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Low rates support some bond managers: Report

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2020
... income has been stabilising investor portfolios against equity losses during a period of increased volatility. "Aggressive central bank easing globally has been favourable for managers with a bias to neutral or longer duration positions," Morningstar ...

Chief economist update: Water, water everywhere and not a fish to catch

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2020
... (well, so far). Most important, we're able to keep our social distance and avoid COVID-19 infection, as we wait out, in central banking parlance, the transmission mechanism of the coronavirus -- from animal to humans, humans to other humans to entire ...

World rolls out stimulus

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2020
... on a per capita basis. State Street Global Advisors said that while the market has yet to view the combined action from central banks as effective, here is hope on the horizon. "Coordinated central bank actions have not been considered effective by the ...

Wall Street tumbles, ASX holds ground

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2020
... virus," he said. Eric Stein, co-director of global income at Eaton Vance said the Fed's coordinated action with other central banks will have positive effects on funding markets. "Obviously, stock markets and global markets around the world are down ...

Chief economist update: China leads the way

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2020
... been putting in place in efforts to contain the coronavirus. It also applies to the bigger and bigger policy responses by central banks and fiscal authorities. Just as it's become tedious to keep track of the number of infections on a daily basis ...

Former ANZ Wealth investment chief exits

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2020
... is a former head of economic activity and forecasting at the Reserve Bank of Australia, having served 10 years at the central bank. The job cuts were revealed last week when the FSU said ANZ leadership had sent a memo to staff reiterating the bank's ...

US turns to QE, RBA to follow

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2020
... for the clean functioning of financial markets, stepping in to provide liquidity when needed." The Fed is not the only central bank to start implementing more drastic measures to offset the economic impact of the virus. RBA governor Philip Lowe said ...

Chief economist update: Coronavirus cures climate change

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2020
... pandemic. This is in addition to a number of monetary policy support measures planned and already implemented by many central banks of the world. In China the PBOC announced targeted required reserve ratio (RRR) cuts that it said will release 550 billion ...

PIMCO to manage Allianz Real Estate portfolios

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2020
... private strategies lineup, which it has been building over the last decade. "Real estate has been, and will continue to be, central to the development of our Private Strategies platform, which we consider essential to providing our clients with alternative ...

Chief economist update: The corona crash of 2020

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2020
... at least £30 billion (US$58.4 billion). Although it kept interest rates unchanged at its March meeting, the European Central Bank (ECB) expanded its asset purchases by €120B until end-2020, as well as announcing "more favorable TLTRO terms from June ...