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Chief economist update: Welcome to the day after tomorrow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2020
... firepower, when the next threat to the global economy comes. The coronavirus outbreak has brought that day upon us. Central banks (and government authorities) are engaged in a concerted/coordinated scrambling to mitigate the negative impact of the spreading ...

JBWere partners with cash platform

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2020
... Cashwerkz's term deposit and at call solutions via the latter's online marketplace. Cashwerkz's platform has over 51 banks, neobanks and credit unions on its platform. It doesn't directly manage the client money. The two are currently ...

Chief economist update: The C word

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2020
... television. "There will be concerted action." The power of the equity markets at its best! Sure, individual country central banks and fiscal authorities have been acting/giving assurances of supporting their respective domestic economies as cases of ...

ETF popularity soars 52%

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2020
... Global Aggregate TR Hedged AUD indexes returned 7.26% and 7.19%, respectively, in 2019," Zaychuk said. "With global central banks keeping interest rates low in conjunction with the promise of lower fees for passive vehicles, demand for fixed interest ...

ASIC turns up the heat on enforcement

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2020
... institutions, with ASIC staff spending 216 days and conducting 739 meetings with banking staff at all levels of the major banks and AMP between October 2018 and December 2019. ASIC emphasised that some, but not all of its recent work had been focused ...

Super funds snub millions of Aussies

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2020
... consideration. Mortgage lenders also showed room for improvement with 79% of respondents feeling their needs were not being met. "Banks appear to be making the greatest effort for customers who speak English as a second language, however 38% of multilingual ...

Remain liquid, defensive and patient: Schroders

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2020
... full, but bonds are showing global growth slowing, recession risks remaining high and no further tightening from central banks," Kase said. "At this stage it can be explained but they both can't be right in the long term." With low cash rates expected ...

Moelis Australia names co-chiefs, acquires lender

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2020
... founded in 2004 and has a loan book of about $120 million. It lends to residential mortgage borrowers, who don't meet the big banks' lending criteria, due to things such as an impaired credit history or self-employment. The loans are between $50,000 ...

EM debt relatively unscathed by virus: Research

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2020
... team said the positive news has been driven by the expectation that the impact on growth will be temporary, and central banks will intervene with lower rates. "Obviously, the risk to EM debt will likely grow if the severity of the pandemic increases ...

Chief economist update: Who's afraid of COVID-19?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2020
... the opportunity to load up on our portfolios at cheaper prices afforded by the current scare. More so, given that central banks around the world have already - Thailand, Philippines and Indonesia - or are prepared (markets expect the Fed cut interest ...