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Chief economist update: The crash we have to have

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2020
... freezing (of economic activity) wrought by coronaphobia is shaking what has become an orthodoxy since the Global Financial Crisis that central banks are the new masters of the universe. Grexit, the Jasmine Revolution, North Korea's missile launches ...

Billionaire investor warns against buying the dip

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2020
... investment discipline and extreme vigilance," Waislitz said. "While it is impossible for anyone to be definitive about how this crisis will eventually play out, my experience over more than 30 years of being active in financial markets tells me that ...

ANZ wealth exit sees hundreds of jobs go

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2020
... broader economy is self-serving and short sighted." She added that Australia "backed the banks" through the global financial crisis and that ANZ should be mindful of its broader responsibility to the community. "ANZ actions this week will simply confirm ...

Equities not that expensive: Hamish Douglass

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2020
... He also applied this lens to the US property market. "Rental yields are falling," Douglass said. "Before the financial crisis, rental yields on commercial property were sitting at around 6.5%, and if you look today, rental yields have fallen to a lower ...

Chief economist update: A crisis of supply, demand and confidence

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2020
... travel) and "well" people will prefer to stay at home, scared of being infected. The coronavirus has brought upon us a crisis in supply and demand and from the financial markets' reaction, a crisis in confidence.

Climate activism not translating to investing

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2020
... customer officer at Australian Ethical said: "The findings reaffirm that most Australians are concerned about the climate crisis and are taking everyday actions to reduce their impact on the environment." "And yet these actions are so much more impactful ...

Chief economist update: The C word

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2020
... a long, long way towards restoring consumer, business and investor confidence, as they have during the global financial crisis and "Great Recession" of a decade past. The sharp rebound in equity markets everywhere proves this.

NZ blacklists fossil fuels from super

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2020
... Minister James Shaw argued previous governments had allowed New Zealanders' super savings to contribute to the climate crisis. "No New Zealander should have to worry about whether their retirement savings are causing the climate crisis," he said. "That's ...

Chief economist update: Coronavirus causes equity market correction

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2020
"Coronavirus spreads to 33 countries in nine days" "The coronavirus crisis has deepened over the weekend, with the number of countries affected climbing past 60 and the death toll hitting 3000." So goes another grim headline from Associated Press which ...

Climate threat pushes Aussies to sustainability

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2020
... fossil fuel companies, Cerulli argues, is likely to increase over the next few years, due in part, to the recent bushfire crisis. ESG-oriented ETFs are also growing in popularity, with AUM surging almost fourfold in the past two years. AUM grew from ...