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Chief economist update: Japan's second state of emergency

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 JAN 2021
... COVID-19 pandemic hit when the number of daily new cases, active cases and daily deaths began rising sometime around late November/early December last year. This prompted the Suga administration to announce a third stimulus package worth around US$708 ...

Former Trump aide launches crypto fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2021
... communications director when he became part or Trump's 16-person presidential transition team executive committee in November 2016. Scaramucci previously worked at Lehman Brothers and Neuberger Berman. In a presentation to investors, SkyBridge lauded ...

NSX appoints chief operating officer

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2021
... forward to working with Chan, and the execution of the NSXA's growth strategy." NSX has about 60 securities listed on it at November end. The total market capitalisation was $2.2 billion and the average raising was $8.3 million.

MTAA, Tasplan reveal new brand

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2021
... a binding Memorandum of Understanding to investigate a possible merger on June 2019. They committed to the merger in November 2019, setting a deadline for 1 October 2020. However the merger was pushed back by six months to 31 March 2021 citing COVID- ...

Chief economist update: Eurozone at risk of double-dip

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2021
... Markit Eurozone Composite PMI showed that although overall activity improved from the six-month low reading of 45.3 in November, it remains in contraction (below 50) at 49.1 in December. It was dragged down by a fourth straight month of contraction in ...

Chief economist update: Yuan the victim of China's success

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 JAN 2021
... latest data shows the economy continues to improve. The annual growth in Chinese retail spending accelerated to 5% in November from 4.3% in the previous month, for its eighth straight month of improvement. Industrial production strengthened to 7% in ...

PNG super fund to evict settlers

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2021
... the three parcels of land that make up the site. The Bushwara community challenged the super fund in court and, on 16 November 2020, the court ruled in Nambawan Super's favour, saying those living there must vacate within 120 days, or by March 16. Justice ...

ASIC cancels stockbroker AFSL

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2021
... Halifax's AFS licence until 10 January 2020 following the appointment of Ferrier Hodgson as voluntary administrators on 23 November 2018. On 20 March 2019 at the second creditors meeting Ferrier Hodgson placed Halifax into liquidation and the administrators ...

Chief economist update: COVID with a vengeance

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2021
... rollout of vaccines should support the gradual removal of restrictions and rebound in activity that was assumed in the November Report..." As we know now, restrictions have been even more tightened. Negative interest rates next?

AustralianSuper breached member's privacy: Regulator

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 12 JAN 2021
... years ago. The member, who is identified in court documents as WG, lodged a group insurance claim with AustralianSuper in November 2014 during which they engaged two law firms. However, by the time AustralianSuper paid out the claim in June 2016, WG ...