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Aussie funds bleed $4bn in March

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2020
... Calastone, which says it covers 95% of local platforms and 75% of funds management firms with automated transactions. "The magnitude of redemptions in March illustrates the effect COVID-19 is having on investment momentum in Australia, where aside from ...

Chief economist update: BOJ expands Enhancement of Monetary Easing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2020
... seem, these downgrades could still be downgraded "depending on the timing of the spread of COVID-19 subsiding and on the magnitude of the impact on domestic and overseas economies". This is also because the Japanese central bank's latest forecasts ...

Multi-asset strategies key in COVID-19 crisis: First Sentier

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2020
... said. "The key difference this time is that the changes in the economy are fundamentally different in their speed and magnitude and depth, and we've had to speed up our own process." Instead of reviewing economic conditions on a six-month basis, the ...

Credit value exists in emerging markets

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2020
... be approximately $150 billion, much of which would go to refinance existing borrowings," Western Asset said. "As the magnitude of the growth shock from coronavirus and energy has unfolded, we now believe this year's new supply will be as much as $300 ...

APRA questioned on fund liquidity

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2020
... as well as the regulators scenarios for stress testing. "What sort of scenarios are assumed for stress tests such as, magnitude of market falls, levels of unemployment, magnitude of switching between options, and magnitude of switching between funds," ...

Australia versus the world

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2020
... imbalance that developed in the post-GFC cycle. The programs put in place by the Fed and ECB have done little to stem the magnitude of that leverage. "Australia has hitherto avoided that problem," he said. Anthony Kirkham, portfolio manager for the Legg ...

Super funds asked to model early release impact

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2020
APRA has asked superannuation funds to submit their in-house modelling on the magnitude of impact they are expecting from the Federal Government's special allowance for early release from superannuation. The prudential regulator asked superannuation ...

Will COVID-19 infect mortgages and RMBS?

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2020
... real estate financing market is in danger of inciting a liquidity freeze," Barrack said. "A market collapse of this magnitude would have catastrophic follow-on effects across the American economy." Meanwhile, closer to home La Trobe Financial (a non-bank ...

COVID-19 shaves $290bn off super

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2020
... superannuation, about $2.2 trillion is non-self-managed. If we apply a 13% fall to this, it implies a loss in the order of magnitude of $290 billion," Rainmaker executive director of research and compliance Alex Dunnin said. The country's largest superannuation ...

Why remediation jobs aren't short-term

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2020
... was likely to have to repay more than 30% of the ongoing advice service fees charged by authorised representatives of Magnitude and Securitor. In its 2019 results, AMP estimated its remediation costs would hit $778 million. Many of the big banks have ...