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CBA launches JV for institutional tool

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 10 MAY 2021
Commonwealth Bank has launched a joint venture with Quantium to create a tool for institutional clients to receive greater data insights to deliver better services for their clients. CommBank iQ will combine Australia's largest pool of transaction data ...

Chief economist update: A date with the RBA in July

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAY 2021
... settings unchanged - "including the targets of 10 basis points for the cash rate and the yield on the 3-year Australian government bond, as well as the parameters of the Term Funding Facility and the government bond purchase program". As expected, it ...

More members monitoring superannuation

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 3 MAY 2021
... relatives, friends and members of their online communities with credible information sources such as from the Australian government, financial and consumer associations, superannuation funds or a professional financial adviser," he said.

APRA releases draft climate change guidance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 APR 2021
... analysis and disclosure, but APRA states that it does not create new requirements or obligations. "Since the Australian government became a party to the Paris Agreement, APRA has been raising awareness of climate-related risks to the financial sector," ...

Government debt blows out 420%

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 20 APR 2021
... world based on a long-term study of 50 developed and emerging market countries. On a per person basis, the Australian government owes $40,068. The this is significantly less than the amounts owed by the US ($76,000) and the UK ($80,230). In presenting ...

WTW head of strategic advisory resigns

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 APR 2021
... in the nation's recovery. Melville said the year ahead will be interesting for funds, following the Australian government becoming a signatory to the Coalition for Climate Resilient Investment. "Funds will continue to draw upon a total portfolio ...

Commonwealth seeks to stop bond class action

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 9 APR 2021
... government bonds, as the government attempts to stop the class action. Katta O'Donnell is seeking to hold the Australian government to account over climate change risks, through a class action filed in the Federal Court last year. Yesterday, the court ...

Industry fund appoints property mandate

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 22 MAR 2021
... construct a $300 million commercial property development in Adelaide. Cbus Property partnered with the South Australian government to develop a building at 83 Pirie Street in Adelaide's central business district will have over 30,000 square metres of ...

Crescent Foundation partnership to mentor refugees

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 15 MAR 2021
... asylum-seeker backgrounds, funded by the foundation. The Crescent Champions Club includes leaders from as the Australian Government, NAB, Clayton Utz, Crescent Wealth, Fortescue Metals Group, and the University of Sydney. The partnership aims to assist ...

Turnbull calls out Wilson, Bragg

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAR 2021
... higher incomes ultimately would have paid a larger share of it," he said. "I thought it was a bad policy. Australian government overall have done an incredible job and they're making tough decisions in great haste. I've been there before and ...