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Chief economist update: COVID-19 cycle

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2020
... its tourism sector further. The UK meanwhile added France and the Netherlands onto its 14-day arrival quarantine list. Belgium made masks mandatory and Greece also grappled with a fresh surge in cases." Hopefully, we won't see the sharp slump in ...

European robo-adviser eyes Australia, taps Westpac exec

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2020
The former head of Westpac's private banking business has brought a Belgium-based robo-adviser down under, and says industry super funds, major banks, broker businesses and dealer groups are already knocking at the door. With its Asia Pacific operations ...

BNP Paribas appoints APAC custody lead

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2020
... support of our market-leading team," the spokesperson said. Dubois currently leads Securities Services for France and Belgium, a role he has held for nearly five years. In all, he has been with BNP Paribas for 27 years, having commenced with the business ...

Australian fund regulation below average: Morningstar

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2020
... country. The Netherlands, Sweden and UK were the most investor-friendly markets in terms of regulation and taxation. While Belgium, Finland and Norway received above average grades. Along with Australia, Morningstar pointed to Canada, China, Japan, New ...

Chief economist update: COVID-19 solves overtourism in Europe

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2020
... acquired), 12 cases in France (five imported, seven locally acquired), three cases in Spain (three imported), one case in Belgium (imported), one case in Finland (imported), one case in Sweden (imported). Six deaths have been reported in Italy; one death ...

QIC acquires European airport stake

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2019
QIC has partnered with a Dutch pension giant to acquire 36% of a European airport. The APG-QIC consortium transaction sees the Brisbane-based alternatives manager and the Dutch pension fund investor take a 16.8% interest in the Brussels airport. The ...

Chief economist update: La vita is no longer e bella

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2019
"When the moon hits your eye, like a big pizza pie, that's amore..." But Italians may not be in the mood for "amore", not when their economy - the third biggest in the Eurozone - is officially in a technical recession. La vita is no longer e bella! ...

Chief economist update: Friday when the trade war began

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 JUL 2018
... threat to tax another US$500 billion worth of Chinese imports. To put this in perspective, US$500 billion could buy you Belgium plus some change. And this is just with America's war with China, there's still the European Union, Canada, Mexico ...

Genetics will test life insurance sector

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 26 OCT 2017
... results, while Greece and Japan have no regulation but do abide by codes of conduct developed by industry groups. Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Ireland, Poland, Portugal and Singapore all place prohibitions or moratoriums on the use of existing ...

Australia ranks fifth for financial literacy

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAY 2017
... their ability to understand and apply knowledge to financial questions. The four countries ahead of Australia were China, Belgium, Canada and nations grouped as the Russian Federation. ASIC deputy chair Peter Kell said he welcomed these results, noting ...