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ANZ stablecoin amplifies changing operating models

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAY 2022
... into fiat currency (conventional state-backed currency)." ANZ banking services lead Nigel Dobson described Defi as a new world and traditional banks as old-world TradeFi institutions, but he said those aren't necessarily mutually exclusive elements. ...

Apex completes MMC, IFAA acquisition

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAY 2022
Apex has finalised its acquisition of New Zealand's MMC Group, including local subsidiary IFAA Group, marking its entry into New Zealand. MMC provides administration services to investment managers and IFAA does the same for Australian superannuation ...

Future Fund battles challenging markets

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2022
... Peter Costello said. "A large part of this was due to rising inflation which will lead to higher interest rates around the world and in Australia." In addition, Costello said the Russian invasion of Ukraine has added to risk for international investors. ...

Super's defense against economic volatility

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2022
... called superannuation a great triumph of social-democratic policy as it's become a major source of social stability. The world has become a more dangerous place, its politics more populist and a further disparity of wealth is the last thing this ...

Super funds back Say on Climate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2022
... transparency in how companies approach how they will adapt to and mitigate climate change impacts. Companies around the world, including several in Australia, put Say on Climate votes to their AGMs in 2021 - Aviva, Unilever, S&P Global, Severn Trent ...

CPI sees greatest jump since 2000

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2022
... there may be an assumption that the RBA would tolerate higher inflation. However, given the strength of inflation around the world and the accelerated nature of this economic cycle, tolerance is likely to be very limited." He concluded that the stronger ...

Reframing disability: A world-changing opportunity

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2022
... highlighting the need for greater employer inclusivity, Palipana advanced the idea that helping one person may not change the world, but you'll change the world for them.

Pain of commodity price increases to last: World Bank

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 APR 2022
In its latest commodity markets outlook, the World Bank has warned prices will likely remain high through to the end of 2024 and the transition to cleaner energy may be delayed. It comes as latest Australian Bureau of Statistics data shows the largest ...

Australian economy outperforms: Austrade

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 APR 2022
Australia is set to become the world's 12 th largest economy in 2023, according to data highlighted in Austrade's latest report. The data, sourced by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), also suggests that nominal GDP will be around $2.4 trillion. ...

'We're living in the world China is making': Conference

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 APR 2022
... partner. Speaking at the conference on the Gold Coast, Grant alluded to the fact that we could already well be in a piecemeal World War Three. Grant pointed out states and nations, things often delineated as constants in a very innocuous world, have ...