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Chief economist update: Turns out Brexit was heaven

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2020
Bad timing it may be but, it is what it is. The coronavirus pandemic struck just when the dark clouds of Brexit uncertainty lifted over the United Kingdom. For the best part of three years, Brexit was on every Brits mind - dampening business investment ...

Chief economist update: Thank goodness for Sorbent

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2020
They were loathed, yelled at, vilified and even arrested - but the hordes of panic-buyers and toilet paper hoarders that invaded supermarkets, hardware stores, bottle shops, and businesses selling "work from home" wares may have collectively limited ...

Credit value exists in emerging markets

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2020
Despite the havoc wrung on emerging markets (EM) by both COVID-19 and now the oil crash, a global fixed interest investment manager still sees value in the higher quality part of the market. Western Asset Management said the double-barreled shocks of ...

Australia versus the world

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2020
... the Legg Mason Western Asset Australia Bond Fund said that whilst quantitative easing can broadly define what many central bank responses has been, the RBAs response has offered more "nuances". "In our view, the RBA's emergency rate cut of 50 bps in ...

Pension pots around the world during COVID-19

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2020
... -- which has the tenth best pension system in the world, according to Melbourne Mercer Global Pension Index -- the central bank has allowed four of its five public pension funds to increase their investments in riskier assets. Meanwhile, in the United ...

Listed infrastructure mispriced: FSI

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 APR 2020
First Sentier Investors believes listed infrastructure has been mispriced as a result of COVID-19 pandemic, creating a buying opportunity for shrewd investors. First Sentier deputy head of global listed infrastructure Andrew Greenup said global listed ...

COVID-19 is not the only factor: deVere

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 APR 2020
... remains a key headwind. Green said another concern should be the longer-term inflation threat as already bloated central bank balance sheets are on track to become larger. "As with the asset purchase initiatives rolled out in the last financial crash ...

Chief economist update: BOK holds as infections ease

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2020
... (BOK) decision to keep monetary policy settings unchanged at its 9 April meeting. So does the fact that the Korean central bank announced policy easing measures only less than a month before. At its March 16 emergency meeting, the BOK cut its base rate ...

What's next for income-focused funds

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2020
... according to the Reserve Bank of Australia. However, this year is a different story across the world. The European Central Bank has asked banks to defer dividend payouts until October, while the UK has seen nearly half of its biggest listed companies ...

Wall Street surges as Sanders drops out, Wuhan reopens

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2020
... was still struggling to recover. "Australia (-27.5%) continues to struggle to lift despite very low case numbers, central bank QE and zero interest rate policy, not to mention one of the largest fiscal responses amongst all nations (which could cost ...