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Chief economist update: USA Inc is under new management

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2021
... declared that with interest rates at historic lows, the smartest thing is to "act big" on COVID-19 relief to shore up the recovery and prevent economic scarring. What's good for the US of A will be good for the rest of the world. However, Trump's ...

Boards suffer from disconnect between risk, strategy

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JAN 2021
... to inform the strategic decisions they make," Nyssen said. "With the increasing potential for an Australian economic recovery in 2021, now is the time to build on the lessons learnt from 2020, and build cultures which are comfortable with taking and ...

ETF industry approaches $100bn

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 19 JAN 2021
As new investors turned to exchange-traded funds (ETFs) to cash in on the market volatility and consequent recovery in 2020, the industry reaped the benefits breaking several records, new research shows. The BetaShares Australian ETF Review for year ...

Chief economist update: Japan's second state of emergency

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 JAN 2021
... government's latest state of emergency declaration. Hoping for the best, "...the country's economy will likely head for a recovery as the impact of the coronavirus pandemic gradually subsides", Kuroda said. But preparing for the worst Kuroda ...

MySuper eyes growth asset returns

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2021
... Australian Ethical had a 50% strike rate. The stock market downturn in February and March 2020 followed by the strong recovery over the rest of the reporting period increased volatility (the standard deviation of monthly returns) significantly. Rainmaker ...

Careful portfolio rebalances needed: First Sentier

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2021
An uneven recovery in equity markets and diminishing returns from fixed income mean investors will need to carefully rebalance their equities and bonds mix in 2021, according to First Sentier Investors. In its 2021 outlook, the multi-asset solutions ...

Platforms start to shake ERS impact

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 15 JAN 2021
... overvalued. "We continue to see medium-term value in IFL (OPFM) which remains our top pick. While there are concerns over a recovery in flows, revenue margin pressure and attrition, we believe these are more than factored into the share price," Credit ...

Chief economist update: Yuan the victim of China's success

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 JAN 2021
... the second consecutive month that it had been in the black following seven straight months of contraction and a sharp recovery from the 24.5% drop recorded in February last year. China's success has, in turn, revved up demand for its currency. The ...

Chief economist update: COVID with a vengeance

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2021
... the week commencing February 15 to 22." This risks of another recession in the UK so soon after the economy's 16.0% recovery in the September quarter, following GDP contractions of 3.0% in the first quarter of 2020 and 18.8% in the second. To mitigate ...

Chief economist update: The virus, the vaccine, the variant

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 JAN 2021
... of previously implemented tariffs and a truce on new tariffs. A confluence of these factors could lead to a stronger recovery than currently projected." What a difference a few months make. The World Health Organisation (WHO) named the virus COVID-19 ...