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Yarra targets wholesale market

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV 2018
... capabilities uniquely positions the firm to take advantage of market mispricing across multi sectors, including unlisted debt, where declining bank participation continues to increase opportunities for institutional investors," he said. Strano ran a ...

Scrapping LRBAs would be detrimental to investors

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV 2018
... goals," he said. "It's to be hoped that the current review of LRBAs by the Council of Financial Regulators gives this form of debt full and objective consideration." Thinktank has financed 265 LRBAs since December 2013, with the current loan balance ...

October volatility sours investor outlook

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 6 NOV 2018
... was cited as the major issue investors were concerned about. Tensions between the world's major economies (40%), global debt levels (33%) and China slowing down (32%) are also concerning factors. State Street's Investor Confidence Index registered ...

Cbus whacks illegal phoenixing

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2018
... activity where directors of a company deliberately try to dodge its creditors. As an example, directors could transfer their debt-ridden company's assets to another company with a similar name, before handing over the original one to a liquidator. Cbus ...

EM investors seek China alternative amid trade war

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 30 OCT 2018
... she said. "The economic growth model in China has long been dependent on credit. The world has never seen a country expand debt at such a rate and magnitude as China." Newly appointed chief executive of Sura's institutional business Pablo Sprenger said ...

Industry fund, IRESS begin automated advice journey

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 30 OCT 2018
... make choices to optimise retirement outcomes. Members can also receive automated advice for wealth protection, savings and debt management. IRESS managing director, superannuation Jeff Hall said the solution can also be coupled with WA Super's use of ...

Social media reacts to SIBOS

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2018
... an excellent opportunity to showcase NSW as the fintech capital of the region. I'm going to have to @AfterPayAU my sleep debt after @Sibos ?? - Alan Tsen (@alantsen) October 24, 2018 FinTech Australia chair Alan Tsen came up with a neat idea bridging ...

Beware the fintech Ponzi scheme

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2018
... 4,000 P2P platforms, half of which closed their business, liquidated their assets and other partially repaid outstanding debt. When P2P lender Chinatou.com announced it couldn't return cash to their investors, they said they will repay them with ...

Chief economist update: Super Mario keeps his cool

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2018
... Brussels rejected Rome's proposed budget that would push the deficit to as high as 2.4% of GDP and increase the government debt that stood at 132% of GDP at the end of 2017. The risk premium demanded on Italian bonds - as measured by the 10-year ...

The rise of challenger banks in Australia: SIBOS

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 25 OCT 2018
Challenger banks :86400, volt and xinja mount plans to disrupt the banking oligopoly in Australia. Speaking at the SIBOS Conference held in Sydney this week, senior heads at the three challenger banks spoke about how changing customer needs, fintech ...