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The sick short: Banking big on the coronavirus

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2020
... (Treasury Wine Estates in particular), the materials sector (BHP, Rio Tinto and Fortescue Metals Group), and oil (Woodside Petroleum) as being shorting opportunities. In comparison, Conway has been recommending small-cap buying opportunities to benefit ...

Chief economist update: Coronavirus infects oil market

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 FEB 2020
... by 1.2 mb/d in 2020 from 1.0 mb/d in 2019. At the same time, as agreed upon on 6 December 2019, the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries, Russia and other oil-producing nations - termed "OPEC+" - reduced production by around 500 kb/d (kilo barrels ...

Chief economist update: The rise and fall of oil

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 JAN 2020
... reductions are pushing the other way. WTI oil has risen by 35.4% and Brent by 34.0% in 2019 after the the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries, Russia and other oil-producing nations - termed "OPEC+" -- agreed to reduce production by around ...

Chief economist update: Oil's well that ends 2019 well

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 DEC 2019
... production cuts that will take effect on 1 January 2020 helped support crude prices. On December 6, the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries, Russia and other oil-producing nations - termed "OPEC+"" -- agreed to reduce production by around 500 ...

Fossil fuel exposures climb at UniSuper

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 21 NOV 2019
... This is up from 18 months ago, when 8% of the fund's exposures were in fossil fuels. The fund has holdings in Woodside Petroleum, Rio Tinto, BHP, South32, Santos, Origin Energy and Macquarie Bank among others. During the year to June end, it added TC ...

Morgan Stanley's top picks for Aussie ETFs

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2019
... Street. SPDR S&P/ASX 200 Resources Fund (ASX: OZR) had 61% invested in top five holdings of BHP Group, Rio Tinto, Woodside Petroleum, Newcrest Mining, and Fortescue Metals.

Chief economist update: Oil to slide into 2020

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 OCT 2019
... deepening slowdown in global oil demand has more than negated the production cuts implemented by the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), Russia and other oil producers. The grouping cut oil output by 1.2 million barrels per day ...

Chief economist update: Plenty of oil

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 SEP 2019
... US could release more oil into the market. POTUS tweeted so: "I have authorised the release of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, if needed, in a to-be-determined amount sufficient to keep the markets well-supplied... PLENTY OF OIL!" At the end ...

Bonds raise alarm at fund manager

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2019
... Windhorst through his holding company Tennor Holding, including Italian lingerie maker La Perla, oil field operator Trent Petroleum Finance and French film distribution company. These bonds were highly illiquid and H20's six funds together had more ...

Chief economist update: Oil market slides from bull to bear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2019
... supply disruptions/sanctions in Venezuela, Libya, Iran and others, plus the implementation of the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), Russia and other oil producers cut output by 1.2 million barrels per day (mpd) from 1 January ...