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Oil tanks

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2020
... oil and nowhere to store them. Just as the Australian Financial Review (AFR) reports, "With demand down 30 per cent worldwide due to the coronavirus pandemic, and the main US storage hub in Cushing, Oklahoma expected to fill up in a matter of weeks ...

Chief economist update: Oil gush

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2020
... composite index by 3.0%; and, the S&P/ASX 200 index plunged by 7.3% It was also the day when cases of coronavirus infection worldwide stood at "only" 110,000 with the death count at "only" 3800 and before, one after another, countries around the world ...

ASX suffers worst quarter in over a century

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2020
... the Tasman sea, markets in Australia and New Zealand were swept up in a global sell-off as businesses and countries worldwide went into lockdown in March," the report said. "Global markets were rocked by extreme levels of volatility as equities whipsawed ...

The week that was

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2020
... in combating the pandemic's effects. However, greater uncertainty was also posed. As the number of COVID-19 cases worldwide nears half a million and the death count surpasses 21,000, the global economy has taken a beating that many have described ...

COVID-19 uncertainty sees AMP withdraw guidance

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2020
... throughout the pandemic." The number of deaths from the pandemic has now surpassed 21,000, with nearly 470,000 cases worldwide, according to data collated by Johns Hopkins University. The financial services giant joins a string of other listed companies ...

Insurers halt some virus cover

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2020
... "Policyholders may also be assured that there are no travel related exclusions in the standard contract - it includes worldwide cover," the insurer said. "While ClearView is monitoring the situation, there are currently no plans to introduce a pandemic ...

deVere launches global contactless advice offering

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2020
Global wealth management group deVere is responding to the COVID-19 outbreak by immediately launching a free, worldwide, contactless advice service. In an effort to ensure those seeking advice stick to global social distancing standards, deVere is launching ...

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

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2020
... named the best performing global funds during the current sell-off as Antipodes Global Fund-Class P, Stewart Investors W Worldwide Leaders, Platinum International Fund, and Milliman Managed Risk Global Shr-Class A, which have suffered 12.52%, 13.41% ...

Chief economist update: China leads the way

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2020
... "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 economies ...

Chief economist update: Budget surplus or bust

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2020
... to 0 from +2 due to weaker trading conditions and profitability....and this was before the coronavirus turned into a worldwide coronaphobia. The extent of coronaphobia could be discern from the Westpac/Melbourne Institute's latest survey of consumer ...