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Trillion dollar stimulus debt debated

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2020
... this is good legislation." It was a sparse House of Representatives that met for the first time in 16 days as social distancing was observed by MPs, leaving 1.5 metres space between each of them on the benches. Albanese is adamant that Parliament should ...

Stimulus is finite: Prime Minister

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2020
... focussed on whether the health system can cope but on ensuring that the duration of limitations on movement and social distancing measures is limited. "That is finite. That will not go on forever. That will revert and will go back to where it was before. ...

The catalysts for a rebound

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2020
... country," Eaton Vance said. The third factor will be policy responses. "Governments are ramping up large-scale social distancing, testing and health care infrastructure combined with economic relief," it said. Cirami added that the investment manager ...

Chief economist update: Different contagion, same fiscal policy divide

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 APR 2020
... government restriction, others demand stricter social isolation regulations - and for good reason. Isolation and social distancing works and stops the spread of the bug because, to quote Professor Nigel McMillan -- an Infectious Diseases and Immunology ...

US faces deepest recession on record

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2020
... In a release, secretary of labor Eugene Scalia said the staggering unemployment figures reflect the impact of social distancing. "Similar to last week's unemployment claims numbers, today's report reflects the sacrifices American workers are making for ...

Time to step up or face the music

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2020
... system - both long-term as well as immediate," McMurdo said. "From signing documents electronically to upholding social distancing to complex insurance claims to managing investment portfolios, almost all aspects of a super fund's operations will ...

Business unusual: COVID-19 threats facing real estate

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2020
... securities and in times of uncertainty, people start worrying about the earnings from the development component." Social distancing has hit the property sector harder than most, according to Principal Real Estate Investors client portfolio manager, Todd ...

Could relief on advice compliance save consumers?

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2020
... address, the adviser wondered whether he could read financial disclosure statements over the phone. Now that social distancing efforts have ramped up and those over 70 have been advised by the government to minimise outings - there is a tension between ...

Self-isolation to accelerate secular trends

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2020
The world's new reality will soon be defined by social distancing and self-isolation. And while that might be sad for most of us, some stand to benefit incredibly from the new normal. Speaking with Financial Standard, Antipodes Partners chief investment ...

Bigger balances, bigger blow: Elia

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2020
... work with its members, having moved to establish two separate call centre sites within two weeks. Since further social distancing measures have been imposed, the fund now has about 90% of its call centre staff working from home. Additional operators ...