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Australia ranks 40th for crypto spend

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 15 SEP 2022
... Chainalysis' 2022 Global Crypto Adoption Index said Vietnam holds the top spot for the second consecutive year, the Philippines follows, and Ukraine sits in third place. The fourth spot is held by India, followed by the US, Pakistan, Brazil, Thailand ...

AZ NGA, Blue Invest acquire VBP stake

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 15 AUG 2022
... will co-invest in Virtual Business Partners (VBP), a paraplanning and back-office solutions provider based in the Philippines. Under the deal, AZ NGA and Invest Blue will acquire a 40% interest in VBP with the group's management team increasing their ...

JBWere seals strategic alliance with Lombard Odier

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2022
... Indonesia's Mandiri private, Mizuho securities (Singapore), Taipei Fubon bank and UnionBank private banking in the Philippines.

Citi to exit consumer banking in Australia

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 16 APR 2021
... consumer banking entirely in a number of markets including Australia. China, India, Indonesia, Korea, Malaysia, the Philippines, Poland, Russia, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam and Bahrain's Citi consumer franchises will also be impacted. However, Citi will ...

Chief economist update: East and west at crossroads

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 DEC 2020
... that chooses to ignore WTO rulings? Beijing already rejected the international tribunal in The Hague favouring the Philippines in the case with the disputed islands in the South China Sea and for all of Trump's machismo, Beijing's still standing ...

Eriksens analyst moves to research house

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 2 NOV 2020
... understanding of the New Zealand marketplace, which compliments the existing team based in Australia, Taiwan and the Philippines." Mahony previously worked at Eriksens Global as a senior investment analyst and consultant. Prior to that he was a business ...

Westpac offloads vendor finance business

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2020
... previously acquired Bluestone Mortgages (mortgage lending specialist with operations in Australia, New Zealand and the Philippines) in 2018. "We continue to see strong opportunities in Australia and look forward to providing solutions to companies that ...

BNP Paribas adds to custody team

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2020
... was director of operations at HSBC, where he spent 13 years holding a number of senior roles across Australia, the Philippines and Hong Kong. While at HSBC Meares also worked as head of operations, head of service delivery and head of sub custody and ...

Perpetual wins government fund mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUL 2020
... Australia." The EMIIF will operate in countries such as Cambodia, Myanmar, Laos, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, the Philippines, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Fiji, Tonga, Samoa and other Pacific Islands. It will invest across a ...

APRA hands reins to ASIC in AUSTRAC case

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2020
... international money transfer product LitePay, some which it explosively revealed related to child exploitation in the Philippines and Southeast Asia. APRA commenced an investigation into possible breaches of the Banking Act and BEAR by Westpac in December ...