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Aussie, Lendi to merge

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 DEC 2020
... majority shareholding of 55% in the merged business while Aussie's owner, CBA, will hold 45% and continue to provide funding for the Aussie Select branded home loan product. "The merger is another important step in the almost 29-year evolution of Aussie ...

Chief economist update: More money for reimposed lockdown

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 NOV 2020
... announced the extension of the government's furlough scheme until 31 March 2021 and raised the upfront guarantee funding for devolved administrations by £2 billion to £16 billion and up to £500 million of funding for councils to support local ...

Stephen Jones admits to anti-life insurance bias

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2020
... disappointed to see the government "dismantling things that have been working" but he does support the tax cuts and funding for business that were announced in the budget. "You'd expect that if we are going to see a deficit of that size there would ...

Budget commitment to aged care not good enough

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2020
... doing that in this year's budget," he said. Lane agrees, arguing the government has avoided the issue of aged care funding for far too long. "What they've done with aged care is kick this funding issue into the long grass of a Royal Commission ...

Frydenberg bets on infrastructure for recovery

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2020
... a further 40,000 jobs." Over the next two years, Frydenberg will allocate $2 billion to the Road Safety Program. "Funding for these shovel ready projects will be provided on a use it or lose it basis. If a state drags its feet, another state will get ...

Funding for housing to decrease

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2020
The government announced it would increase funding in housing and community amenities by 32.2% in 2020-21, but will then reduce that spending by 35.5% by 2023-24. It said the decrease will be primarily driven by the ending of the COVID-era HomeBuilder ...

Charter Hall REIT acquires portfolio, opens raise

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2020
... placement and a non-underwritten share purchase plan of $10 million to assist in funding the acquisition. The balance of funding for the transaction will be funded from available borrowing capacity. The placement will be issued at a fixed price of $4.87 ...

Facebook, Google face crypto class action

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2020
... vast majority of crypto projects are still unable to advertise to the mainstream. JPB Liberty is seeking to raise funding for the case from venture capitalists, litigation funders and investors, with claimants to receive 70% of any settlement and funders ...

New class action regulations slammed

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2020
... said. "The outcome of this regulation will be to make it harder for everyday Australians who have been harmed to get funding for a class action, meaning fewer class actions and less justice," Hardwick said. "It will mean corporations face fewer consequences ...

AMP should stop whining: Slater and Gordon

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2020
... has actually done a very useful thing: he has revealed the true agenda of corporate Australia. He wants litigation funding for class actions cut off so AMP can go back to doing whatever they want without fear of getting sued." AMP is currently facing ...