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Pension funds apply pressure on climate change

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2020
... addition to the lives and livelihoods of tens of millions of people across the country." The message was sent to the Federal Reserve, Comptroller of the Currency, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Commodity ...

S&P warns of record fallen angels

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2020
... central bank to pump liquidity into the market through corporate bond purchases may help buffer the market. "The Federal Reserve's April 9 announcement that it would be including COVID-19-era fallen angel credits in its corporate liquidity facilities ...

Fed buys up BlackRock ETFs

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2020
... issued by US companies that were investment grade on March 22, 2020," he said. "By purchasing these bonds, the Federal Reserve is able to lower the borrowing costs for investment-grade companies and thus facilitate economic activity."

Proceed with caution: Janus Henderson

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2020
... argues a short-lived bounce in stock prices isn't unheard of. "In late 2008, equities rallied in response to the Federal Reserve's (Fed) first round of quantitative easing and other programs aimed at supporting the economy," he said. "While investors ...

BlackRock turns optimistic on credit

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2020
... relative quality bias and the sizable policy response to the outbreak: large fiscal stimulus coupled with the Federal Reserve's commitment to keep rates low and markets functioning," Boivin said. "We stay underweight on European equities. We see greater ...

COVID-19 damage to stretch several quarters: Natixis IM

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2020
... negotiate - time many of these firms may not have while revenues have fallen to zero." Artificial support from the Federal Reserve has flooded the lending market, Lafferty argued. "The US Fed is now supporting almost every corner of the US lending market. ...

Dow skyrockets in two-day winning streak

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2020
The Dow Jones Industrial Average has posted second day of gains, rising 2.4% after witnessing its best one-day percentage gain since the Great Depression on Tuesday. "Turnaround Tuesday" saw the bourse surging 11.4% or 2112.98 points during trading ...

World rolls out stimulus

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2020
... strategy, announcing a US$1 trillion plan with $250 billion for direct cheques to the American people. Following the Federal Reserve unleashing quantitative easing measures, Trump called on Congress to approve his stimulus package as quickly as possible. ...

Trump slams Fed in Twitter tirade

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2020
Trump has taken to Twitter once again, this time, to slam the Federal Reserve and its chair Jerome Powell. The tweets follow a tumultuous start to the week for markets, with the Dow Jones, S&P 500 and Nasdaq suffering their worst day in a decade on ...

Use 401k to pay student debts: US senator

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2019
... As the system currently stands, student loans and tuition are paid for with after-tax income. According to the Federal Reserve, the typical amount of education debt taken on by Americans in 2017 was between $20,000 and $25,000. The typical repayments ...