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First in first out?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2020
... month of lockdown and stressed that companies still face relatively big operational pressures with more firms reported funding shortages and falling demand than in February -- reasons why the People's Bank of China (PBOC) and central command are not ...

Super funds' dirty, poor performing stocks revealed

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2020
... change. McVeigh's curiosity resulted in a lawsuit for Rest, with Market Forces initially assisting with the crowd funding of the legal action, and McVeigh is set to have his day in court later this year. Between September 2019 and March 2020, traffic ...

Chief economist update: Great Scott! Mighty Mo to the rescue

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2020
... Morrison may have been just politicking when he announced several bushfire recovery measures - topped by a A$2 billion funding for the establishment of the National Bushfire Recovery Agency - for one can read between the lines of their pronouncements ...

Investors flock to TCorp floating rate note

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 30 MAR 2020
... manager has decided to increase issuance into its 2025 floating rate note, on the back of investor inquiries. TCorp head of funding and balance sheet Fiona Trigona said the current "extraordinary" circumstances had led to the decision, which marks TCorp's ...

Will COVID-19 infect mortgages and RMBS?

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2020
... catastrophic follow-on effects across the American economy." Meanwhile, closer to home La Trobe Financial (a non-bank providing funding and investments) has assured financial advisers and investors that it has no liquidity issues. "There's no liquidity ...

RBA expands stimulus measures to states

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2020
... board last week included targeting a yield on three-year Australian government bonds of around 0.25%, launching a term funding facility for the banking system and remunerating exchange settlement balances at 10 basis points instead of zero. When announcing ...

Chief economist update: Lock us down Scotty!

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2020
... securities, or CMBS (statement)." "Also announced three new lending facilities designed to support $300 billion in new funding, with Treasury to cover $30 billion in losses (statement). Reintroduced the Term Asset-Backed Securities Lending Facility (TALF) ...

Macquarie shares halve in COVID-19 sell-off

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2020
... banks. "As for the big banks, I see tougher times ahead," he said. "Bank profits will continue to come under pressure as funding gets more expensive and net interest margins contract." He warned that retail investors were unlikely to see dividends for ...

Chief economist update: Cash splash

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2020
... aimed at money-market mutual funds. " Also announced new swap lines with more central banks to help ease strains of dollar funding. BOE announced an emergency 15 bp rate cut to bring its rate to 0.1%. Also boosted QE program by £200B to a total of £645B. ...

RBA pulls QE trigger

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2020
... Reserve Bank board also included targeting a yield on 3-year Australian Government bonds of around 0.25%, launching a term funding facility for the banking system and remunerating exchange settlement balances at 10 basis points instead of zero. The move ...