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US faces deepest recession on record

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2020
... accommodation and food services. However, state comments indicated a wider impact across industries." These include healthcare, social assistance, manufacturing, retail, wholesale trade and the construction industry. In a release, secretary of labor ...

Opportunities and threats amid COVID-19 crisis

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2020
... support over the longer term." Surprisingly, considering COVID-19 is a health crisis, Potter believes that demand for healthcare will reduce. "Although healthcare is typically perceived as being a relatively defensive sector, the reality is that times ...

Extended lockdown could spur worst recession on record: Grattan

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2020
... of any potential offsetting impact on employment of additional demand for workers in expending sectors, such as in healthcare and other essential services," he said. "Nor do they factor in the impact of fiscal stimulus measures adopted by governments ...

BGH Capital, Canadian pension fund shelve NZ acquisition

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2020
... acquisition of an Australia New Zealand dental practice chain as COVID-19 shutdowns impact the latter's operations. Abano Healthcare Group, which is listed on the New Zealand stock exchange, in November agreed to BGH and the Canadian pension fund ...

ASX suffers worst quarter in over a century

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2020
... 7% on the penultimate day of trading and, at the close, is 12% up from its 2020 lows." According to the report the healthcare sector finished Q1 in positive territory, rising of 2.1%. "Companies with low leverage and high return on equity offered relative ...

Times of turmoil create opportunities: deVere

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2020
... job and investment opportunities in others." He pointed to big tech as a likely winner, as well as pharmaceutical and healthcare firms, delivery brands, supermarkets and manufacturers of electronic goods. Green said the world would "of course" recover ...

Chief economist update: Lock us down Scotty!

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2020
... an ever growing amount of money tyring to mitigate the growing number of infections. Latest reports tell of Italian healthcare workers now contracting the virus, add to that the dwindling number of medical supplies and equipment - due to the disruption ...

Elanor launches new fund

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2020
Elanor Investors Group has announced the establishment of a new healthcare and real estate fund, bringing funds under management to over $1.9 billion. The fund, Elanor Healthcare Real Estate Fund, was established with the acquisition of two healthcare ...

JP Morgan commits $86m to COVID-19 crisis

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2020
... small businesses and those immediately affected by the crisis. Of this US$15 million, US$5 million will help to provide healthcare, food and other humanitarian relief around the world, US$2 million will help the firm's existing not-for-profit partners ...

Best, worst equities performers in COVID-19 sell-off revealed

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2020
... cash position, an overweight to emerging markets, and a bias to quality defensive stocks in the consumer staples and healthcare sectors," Morningstar said. Strategies that perform well in down-markets, like Milliman Managed Risk, are also likely to come ...