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Chief economist update: Thank goodness for Sorbent

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2020
... 75.6 in April - the biggest monthly decline in the survey's 47-year history -- from 91.9 in March. Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) governor Philip Lowe is equally downtrodden. In his recent outing (April 21), governor Lowe proclaimed the Australian ...

HUB24 net inflows up 72%

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2020
Despite global markets crashing in March, HUB24 continued to experience strong net inflows in the quarter of $1.4 billion, with gross inflows of $1.8 billion. The specialist platform said these inflows had been driven by support from its large national ...

The great fall of China

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2020
... fourth, fifth and down the line are also in line for contractions in their respective economies. While the Reserve Bank of Australia and the Federal government's stimulus measures would help limit the negative flow-on impact on the Australian economy ...

Macquarie cash offering soars

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2020
A Macquarie Bank cash offering has seen record interest as financial advisers look to safeguard their client's wealth amid the COVID-19 crisis. Speaking to Financial Standard, Macquarie banking and financial services head of payments and deposits ...

What's next for income-focused funds

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2020
... 2019, listed companies paid out about 65% of their earnings as dividends to investors, 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 ...

Chief economist update: COVID-infected Aussie stats trickle in

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2020
Ho-hum. Financial markets widely expected the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) decision to keep monetary policy settings unchanged at its April meeting especially so soon after announcing a comprehensive accommodation package the month before ...

Opportunities in fixed interest during crisis

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2020
... look quite stable, he said. "On the rates side, bonds are starting to be quite anchored because the Reserve Bank of Australia has signalled that cash rates will be held at 0.25% for at least the next three years," Sivapalan said. "We've observed the ...

The week that was

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2020
... proposed an alternative solution to soften the blow of COVID-19, one reliant on borrowing funds from the Reserve Bank of Australia rather than superannuation funds. Finance professor Kevin Davis said the government's "early superannuation release" ...

Why banks are lifting TD rates

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2020
In a somewhat surprising move, banks are lifting some of their term deposit rates despite the Reserve Bank of Australia slashing the cash rate to an all-time low of 0.25% last week. It comes after Australia's biggest bank, the Commonwealth Bank ...

RBA expands stimulus measures to states

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2020
The Reserve Bank of Australia has injected around $2 billion into state bonds, as it expands its unconventional monetary policy measures. The move comes as a bid to revive the ability of the states, particularly New South Wales and Victoria, to borrow ...