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Chief economist update: This land is ours

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 SEP 2019
Five months and one day. This is the latest count since Hong Kongers started marching on the streets of China's Special Administrative Region (SAR) - on March 31 - protesting the withdrawal of the extradition bill proposed by China's "hand-picked" ...

Global fintech appoints head of Asia

KRISTI CHENG  |  FRIDAY, 30 AUG 2019
Switzerland-based fintech Avaloq has appointed a new head of Asia who will take the reins in October. Imad Abou-Haidar joins from London-headquartered software firm Finastra, where he was managing director for the Asia-Pacific region, based in Singapore. ...

Whitehelm launches infrastructure fund locally

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 29 AUG 2019
... characteristics and defensive cash flows, such as airports, toll roads, rail roads and water, gas and electricity utilities. However, power producers and retailers with exposure to volume and pricing risk are avoided, as are sectors with low margins ...

Chief economist update: The fear of Brexit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 29 AUG 2019
... the NHS talk of recruitment problems." But like the Y2K bug heading into the year 2000 - when fears over transportation, power and water plants, bank deposit, loan and credit calculations, government records, hospital and medical records and services ...

New Zealand maintains pension age

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 27 AUG 2019
... is no need to lift the pension age to 67 years old. This is a pledge she said her government will keep since coming into power in late 2017. "We do have differing life expectancy in New Zealand between different ethnicities. And we should be open about ...

ASIC approves name and shame rules

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 27 AUG 2019
... of a broader set of reforms aimed at increasing transparency in financial services, which includes Parliament giving ASIC power to collect and publish internal dispute resolution data at the firm level. In May, ASIC opened a public consultation on the ...

IFM Investors sets significant emissions targets

KRISTI CHENG  |  MONDAY, 26 AUG 2019
... ranging from 8-25% by 2024 to 38-100% by 2030. Some of the programs the infrastructure assets have initiated include alternate power sources, the uptake of electric and low emissions vehicles, LED lighting, rooftop and large scale solar, smart management ...

Chief economist update: Trump should read Frank

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 AUG 2019
Houston, we have a problem - a gigantic one! Talk about spoiling everybody's weekend. Wall Street fell sharply at the close of last week's trading. Was it due to disappointment over US Fed chair Jerome Powell's much-anticipated words at ...

Midwinter acquired by Bravura

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2019
Bravura Solutions has acquired financial planning software provider Midwinter for $50 million. For a total consideration of $50 million, Bravura has entered into an agreement to acquire Midwinter Financial Services, one of the leading providers of financial ...

IOOF establishes super trustee office

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 AUG 2019
IOOF believes it has actioned all 145 items required to meet licence conditions imposed by APRA late last year, including those which it failed to meet the original deadline for. In an update to the market late yesterday, IOOF said the independent reviewer ...