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Emerging markets weather varied COVID-19 storms

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2020
... vulnerable to the threats posed by COVID-19," they said. "Brazil had been emerging from recession when confronted by this crisis. With demand for its commodities exports - chief among them, oil - slashed, efforts to maintain economic growth have been ...

ASX appoints compliance chief

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2020
... Lewis initiated and implemented the ASX's emergency capital raising relief to support listed companies during the COVID-19 crisis, Johnstone added. Lewis will take up a newly created position as ASX special counsel of regulatory policy, where he will ...

Chief economist update: Will emerging markets be first to emerge?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2020
... its April WEO update, the IMF declared that, "Among emerging market and developing economies, all countries face a health crisis, severe external demand shock, dramatic tightening in global financial conditions, and a plunge in commodity prices, which ...

Frydenberg amends Corporations Act

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2020
... Meetings, as well as permitting the digital execution of documents over the coming six months. "Throughout this health crisis it has been a fundamental priority of the Morrison government to keep the economy going even with the disruption and the constraints ...

Opportunities abound in COVID-19 environment

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2020
... Regardless, we believe that quality companies will settle back on the growth paths along which they were headed before the crisis. This crisis has offered a rare opportunity to cycle capital into the highest quality portfolio at the most favourable prices ...

Super switching three times higher: CFS

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2020
... who understand that super is a long term investment but are prepared to take advantage of lower prices in the middle of a crisis." The data also revealed that pre-retirees (aged between 50-64) were the most likely to switch to cash, followed by those ...

MySuper bounces back

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2020
... worst impacts. The results bring the average fall in the MySuper sector to -10% since the onset of the Corona Financial Crisis on 20 February. Rainmaker's advance SelectingSuper index is based on an analysis of 20 MySuper products offered by not-for-profit ...

Aussie banks battered by pandemic

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2020
... of protracted decline, the big four banks are set to face some major headwinds, Dring said. Even before the coronavirus crisis, banks were faced with a tough half-year, PwC's Australian banking and capital markets leader Colin Heath said. While focus ...

ERS shaves $4m off Raiz Super

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2020
... shaved $4 million from Raiz Invest's superannuation offering, as members drew down on their savings to weather the COVID-19 crisis. Funds under management in Raiz Invest Super fell 6.7% over the past three months, however, it was up 0.3% in the month ...

TCorp funding hits $10bn since late March

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2020
... offshore interest in last week's issuance has allowed TCorp to continue to fund the public sector amid the COVID-19 crisis, Trigona said. "The recent issuance has allowed us to meet our strategic objective of funding the state's needs in these ...