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Advisers bolt to cash, gold

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2020
... equal amount in outflows of riskier assets, namely Australian equities. The BetaShares Australian High Interest Cash ETF (AAA) and ETF Securities Physical Gold (GOLD) were the top two ETFs receiving $166 million and $133 million respectively in July ...

Chief economist update: Could COVID-19 dissenters be correct?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 AUG 2020
... small businesses doubt they can survive latest lockdown The Australian: Victoria lockdown to slash GDP and risk state's AAA credit rating The Sydney Morning Herald: Victorian lockdown make RBA decision tougher It could get worse, for as news.com.au ...

Government announces $184bn deficit

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2020
... undermine the structural integrity of the Budget with all three major credit ratings agencies having now reaffirmed Australia's AAA credit rating during the pandemic." The economic support in response to COVID-19 is estimated to have increased the level ...

Chief economist update: Australian outlook under COVID-19

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2020
... that, the budget blowout has not stirred nor shaken credit rating agencies. S&P Global Ratings maintained Australia's AAA rating and negative outlook because it "reflects our expectation that the economy will begin to recover from recession during ...

Chief economist update: Still the best and better than all the rest

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUN 2020
... forth and spend to save the economy from its first and only recession in 29 years. Even better, Australia has retained its AAA credit rating despite the government's massive spending. As Moody's Investor Service noted when it recently maintained ...

BetaShares launches new ETF

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2020
... decline. The bonds which GGOV invests in are typically of very high credit quality, with 40% of the bonds in the portfolio rated AAA and an average portfolio credit rating of AA as at April 30 this year. The fund's index methodology selects only G7 government ...

TCorp funding hits $10bn since late March

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2020
... manager will continue to explore further funding opportunities to achieve the funding requirements of the state. TCorp is rated AAA by S&P and Aaa by Moody's. It has a balance sheet of $95 billion.

COVID-19 will bite into credit ratings

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2020
... credit rating - as economic growth contracts and debt levels balloon. To date, there are only 10 countries unanimously rated AAA by the three credit rating agencies - Standard & Poor's, Moody's and Fitch Ratings - namely: Australia, Canada, Denmark ...

Australia's AAA rating at risk

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2020
S&P Global Ratings revised Australia's AAA credit rating outlook to negative in the wake of the economic impacts of COVID-19. The AAA credit ratings for NSW and Victoria were also revised to "negative" by S&P. The outlook revision does not guarantee ...

Wall Street surges as Sanders drops out, Wuhan reopens

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2020
... zero interest rate policy, not to mention one of the largest fiscal responses amongst all nations (which could cost us our AAA sovereign rating)," he said. He argues a V-shaped economic recovery is difficult to envision. "Any economy will rebound when ...