricted SMSF/limited-advice service, losing some 26 advisers on the Financial Adviser Register, latest data shows.

First Super recruits head of investments from Prime Super

MATTHEW WAI

First Super has appointed a new head of investments, replacing Chris Artis, who was in the position for the past three months on an interim basis.

BMO eyes Euroz Hartleys' capital markets business

KARREN VERGARA

Euroz Hartleys confirmed it is in discussions with Canada's BMO Financial Group for a potential sale of its capital markets business for $145 million.

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