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Advisers adapt as crisis unfolds

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2020
... dedicated portal for information during the crisis, which includes more than 50 adviser support articles, client facing materials, business continuity plans and tips on remote working and staff wellbeing." To reduce costs during this period of volatility ...

Healthcare outperforms as financials plummet

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2020
... said. The sector itself has increased ten times during the last two decades, now approaching the size of Australia's materials sector. "One key change to the composition of the S&P/ASX 200 over the past two decades was the outsized growth of the ...

Mayfair 101 accused of misleading advertising

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 6 APR 2020
... has cooperated with all ASIC's information requests and has already added additional information to its website and materials to further ensure investors are fully informed about the risks and rewards of its investment products," it said. "The Mayfair ...

Opportunities and threats amid COVID-19 crisis

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2020
... insurers, as part of packages, will mean that businesses cannot claim BI due to COVID-19," Potter said. The building materials sector is likely to be significantly impacted by COVID-19. "From a relative standpoint, the sectors which are most likely to ...

Virus fallout worse than GFC: IMF

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2020
... also pointed to the devastating effects on the global supply and demand for dry bulk shipping stocks, like building materials and commodities. Gopinath said the effects are similar to during the most acute phase of the global financial crisis, reflecting ...

Chief economist update: A crisis of supply, demand and confidence

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2020
... really). Low and even nil borrowing costs would be unable to re-start operations in factories that couldn't source raw materials from their suppliers and/or whose workers are ill, quarantined or simply afraid of contracting the virus in their workplace ...

Chief economist update: Coronavirus causes equity market correction

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2020
... supply chains and inhibiting productive capacity. Weak demand and decreased production (due to the unavailability of raw materials/parts) has led to reduced economic activity and lower economic growth. But does this spell the end of the world as we know ...

The sick short: Banking big on the coronavirus

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2020
... short anything China-facing. He pointed to the consumer discretionary sector (Treasury Wine Estates in particular), the materials sector (BHP, Rio Tinto and Fortescue Metals Group), and oil (Woodside Petroleum) as being shorting opportunities. In comparison ...

Chief economist update: COVID-19 could hit Australia with triple whammy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2020
... would have to source their goods elsewhere (and perhaps, at a higher price) while businesses using Chinese parts and materials as inputs would need to stop production until Chinese production resumes... and the system reboots.

Aussie share funds boast stellar 2019

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 20 JAN 2020
... year allocated their assets wisely. "The top quartile funds for the full year were generally overweight Healthcare, Materials, Consumer Discretionary, Industrials and Information Technology," Seck said. "BHP and Macquarie Group were among the large cap ...