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Chief economist update: COVID-19 eating into jobs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2020
... trillion. "Highlights include: $250B in direct payments to Americans; $367B in small business loans that can be forgiven if employees are retained; a $500B loan and loan guarantee program for industries, cities and states that with help from Fed can ...

Industry funds face reality of COVID-19 shutdown

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2020
... devastating time for the industry and the 63,000 people in NSW alone who rely on clubs for their living. "We expect many employees will be stood down for an extended period of time. Our thoughts are with them today," ClubsNSW said on March 23 following ...

US senators in alleged COVID-19 insider trading

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2020
... maintains a Global Personal Trading Policy that prohibits insider trading and discretionary trading of stocks by its employees without the prior consent of the company." The Daily Beast said Loeffler and Sprecher made 29 transactions between January ...

CFA postpones exams

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2020
... CFA exam, saying the decision was reached for the safety of the global community. CFA said the health and safety of employees, stakeholders and affiliates around the world is its top priority, as COVID-19 continues to spread around the world. "We seek ...

NYSE closes trading floor

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2020
... we can re-open our trading floors to our members." NYSE chief operating officer Michael Blaugrund stressed that while employees had tested positive, it was not a cause for concern as all appropriate measures had been taken. "We have been informed that ...

JP Morgan commits $86m to COVID-19 crisis

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2020
... chair of the mid-Atlantic region, Peter Scher said. "We are mobilising the firm's resources to support customers, employees and communities-especially the most vulnerable-in this time of crisis," he said. "We are making immediate investments to help ...

Philippines halts all trading

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2020
... to close markets. The PSE made the announcement to the stock market, saying the decision is to ensure the safety of employees and traders in light of the escalating cases of the coronavirus disease. President and chief executive of the PSE said: "Please ...

Citi to expand local securities team

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2020
... Carpenter said. To service its new suite of clients, Citi will also take charge of a number of RBC's Kuala Lumpa-based employees, which will boost the bank's regional operations site in the Malaysian capital. "In addition to working with new ...

PIMCO to manage Allianz Real Estate portfolios

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2020
... the oversight and management of the Allianz Real Estate portfolio to PIMCO. The Allianz Real Estate business has 440 employees across the globe and a portfolio of €70 billion (about $125 billion) in core and core-plus real estate equity and a smaller ...

Stopping SG is nuclear response to COVID-19

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2020
... Singapore government did just that. "In Singapore, compulsory contributions into their Central Provident Fund (CPF) are 37%. Employees pay 20% and employers 17%," Dunnin said. "Singapore's CPF plays a central role in their economy, much more so than ...