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Opportunities and threats amid COVID-19 crisis

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2020
... global governments curtailing activity in an attempt to slow the spread of COVID-19 will see oil use in air and land transport severely curbed, though the quantum of volume loss is difficult to determine given uncertainty around the duration of the slowdown ...

Macquarie shares halve in COVID-19 sell-off

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2020
... pandemic. It cannot," he said. "Only through proper health policies: temperature checks at every building, and on public transport, rapid testing for all suspected cases, mandatory quarantine for suspected cases and contact tracing for all confirmed ...

Industry fund awards infrastructure mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2020
An industry fund has allocated about $27 million to an unlisted infrastructure fund from First Sentier, as it diversifies its portfolio. Christian Super invested €15 million (about $27.4 million) to the First Sentier European Diversified Infrastructure ...

Active managers: Opportunities abound

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2020
While COVID-19 may have some reeling from uncertainty, active managers are seeing it as their time to shine as opportunities for growth crop up. T. Rowe Price's head of investments, Robert Sharps, said while he is not seeing any wholesale change from ...

Global stocks plunge as COVID-19 fear accelerates, oil crashes

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2020
Global markets, already feeling the burn from the spreading COVID-19 virus, have tumbled further, after Saudi Arabia sparked an oil price war which saw oil futures plunge more than 30%. Nearly $140 billion was wiped from the S&P/ASX 200 yesterday, as ...

Coronavirus no match for Future Fund

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2020
... "Particularly on the Chinese economy. And so we've had a look at our exposure to the industries I was talking about before - transport and education - industries that would be exposed to that." Arndt pointed out the Fund's recent public commentary ...

TCorp issues first Euro bond

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 18 FEB 2020
... real assets in its investment management arm. An infrastructure specialist, Callebaut previously served as director of transport and infrastructure at KPMG. TCorp chief investment officer Stewart Brentnall praised her appointment. "Diana is a high calibre ...

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

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2020
The same way as a computer virus freezes the computer's operating system, the coronavirus - renamed COVID-19 - has forced China into lockdown and slowed, if not completely frozen, economic activity in the country. But even without the government-mandated ...

Chief economist update: Coronavirus threatens Tokyo Olympics

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2020
... lot of empty bleachers. Gone too would be tourist spend on shopping, amusement services, food services, accommodation, transport and cultural experiences. Never mind travel bans and quarantines and what have you, the coronavirus scare would make individual ...

TCorp hires former Cbus head

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 28 JAN 2020
... formerly the head of infrastructure at Cbus. Prior to joining the $54 billion industry fund, Callebaut was director of transport and infrastructure at KPMG. Earlier in her career, Callebaut worked at Credit Suisse and N.M Rothschild & Sons. "Diana is ...