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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 ...

Melbourne boutique adds to team

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2020
... boutique's initial strategy has focused on high-grade sovereign bonds backed by governments with a credit rating of AA or AAA in Australian dollars. In March last year, it opened a sophisticated/wholesale investor-only strategy that invests in global ...

Chief economist update: Is the A$ becoming a safe-haven currency?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 OCT 2019
... factors determining exchange rate values. Numero uno is that Australia's credit rating is better than America's - AAA vs. AA. That is, although both are expected to be able to repay debt obligations, Australia can repay them better. This is underscored ...

Chief economist update: Beam us up Scotty

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2019
... cost of capital - hurdle rate - of 10% even after funding costs have fallen sharply over the past few years. Australia's AAA corporate bond yields have fallen to around 1.5% from about 4% five years ago and over 6% 10-years before. Even yields on ...