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Pendal, Perpetual in acquisition talks

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUL 2022
... two entities are in high-level discussions, it's been confirmed. Pendal entered a trading halt shortly after midday yesterday, pending an announcement. Later in the afternoon, the manager announced it is in discussions with Perpetual regarding a potential ...

US rocked by inflation disaster

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUL 2022
... "The Federal Reserve plays the primary role in fighting inflation and regulating financial institutions," Biden added. Yesterday, International Monetary Fund managing director Kristalina Georgieva said inflation is higher than expected and ensuing central ...

RBA raises interest rates again

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUL 2022
... the Australian economy remained resilient, a combination of global and domestic factors has caused higher inflation. Yesterday, Lowe said: "Today's increase in interest rates is a further step in the withdrawal of the extraordinary monetary support ...

Diverger makes $65m bid for Centrepoint Alliance

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUN 2022
With a 20% interest already under its belt, Diverger is looking to acquire 100% of Centrepoint Alliance. Yesterday, the listed advice group entered a call option deed with TIGA Trading and Thorney Holdings in respect of 19.99% of Centrepoint. This was ...

Clear up uncertainty: AFA, FPA

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUN 2022
... used their submissions to the Quality of Advice Review to call for regulatory certainty. Releasing their submissions yesterday, both industry bodies have called out the pressure that regulatory uncertainty is placing on the advice industry, as well as ...

Australian firms spend 3.6bn on financial crimes

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2022
... Australian financial service companies are expected to spend more than $3.6 billion on financial crime compliance in 2022. Yesterday LexisNexis Risk Solutions released the first Australian edition of its true cost of compliance study. It revealed costs ...

Franklin Templeton new APAC co-heads

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2022
Franklin Templeton yesterday announced Matthew Harrison and Tariq Ahmad as co-heads of APAC. Harrison, the current managing director of Australia, and Ahmad, the current head of Asia distribution, will have joint ownership and accountability of APAC ...

Crypto companies halt withdrawals

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUN 2022
International cryptocurrency platforms Celsius and Binance temporarily suspended customer withdrawals. Yesterday, the world's largest crypto exchange, Binance, suspended withdrawals on the Bitcoin network. In a statement, Binance said: "This is ...

Investors Mutual, Vaughan Nelson partner

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUN 2022
... managed global SMID cap ETF available in Australia, as both an unlisted traditional version and an active ETF version yesterday. IML chief executive Damon Hambly told Financial Standard that customer demand along with Vaughan Nelson's positive track ...

Yellen forebodes stagflation risks

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2022
... strength of its labour market and economy, but despite her conviction, global inflation levels have become calamitous. Yesterday, UK inflation hit a 40-year high of 9%. Likewise, the Australian Bureau of Statistics showed that Australia recently recorded ...