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Wall Street tumbles, ASX holds ground

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2020
... with the S&P 500 falling another 12% overnight. A sharp cut in interest rates, stricter quarantine enforcements around the globe and a change of tone from US President Donald Trump all triggering one of the worst days on Wall Street since 1987. While ...

Chief economist update: China leads the way

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2020
... haunt: "We're doomed, we'll never make it!" And for good reason. With economic activity frozen in most parts of the globe, a worldwide recession is at hand. The latest economic stats from China - ground zero - provide an indication of where other ...

US turns to QE, RBA to follow

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2020
... Funds Management, said against the current backdrop it seems probable that in the next couple of quarters we will see the globe in recession. "What happens subsequently, and the rapidity of any bounce back, may depend on the agility of the policy response," ...

PIMCO to manage Allianz Real Estate portfolios

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2020
... management of the Allianz Real Estate portfolio to PIMCO. The Allianz Real Estate business has 440 employees across the globe and a portfolio of €70 billion (about $125 billion) in core and core-plus real estate equity and a smaller portion in private ...

Active managers: Opportunities abound

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2020
... "Over the course of the last week we've seen research notes come from our hundreds of equity and credit analysts around the globe highlighting emerging opportunities." Sharps said there are opportunities in securities that are starting to become disconnected ...

Chief economist update: Wall Street sneezes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2020
... the conclusion of its 18-19 December FOMC meeting. Some would claim that the deleterious impact of the coronavirus on the globe is worse than at the height of the tariff wars between Beijing and Washington and Fed rate hikes, others would disagree. I ...

Chief economist update: Who's afraid of COVID-19?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2020
... Oxford sees world GDP growth falling to "nearly zero" in the first half of this year (should the virus infects more of the globe) and to 1.3% for the 2020's entirety. Wait, there's more. Oxford expects the US and the Eurozone to go into technical ...

Factor investing, sustainability a perfect match

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2020
... approaches for instance," he said. "The integration of sustainability aspects have become increasingly important around the globe and we see more and more asset owners having very good ideas about what they want. "They want to build more customized solutions ...

The sick short: Banking big on the coronavirus

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2020
... known that the gears of business in China have slowed, in some cases grinding to a halt, and that supply chains around the globe are being affected," Conway said. "Given the amount of parts Apple sources from suppliers in China, it's not a stretch ...

Bennelong announces executive hires

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2020
... Bennelong and BennBridge are part of the BFM Group, an investment company that currently partners with 12 boutiques across the globe. The group gives its investors access to Australian, UK, Asian and global equities; listed global infrastructure and ...