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Chief economist update: Oil gush

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2020
If financial markets are going to time the beginning of the end - that is, when equity markets started their slippery slide into where we are now, it'll be 9 March 2020. That was the day the music died. Sure, equity markets were already sliding ...

Chief economist update: AUD depreciation no cure for coronavirus

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2020
... isolation and lockdowns limit domestic spending - as would the negative wealth effect from the sharp decline in the financial markets. That's why no one's mentioning a currency war these days. We're all in this together. This time is really ...

ASX suffers worst quarter in over a century

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2020
... March," it said. Kyle Rodda, market analyst at IG, said yesterday marked the end of a turbulent quarter for global financial markets. "All-time highs and practically a sense of euphoria characterised its first half, and a bear market and a sense of total ...

Investors flock to TCorp floating rate note

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 30 MAR 2020
... issuance into its 2025 floating rate note, as investors seek shelter from the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on financial markets. With the COVID-19 pandemic continuing to impact financial markets, New South Wales' $108 billion public sector investment ...

RBA expands stimulus measures to states

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2020
... yet as efforts continue to contain the virus." The bank will also continue to provide liquidity to Australian financial markets by conducting one-month and three-month repo operations in its daily market operations until further notice. In addition ...

Avoid listed wealth giants: UBS

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2020
... equities teams have called out AMP and IOOF as two stocks investors should avoid amid the current turmoil engulfing financial markets across the globe. Laying out how Australian equities can help investors through the current period of market volatility ...

RBA pulls QE trigger

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2020
... open to only the highest quality borrowers." The bank will also continue to provide liquidity to Australian financial markets by conducting one-month and three-month repo operations in its daily market operations until further notice. In addition, it ...

deVere launches global contactless advice offering

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2020
... people's finances." Green also pointed out a future era of negative interest rates and ongoing volatility in financial markets will need attention, given "perhaps once-in-a-generation" buying opportunities would spring forth. "Against this backdrop ...

Volatility hits super funds

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2020
The current volatility of global financial markets is taking its toll on some of Australia's largest superannuation funds. Latest Rainmaker analysis of superannuation returns and unit pricing shows Australia's large superannuation funds aren't ...

Financial regulators poised for action

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2020
... Australia's financial regulators stand ready to take a range of actions to ensure the effective operation of financial markets, including the relaxation of some regulatory requirements and the acceleration of outstanding customer remediation. As ...