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BlackRock turns optimistic on credit

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2020
... valuations have come down for the asset class. "We have upgraded credit to modestly overweight. Extraordinary measures by central banks - including purchases of corporate debt -provide a favorable backdrop. Developed market central bank actions should ...

Chief economist update: Turns out Brexit was heaven

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2020
... stabilised, reflecting the partial easing of trade tensions and the significant loosening of monetary policy by many central banks over the past year," he said. "Global business confidence and other manufacturing indicators have generally picked up. ...

Credit value exists in emerging markets

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2020
... manager said it expects to see external sovereign bond issuance increase in EM during 2020. "We've already seen EM central banks move to reduce benchmark interest rates and boost liquidity, and most EM countries are planning large relief programs to ...

Listed infrastructure mispriced: FSI

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 APR 2020
... multiples despite interest rates being low to negative around the world. "I do get worried about governments and central banks printing money, but I sleep well at night knowing they can't just make more real assets like our Zurich's airport, FL electric ...

Wall Street rally runs out of steam

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2020
... currently a fine-balancing act between bulls and bears, with the bulls pointing to the unprecedented actions taken by central banks and governments to stimulate their respective economies, and the bears who think there is a lot more bad news to come." ...

The catalysts for a rebound

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2020
... down in core bond yields around the world, and the aggressive actions taken across the board by the Fed and other central banks, we see a clear scenario emerging on the back end of this.

Opportunities in fixed interest during crisis

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2020
... Sivapalan said the support for markets could see a permanent loss of capital for corporates. "Our thesis is that central banks will come through with strong support for markets through this crisis and we're getting ahead of that," he said. "Equally ...

The shape of recovery

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2020
... traditional economic playbook has been thrown out the window. "Quantitative easing (QE) was an unfinished experiment as central banks never really unwound it," Jennings said. "Now we have gone QE to infinity and beyond we really are in a galaxy far ...

Not buy time yet: Lonsec

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2020
... earnings part is the trickier of the two. He says while the liquidity in the fixed income universe has improved since central banks eased further, it is still changing day to day. In Australia, the Reserve Bank has promised to inject at least $2 billion ...

Chief economist update: AUD depreciation no cure for coronavirus

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2020
All good things must come to an end and this 'Lucky Country's' luck appears to have ran out after enjoying 28 years and a bit without an economic recession. Australia has survived economic and financial market upheavals over the past three ...