Newspaper icon
The latest issue of Financial Standard now available as an e-newspaper
READ NOW

Search Results

Showing 601 - 610 of 3123 results for "Crisis"

Property giant kicks off capital raise

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2020
... proceeds from the capital raise will strengthen the REIT's balance sheet and provide flexibility amid the COVID-19 crisis, Charter Hall said. The firm's retail REIT has a Baa1 credit rating, as recently re-affirmed with Moodys. Charter Hall also ...

A case for flexible asset allocation: First Sentier

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2020
... Investment managers with fixed multi-asset allocations may have been better served by a flexible approach during the COVID-19 crisis. That's according to First Sentier Investors, who argue a flexible, dynamic multi-asset approach to investing can ...

ANZ accused of exploiting staff

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2020
... union had received "hundreds" of complaints after ANZ asked all staff to take their accrued leave. "ANZ is exploiting this crisis to pad out its results with unused staff leave," FSU secretary Julia Angrisano said. "ANZ and chief executive Shayne Elliot ...

No golden ticket for super funds

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2020
... performance of gold should have a negative correlation to the performance of equities. However, Williams said the current crisis is very much testing this theory. "The performance of gold through March reveals something surprising: USD gold prices (based ...

VIC, TAS lead Australia: CommSec

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2020
... said future reports will prove to be valuable as CommSec tracks how each state and territory has navigated through the crisis and into an eventual recovery phase. "If we look ahead, recovery of the Chinese economy may boost prospects for resource economies ...

Businesses urged to apply for JobKeeper

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2020
... on the other side. "JobKeeper provides the practical financial support small businesses need as we wait for this health crisis to pass."

Billionaires club rakes in cash amid COVID-19 crisis

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2020
... Policy Studies revealed the "pandemic profiteers" that have benefited from plummeting tax obligations amid the COVID-19 crisis. Amazon founder Jeff Bezos was one such billionaire, whose fortune increased by an estimated $39.3 billion (US$25 billion) ...

The next big short

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2020
... be," Burry told Bloomberg. "This is very much like the bubble in synthetic asset-backed CDOs before the Great Financial Crisis in that price-setting in that market was not done by fundamental security-level analysis, but by massive capital flows based ...

Has COVID-19 solved the advice problem?

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2020
... Shadforth's Terry Dillion certainly thinks so. Speaking to Financial Standard, Shadforth chief executive Terry Dillon said the crisis has forced the firm to adopt a style of working which may open the door for it to deliver a new low-cost advice model ...

Please be aware of the nearest exit

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2020
... economy having to adjust to a new normal that may last well into 2021." Berg said it is likely the ongoing effects of this crisis are going to continue for some time yet, and Australia's exit will be gradual. "The risk of going early is still large but ...