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Fed buys up BlackRock ETFs

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2020
BlackRock has emerged as the biggest winner of the US Federal Reserve's corporate bond buying program, with its ETFs making up around half of the central bank's purchases. The Fed bought US$1.58 billion in investment grade and high-yield ETFs in May ...

Chief economist update: What to expect when you're expecting

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2020
... early days, the Australian central bank and the Morrison government's largesse have moderated earlier expectations for a sharp contraction in the domestic economy. The earlier than expected flattening of the Covid-19 curve and the consequent gradual ...

Chief economist update: Eurozone contraction heads from mild to severe

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2020
... single currency region's economic growth of between 8% (medium) and 12% this year. This is hardly surprising given the sharp 3.2% (year-on-year) drop in Eurozone GDP in the March 2020 quarter that followed a 1.0% growth in the December 2019 quarter. ...

The future is fast arriving: BlackRock

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2020
The shock of the COVID-19 pandemic, which has now claimed more than 350,400 lives and will likely cost the global economy $1 trillion, has set off a chain reaction that will forever change our long-term return expectations and strategic allocations. ...

Sentiment weakens as macro threats loom

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2020
... stimulus, along with early superannuation withdrawals, will actually see household cash flow improve in Q2 and Q3, before a sharp fall in Q4. "This suggests renewed downside risk to Q4 consumer spending if the economy and labour market has not 'snapped ...

Australia approaches fiscal cliff: UBS

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2020
... superannuation and more deferred interest payments on debt. Payrolls only dropped 0.2% over the two weeks to May 2, UBS said, a sharp improvement from -0.9% during the prior two weeks and the 6.3% slump during the three weeks before that. "The total ...

Opportunities exist in high yield: Eaton Vance

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2020
... volatility in high yield markets. "Fundamentals for high-yield issuers are weakening markedly against the backdrop of a sharp contraction in global economic activity - unknown in its extent right now - and which governments and central banks, on their ...

Chief economist update: Pay cut or pay not?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2020
... months, along with business closures and social restrictions. The 'dreamy' unemployment rate is explained by the sharp drop in the participation rate from 66.0% in March to a 15-year low of 63.5% in April - those dropouts aren't classified ...

Investors pile into companies on life support

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2020
... additional business pressures and when the market may reduce some of its 'optimism'," Lucas said. "COVID-19 is a sharp but small impact to investment. Sectors are all over the place currently." Similarly, Page believes investors should still ...

Frontline worker death nominations spike

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2020
The chief executive of Catholic Super and Equipsuper has shared new data revealing a sharp increase in enquiries on life insurance and updates to death nominations for essential workers. Scott Cameron said the five offerings over which he serves as ...