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Bezos adds billions

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2020
... measures keeping people at home and helped by the boost given to markets by unprecedented stimulus efforts by governments and central bankers around the world. Bloomberg said seven of the 10 richest people in the world owe their wealth to the technology ...

Chief economist update: The next generation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2020
... trillion over seven years. The size of the NGEU fund was huge, but not "historic" as some headlines put it. The European Central Bank's (ECB) pandemic emergency purchase programme (PEPP) - currently at €1,350 billion - is almost double that. It's ...

Sovereign investors keen on gold, infrastructure

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2020
... well positioned going into the crisis, according to the report which polled 139 institutions (83 sovereign funds and 56 central banks) with US $19 trillion at March end. Over the next 12 months sovereigns plan to continue allocating to fixed income. ...

Opportunities in EM debt rebound: Eaton Vance

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2020
... the second quarter, Eaton Vance believes there are still pockets of opportunity in the emerging market sector. Buoyed by central bank and governmental policy responses around the world and a general perception that "bad news" was already priced in, investors ...

NAB Private Wealth bolsters executive team

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2020
... Cordle has moved into the role of executive, private south from his position as regional customer executive, Melbourne Central, business and private banking. He has over 18 years' experience in banking where he has worked in acquisition and leveraged ...

Chief economist update: BOJ takes breather on stimulus sprint

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2020
... remain at their present or lower levels." This is understandable given the sprint of policy stimulus measures the Japanese central bank announced over the past few months in efforts to mitigate the nasty impact of the coronavirus pandemic on its domestic ...

Chief economist update: Good as gold

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 JUL 2020
... US$78.33/tonne in February soon after China locked down Wuhan and other cities in Hubei, before rebounding strongly following central government's decision to lift the lockdown on April 8. To date, iron ore prices have rallied by 38.4% from this ...

Chief economist update: We're all Victorians now

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2020
... in most of the country." Reserve Bank of Australia governor Philip Lowe issued this statement at the conclusion of the central bank's Board meeting on 7 July. Economic stats and surveys bore witness to Gov Lowe's words. The charts highlight the ...

Capital raisings, trading volumes up in June

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2020
Capital raisings by ASX-listed companies increased 256% to nearly $26 billion during June, as they cashed up to weather the economic crisis. The ASX's monthly activity report for June revealed initial capital was up 815% at $16.5 billion compared to ...

RBA prepares to scale up bond buying

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUL 2020
... bond market is operating effectively and the yield on three-year Australian government securities (AGS) is on target, the central bank is prepared to step in to ensure stability. "Given these developments, the bank has not purchased government bonds ...