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Chief economist update: Happy New Year rat

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 JAN 2020
... 2016 - and at the same time injecting CNY400 billion (US$56.94 billion) in the system. In September, the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) announced more than 1 trillion yuan of infrastructure projects to reverse slowing economic growth. ...

New super fund to launch

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2020
... to measure and report on how its investment portfolios (where data is available) contributes to the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)," the fund's LinkedIn page reads. The website for the fund is not yet live but a spokesperson confirmed it ...

Regulation costly, time consuming: CSIRO

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2020
... structure of our financial services sector could provide similar advantages and make Australia a proving ground for the development of fintech for export," the CSIRO added. In addition, the organisation also published a report in conjunction with 22 ...

New fund invests $45m in SA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2020
... into the South Australian health and biotech industries. The Chinese fund has invested the money to accelerate the development and commercialization of health and medical research outcomes from South Australia. The new Adelaide China Biotech Investment ...

BlackRock wakes up to climate change

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2020
... and impact investing. BlackRock will remap its priorities to better align with the United Nation's Sustainable Development Goals during its stewardship activities, reflective of the announcement last week that the firm had joined the Climate Action ...

Super fund grows US real estate assets

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2020
... complex sits 17 kilometres from Seattle and is fully leased to Microsoft. It was built in 2009 as part of a mixed-use development including luxury retail and apartments, and will soon welcome a new light rail station adjoined to the building, linking ...

Former RBC I&TS lead joins tech firm

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 14 JAN 2020
... with that of its founders and board. "He embraces an innovation mindset, builds on our customer-centric culture and development of a strong and diverse team. The board is confident in his ability and drive to achieve results and deliver for both our ...

Franklin Templeton veteran readies two funds

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2020
... Investments, a distribution firm founded by Warakirri Asset Management's former head of investor relations and product development Andrew Nolan. Prior to this, he worked for Wellington Management in Boston. Nolan partnered with Eleuthera in July ...

RBA crushes hopes of Libra launch

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 10 JAN 2020
The Reserve Bank of Australia will not allow tech giant Facebook to launch its cryptocurrency Libra in Australia until all risks and regulatory requirements have been mitigated. And even if these regulatory requirements were met there wouldn't be ...

Double exit from investment firm

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 10 JAN 2020
... Former Australian Olympic swimmer Grant Hackett will step down from his current role as chief executive of Generation Development Group (GDG) to assume the position as chief executive of Generation Life from 1 February 2020. GDG executive chair Rob Coombe ...