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Queensland super funds become public offer

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 20 JUN 2016
... will continue to build on our award-winning products and services for our members with some of the lowest fees in the country. By opening our fund, we'll be able to help even more members, as their financial wellbeing partner for life," he said. LGIAsuper ...

ASIC and Singapore regulator sign co-op agreement

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUN 2016
... is designed to give fintech companies in Australia and Singapore access to regulatory and licensing facilities in each country and reduce uncertainty and time to market. Commenting on the agreement, MAS chief fintech officer Sopnendu Mohanty said: "This ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2016
... 2.3 to 2.1% in May. Easing inflation should give Bank Negara Malaysia scope for easier monetary policy in light of the country's slowing economic growth. The Malaysian central bank has kept interest rates unchanged at 3.25% after raising them from 3.0% ...

PROFILE: Vanguard Australia managing director Colin Kelton

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2016
... play in the global business. I am humbled that they would trust me with the job." The company has a long history in this country, and has just notched up 20 years of operations in Australia. The Melbourne office was opened long before Tokyo, Singapore ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUN 2016
... sentiments of economic agents have also been sluggish". Weakening domestic demand is negatively impacting inflation in the country. The annual rate of consumer price inflation decelerated to 0.8% in May from 1.0% in March and April and 1.3% in February. ...

Swiss say no to universal basic income

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUN 2016
... whereas detractors say if you pay people to do nothing they will do exactly that. The Swiss government and nearly all the country's political parties had urged voters to reject the initiative. The amount to be paid was not determined, but the non-political ...

Dion Global targets IRESS market share with new platform

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 6 JUN 2016
... client relationships, but are leaking most of their trades to the retail platforms," said Dion's Australia and New Zealand country manager Simon Smyth. "Platforms such as IRESS are very expensive and don't help them solve that at all. What we do is give ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2016
... previous month's A$1.97 billion shortfall and is the smallest trade gap since February last year. The improvement in the country's trade balance was due to the combined effects of a 1.0% increase in exports over the month and a 1.0% fall in imports. ...

Saudi sovereign wealth fund flags US$3.5bn Uber investment

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUN 2016
... automotive giant General Motors. The investment from the Public Investment Fund, set up by the kingdom to develop the country and invest the revenues from its vast oil reserves, is part of Uber's most recent US$5 billion global money-raising round.

Rabobank has new local chief executive

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUN 2016
... 2015. He has headed Rabobank's Australian rural banking operations for the past 10 years, most recently as group executive country banking Australia. Rabobank is one of Australia and New Zealand's largest rural lenders and a major provider of corporate ...