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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 ...

Family office manager hires Discovery director

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2020
... Discovery Asset Management for five years, where he covered industrials, consumer discretionary stocks, healthcare and materials. Prior to this, he was a senior analyst/portfolio manager for QIC's Australian small companies fund for six years. Discovery ...

Dealer group boosts compliance team

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 17 DEC 2019
... technical officer. In her new role, Mirzoyan will present at PD days and conferences, and develop compliance and advice materials. This will include SOA templates, technical articles and policies and procedures. Mirzoyan was most recently a technical ...

Best online brokers revealed

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 22 AUG 2019
... Direct customers reported the most overall satisfaction and the most satisfaction with customer service and education materials. When it came to value for money, SelfWealth clients felt they were getting the best deal. CommSec was the winner when it ...

Association policy lead to join Treasury

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 15 AUG 2019
... planners, tax professionals and actuaries amongst others. It aims to assist SMSF trustees by providing them with education materials to assist in the running of their SMSF.

Australian equity markets remain clean: ASIC

KRISTI CHENG  |  THURSDAY, 1 AUG 2019
... compared to scheduled announcements. ASIC also found announcements by smaller companies - many of which were in the materials sector -- were more likely to be unclean. Finally, while the percentage of suspicious trading accounts remained stable, the ...