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Chief economist update: Labor Day mayday

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2020
It would have been funny had it not been for the gravity of the circumstances the planet has found itself in these days of the coronavirus pandemic. For right on the eve of "Labor Day", the US Department of Labor reports that more than 30 million Americans ...

Aussie analysts share COVID-19 investment tips

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2020
With global markets rocking one way and the other in the last two months, it's not too far a stretch to imagine investors are feeling a little seasick, or at the least dumbfounded. Despite a recession knocking on the world's door, investors ...

Chief economist update: Approaching peak isolation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2020
... April - the lowest since records began in September 2007 - from 33.8 in March. These contrast with the rebound in the Caixin China composite PMI to a reading of 46.7 in March from 27.5 in February (no April update yet) - with the services PMI jumping ...

Australian fund regulation below average: Morningstar

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2020
... taxation. While Belgium, Finland and Norway received above average grades. Along with Australia, Morningstar pointed to Canada, China, Japan, New Zealand and the US as "below average" fund markets needing to improve. The research house did not assign ...

ESG performing positively: MSCI

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2020
... negative contribution to performance," the research found. "In the case of the MSCI EM SRI Index, the underweight in the China International market and the overweight in the South Africa market accounted for most of the negative country contribution. ...

COVID-19 will bite into credit ratings

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2020
... the distribution of the "contributions to global direct fiscal stimulus in response to COVID-19" as follows: G7 (75.1%); China (10.9%); other sovereigns (10.6%); Australia (3.4%). These countries are the ones contributing the most to the war against ...

Markets react as antiviral drug disappoints

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2020
... did not reduce the coronavirus pathogen in bloodstreams, nor did it improve patients' conditions in a clinical trial in China. The biopharmaceutical company disagreed with the report, arguing the trial had been terminated early due to low enrolment ...

AMP bleeds $18 billion

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2020
... million in the prior corresponding period, which AMP said was due to strong inflows into fixed income products managed by China Life AMP Asset Management. AMP chief executive Francesco De Ferrari said he was pleased the wealth manager was "showing up ...

Best, worst performing Aussie equities funds

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2020
... sectors, which were all negatively impacted by the faltering economic conditions, oil price collapse, and lower demand from China," Morningstar said. "Yarra maintains a high-conviction portfolio, with an unwaveringly large exposure to the economically ...

COVID-19 to lead to deglobalisation: Amundi

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2020
... geographical perspective. "The new Silk Road is one important example of this concept, based on the growing influence of China in the geopolitical landscape and beyond Asia." Emerging markets would not be able to deal with the economic and health challenges ...