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Chief economist update: Oil gush

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2021
... efforts to contain the resurgence of infections and the mutated variant of the virus. These prompted the International Energy Agency (IEA) to downgrade its global oil demand forecast by 0.6 million barrels per day for the first quarter of this year. ...

Magnolia Capital takeover saga continues

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 2 FEB 2021
Magnolia Capital has expressed doubts about the solvency of The Agency Group as the saga over its takeover bid continues. Magnolia said it has accepted the findings of the Takeovers Panel but continues to have concerns about the solvency of The Agency ...

Chief economist update: Taper talks are premature

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2021
... Federal Reserve will continue to increase its holdings of Treasury securities by at least $80 billion per month and of agency mortgage-backed securities by at least $40 billion per month until substantial further progress has been made toward the Committee's ...

Key finance figures in Biden Cabinet

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 19 JAN 2021
... Protection Bureau. Chopra previously served as assistant director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, where he led the agency's efforts on student loans. Finally, to lead the Securities and Exchange Commission, Biden has nominated Gary Gensler. ...

Chief economist update: Fed acts with inaction

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 DEC 2020
... Federal Reserve will continue to increase its holdings of Treasury securities by at least $80 billion per month and of agency mortgage-backed securities by at least $40 billion per month until substantial further progress has been made toward the Committee's ...

Magnolia bids for real estate agency

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 7 DEC 2020
... the latter claims the bid price is too low. Magnolia Equities III has put forth an off-market, cash takeover bid for The Agency Group (AU1). Magnolia is offering four cents per AU1 share in return for 100% of fully paid ordinary shares. The share price ...

Council of Financial Regulators monitors ASX, cybersecurity

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2020
... ASX's review and response to the outage. Further to this, the Council members endorsed a plan to focus on coordinating agency approaches, regulatory frameworks and testing for cyber security. "Council agencies also continue to engage with the Department ...

SEC chair to depart

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 17 NOV 2020
... $565 million to whistleblowers. The SEC distributed more funds to investors in 2017 and 2019 than any other year since the agency began tracking it five years prior. In addition, he increased business access to raise capital in public and private markets ...

Chief economist update: Oil could slip on fresh lockdowns

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2020
... the strain these are putting on the hospital system - more states are bound to follow. As such, the International Energy Agency (IEA) has downgraded its global oil demand forecasts; "The global oil demand forecast for 2020 is revised down by 0.3 mb/d... ...

Public servants caught in SG bungle

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 29 OCT 2020
A government agency has botched superannuation benefit payments spanning a decade, affecting more than 56,000 employees who are owed tens and millions of dollars. The Northern Territory government owes about $39.5 million in superannuation contributions ...