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Chief economist update: The outlook for Australia, according to COVID-19

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2020
... 45.6) and services (down to 19.5) contracted at their fastest pace on record - gives credence to the RBA's gloomy outlook on Australian economic growth. The lead from the ANZ job ads series - released a day before the RBA meeting - also supports ...

Aussie banks battered by pandemic

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2020
... loan losses in the face of anticipated deteriorating conditions and a highly uncertain - and potentially bleak - economic outlook," he said. ? "We are still in an interim period where the banks are not yet aware what the full extent of these losses will ...

Chief economist update: Eurozone good news to get worse before it gets better

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2020
... headline focus has been on firms scrapping dividends, withdrawing FY guidance, tapping credit facilities and warning over the outlook." "For Q3, analyst expectations are now set for a 29.1% fall in EPS vs 27.6% a week ago. Further out, Q4 earnings expectations ...

Chief economist update: No escaping the inverted yield curve

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2020
... much so that by the Fed's December 2019 FOMC meeting, Chairman Jerome Powell was waxing optimistic, "Our economic outlook remains a favourable one despite global developments and ongoing risks. With our decisions through the course of the past year ...

Lloyds profits down 95%

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2020
... 2019. The bank's underlying return on tangible equity was 4.7%. The total impairment charge due to the bleak economic outlook was £1.43 billion. Part of the impairment comes from the bank putting aside money to cover loans that it expects will not be ...

Colonial First State closes global fund

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2020
... COVID-19 pandemic for the losses. "The quickening spread of the coronavirus this month sharply altered the global economic outlook," Acadian said. "We continue to believe in the value of our systematic process that invests at the intersection of attractive ...

Junk by name, junk by nature?

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2020
... superannuation." Frontier's clients usually allocate 5% of their assets to high yield bonds, he said. "Frontier has upgraded its outlook on high yield bonds in particular, but some concerns still remain," Kemp said. "The speed of the recovery in ...

Chief economist update: BOJ expands Enhancement of Monetary Easing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2020
... revised GDP and inflation projections explain why both fiscal and monetary are pulling out all the stops. In its 'Outlook for Economic Activity (April 2020)' report, the BOJ downgraded GDP growth to -0.4 to -0.1% in FY2019 (from +0.8% to 0.9% ...

Praemium adds Chi-X products

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2020
... aim to deal with the portfolio impacts of COVID-19. "As capital markets endure significant volatility and the economic outlook remains uncertain, the role of financial advisers has never been more important. A broader product suite helps our advisers ...

The blame game

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2020
... have weaker, shorter-term measures under the APRA approach," Griffith said. One of the concerns around a shorter-term outlook comes down to the mixed messages it sends members. Griffith said it is important for members to understand that past performance ...