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Citi to exit consumer banking in Australia

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 16 APR 2021
... said. "We will operate our consumer banking franchise in Asia and EMEA solely from four wealth centres, Singapore, Hong Kong, UAE and London. This positions us to capture the strong growth and attractive returns the wealth management business offers ...

CPP Investments chief steps down

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 1 MAR 2021
... Arab Emirates to be vaccinated against COVID-19. The Wall Street Journal reported on February 25 that Machin travelled to the UAE for the jab; he resigned one day later following a discussion with the pension fund's board. The board said it accepted ...

Australia among strongest on governance

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2020
... Finland and France were found to have strong governance practices but weak rules in place. Meanwhile, Chile, Columbia, the UAE, Pakistan and Poland had both weak practices and weak rules. Japan, Hong Kong, China and India were among the countries with ...

Apex expands Australian offering

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2020
... Apex unveiled a new a corporate services offering for clients across Asia Pacific in April followed by Switzerland and the UAE in July. The group is now adding to its corporate solutions capabilities in Australia through the addition of local Throgmorton ...

Chief economist update: Easing restrictions narrow oil demand-supply equation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2020
... OPEC+ agreement takes effect and production declines elsewhere. For some OPEC countries, e.g. Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and the UAE, lower May production is from record highs in April. Led by the United States and Canada, April supplies from countries outside ...

Advice firm expands to Dubai

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUL 2019
... decision. "The Gulf region has always been a significant jurisdiction for Atlas Wealth Management, with clients located in the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Qatar, and we are looking forward to getting boots on the ground to ensure that Australian expats ...

Praemium revenues inching towards $50m mark

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 13 AUG 2018
... about half a million dollars on restructuring costs including UK regulatory consulting for MIFID11 and GPDR implementations, UAE fund registrations and completion of Asia-downsizing.

Praemium FUA surpasses $8bn

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2018
... technology solutions. In June, Praemium set out to sell its Smartfund range of funds directly to the United Arab Emirates (UAE). It gained regulatory approval from the Securities and Commodities Authority to offer three Smartfunds (growth, balanced and ...

Praemium moves Smartfunds into UAE

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 25 JUN 2018
... Authority to offer three Smartfunds (growth, balanced and cautious) and two Smartfund 80% protected funds (growth and balanced) in UAE. Dubai stock exchange-listed Mashreq Bank will act as Praemium's local promoter for the funds. Mashreq Bank has ...

Norway dominates sovereign wealth funds

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 26 APR 2018
... Corporation (CIC), which posted strong AUM growth, largely boosted by recent stronger-than-expected Chinese economic growth. UAE's Abu Dhabi Investment Authority placed third with US$828bn in assets. Kuwait Investment Authority (US$524bn), Hong Kong ...