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Chief economist update: BOE not letting its guard down

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 MAR 2021
"At its meeting ending on 17 March 2021, the Committee judged that the existing stance of monetary policy remains appropriate. The MPC voted unanimously to maintain Bank Rate at 0.1%. The Committee voted unanimously for the Bank of England to maintain ...

360 Capital to raise $93m

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAR 2021
... estate (CRA) loans," van Aanholt said. "Dealt has recently been established as one of Australia's first real time CRE finance marketplaces to assist borrowers secure non-bank finance." Van Aanholt said an investment in Dealt will offer stapled security ...

WTW wins mandate from NZ government super fund

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2021
... "Following the Treasury's Request for Proposal to execute the one-in-five-year statutory review of the GSFA, the Minister of Finance has approved the appointment of Willis Towers Watson to conduct the review," New Zealand Treasury said in a statement. ...

Frontier hires from Cbus

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAR 2021
... Vanguard's global investment strategy group. He has also lectured at Griffith University on portfolio management and corporate finance, and has a PhD in behaviour of portfolio diversification. Frontier chief executive Andrew Polson said: "Not only ...

Former Wallaby departs Westpac for NAB

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAR 2021
... coordinating the business division workforce for lockdown. Waugh first joined Westpac as national manager for St George auto finance and was previously head of asset finance at Commonwealth Bank. Prior to joining the finance industry, Waugh was a professional ...

MetLife appoints former Premier

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAR 2021
MetLife Australia has announced the appointment of head of external affairs and public policy, hiring from the Finance Sector Unit (FSU). Nathan Rees is set to take on the new role at MetLife leaving his previous position at the FSU where he was the ...

Pandemic boosts scam complaints

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAR 2021
... complaints and overall deposit taking/payment systems was the most complained about product followed by credit cards, housing finance consumer loans and home building insurance. However, AFCA resolved nearly 90% of the COVID-related complaints it received ...

Channel Capital hires from AMP Capital

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAR 2021
... came on board as a passive investor in Channel, as the latter bought back equity from Highbury. Kudu has since helped finance Channel's US foray.

Business investment slow to click into gear: Lowe

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAR 2021
... products and services," he said. "Another important ingredient is having stable and predictable regulatory regimes. Access to finance on reasonable terms is also important." Lowe said in addition, the Australian business landscape needs more businesses ...

ERS disproportionately impacted women

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAR 2021
... their super savings entirely (14%) compared to men (12%). Rest also reported that the number of women using its digital finance tools quadrupled during the period. "The impact of the ERS on our female members is evident, as we saw the gender gap between ...