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BlackRock turns optimistic on credit

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2020
... Central bank action including buying corporate bonds combined with cheapened valuation has led BlackRock Investment Institute to upgrade credit to a modest overweight. BlackRock's latest six to 12 month tactical views on major global asset classes (in ...

University of Sydney scores win at CFA competition

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2020
... five USyd students, mentored by Regal Funds Management's Michael Toh, won the Global Champion award at the annual CFA Institute Research Challenge for their research on Commonwealth Bank. Jassis Chen, Jessica Wu, Sahil Arora, Tom Luo and Jeffrey Brown ...

Billionaires club rakes in cash amid COVID-19 crisis

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2020
... by millions, with eight seeing their net worth surge by more than US$1 billion dollars. The latest research from the Institute for Policy Studies revealed the "pandemic profiteers" that have benefited from plummeting tax obligations amid the COVID-19 ...

Chief economist update: Thank goodness for Sorbent

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2020
... spending going forward. This is supported and indicated by the deepening pessimism among consumers. The Westpac-Melbourne Institute index of consumer sentiment plummeted by 17.7% to a reading of 75.6 in April - the biggest monthly decline in the survey's ...

Adequacy argument headlines online CMSF

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2020
... being delivered online. Having been called off like many other events thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees' major super funds conference is alive again, with sessions running online. The AIST is hoping ...

Millions jobless within weeks: Grattan

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2020
New Grattan Institute analysis estimates up to 3.4 million Australians could soon be out of work. The think-tank's latest analysis of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic predicts that between 14 and 26% of Australian workers could be out of a job within ...

Chief economist update: Surveys say...

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2020
... and its implication for consumer spending, and by extension, business conditions and confidence. The Westpac-Melbourne Institute index of consumer sentiment plummeted by 17.7% to a reading of 75.6 in April - the biggest monthly decline in the survey's ...

ASIC provides relief around early super access advice

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2020
... Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand, the SMSF Association, Financial Planning Association of Australia and the Institute of Public Accountants were all involved in the consultation process. "We have come together and collectively worked with ...

BlackRock bullish on China

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2020
... people lining up for popular restaurants again." Ben Powell, chief investment strategist, APAC, BlackRock Investment Institute, and Thomas Taw, head of investment strategy, APAC, ETF and index investing, said in their report that while China has not ...

CBA appoints chief economist

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2020
... eight years as its chief economist. Earlier in his career, he worked for Westpac, SBC Australia, the Nomura Research Institute, and the Salomon Smith Barney Citibank Group, where he spent more than 14 years working in economics and market analysis. Halmarick ...