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Chief economist update: An extra mile for a deal

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 DEC 2020
... affected as movement of people between UK and EU would require more documentation. The auto industry is also seen to be a major casualty, as components face up to 10% tariffs after Brexit. Medicines and pharmaceuticals could face delays too for obtaining ...

SMSFs dump $30bn in shares

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2020
Self-managed superannuation funds have not been spared by the market impact of COVID-19, with members dumping their allocation to listed shares over the past year, new data shows. The Australian Taxation Office quarterly statistical report for September ...

University debt weighs on personal investing

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 DEC 2020
A quarter of the participants in a new survey said their HECS-HELP debt was standing in their way to start investing outside of superannuation. Futurity Investment Group surveyed 1000 Australians who went to university and found university debt impacted ...

CBA opens Amsterdam office, eyes European instos

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2020
... Europe N.V. will also act as a gateway to Australia and New Zealand for the Bank's wholesale European clients, who are major contributors to Australia's foreign direct investment, and provide a large investor base for the domestic bond market." ...

ASIC takes iSignthis to court

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2020
ASIC alleges iSignthis breached the Corporations Act by failing to disclose material information in relation to three integration arrangements and failing to tell the ASX that VISA terminated its relationship over suspicious transactions. The corporate ...

Chief economist update: China turns crisis into opportunity

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2020
... market expectations for a 12% gain - that followed an equally double-digit 11.4% increase in the previous month. Among its major trading partners, export shipments to the US jumped by 46.1%; Australia (22.6%); Taiwan (18.1%); South Korea (9.5%); the ...

Charter Hall, Allianz Real Estate acquire assets

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 7 DEC 2020
... logistics assets in June. The Victorian centre is 23 kilometres west of the Melbourne CBD and the Queensland centre is in a major distribution hub located halfway between Brisbane and the Gold Coast. The two centres have a total gross lettable area of ...

Westpac sells Pacific to PNG bank

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 7 DEC 2020
Westpac has announced the sale of Westpac Fiji and the majority stake of its operations in Papua New Guinea to Kina Securities. Kina Securities will pay $420 million for Westpac Fiji and 89.91% of Westpac PNG Limited which combined have net assets of ...

Qualitas readies new fund with GURNER

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2020
... is an asset class with a long-term outlook - and our long-term outlook for the property market across all of Australia's major cities is very positive."

Nasdaq proposes diversity rules

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2020
The major stock exchange has put into motion new rules that will require its companies to have at least one female and one person who identifies as either an underrepresented minority or LGBTQ+ on boards. Nasdaq has filed the proposal with the US Securities ...