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Credit value exists in emerging markets

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2020
... issuance increase in EM during 2020. "We've already seen EM central banks move to reduce benchmark interest rates and boost liquidity, and most EM countries are planning large relief programs to ease the shock on their local economies," Western Asset ...

APRA questioned on fund liquidity

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2020
The prudential regulator has been questioned over super fund liquidity concerns by the Senate Economics Committee. Senator Andrew Bragg issued a letter to APRA putting the regulator on notice to answer a number of questions related to super funds. "I ...

No liquidity support for super: RBA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2020
... before the withdrawals actually take place. Lowe said he is confident Australia's super funds will be able to meet the liquidity demands of their members. "If the Reserve Bank was to provide a liquidity support facility it would need to pass the public ...

Chief economist update: Stimulus measures ease extreme fear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2020
... could be in response to the US government's fiscal stimulus - worth around 11% of GDP to date - and the Fed's liquidity enhancing measures, topped by its open-ended QE programme. Whether or not these measures are enough remains to be seen but ...

Ethical fund manager wears $520m hit

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2020
... that even when combined with the impact of the government's Early Release Scheme, the pandemic won't pose a liquidity problem for the fund, with additional stress testing showing it will meet redemption demand. "With the COVID-19 situation still ...

Super funds need to act like banks: PM

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2020
... suggestion that super funds invest in failing businesses comes at a time when many funds are already under pressure due to liquidity issues and the government's early release super scheme. A number of funds have devalued their unlisted assets in ...

Telstra issues 10-year bond

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2020
... the company's financial strength and attractiveness to global capital markets, while further strengthening its strong liquidity position during a volatile period in global financial markets," Telstra said. Both S&P and Moody's have recently reaffirmed ...

Funds have five days to hand over cash: APRA

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2020
... funds have not made this modelling public despite multiple reports questioning whether some funds have the appropriate liquidity to implement the government's plan. Financial Standard previously reported that fund administrators acknowledged implementing ...

Liquid and ready: Cbus

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2020
Cbus chief executive David Atkin says his $56 billion industry super fund is in a strong liquidity position to deal with the early super release scheme. And this was the case even prior to the government's Jobseeker payment announcement, he said. "Cbus ...

A decade in the dust

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2020
... shed exposure to China through northbound stock connect as global equity correlations moved higher and the need for liquidity squeezed asset allocators out of equities globally," he said. "In the last couple of weeks we saw northbound buying and inflows ...