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Review calls for Reserve Bank overhaul

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 20 APR 2023
... the most significant of which is a recommendation to split the RBA board in two - much like the structure of the Bank of England and Bank of Canada. This would see the creation of a Monetary Policy Board and a Corporate Governance Board; the former would ...

RBA rate rises up in the air: Economists

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAR 2023
... "Enough to get inflation to fall to its 2-3% target but without delivering a recession," he said. Overnight, the Bank of England opted to raise interest rates, hiking them a further 25 basis points to 4.25%.

US agencies act to prevent crisis

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 13 MAR 2023
... second largest in US history by assets. A consortium led by The Bank of London has applied to the UK Treasury, the Bank of England and the board of Silicon Valley Bank UK to take over its UK operations, saying it "cannot be allowed to fail given the ...

Four themes driving 2023: Iggo

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 24 JAN 2023
... Federal Reserve's fed funds rate; 3.25% to 3.5% for the European Central Bank's deposit rate; and 4.5% for the Bank of England's bank rate. "Further declines in inflation rates in the months ahead should be a positive driver of returns in both bonds ...

Link Fund Solutions hit with further legal action

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 17 JAN 2023
Link Fund Solutions is the subject of a new group action in England related to the now infamous Woodford fund failure. Law firm Leigh Day has served the action after it and another firm, Harcus Parker, had applications for a Group Litigation Order regarding ...

APAC airports well positioned for recovery: Study

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 13 JAN 2023
... purchased a 49% stake in the UK's London Luton Airport in 2018 and 100% of the Leeds Bradford Airport in the north of England in 2017. It has long held stakes in other airports including Newcastle in the UK and Melbourne and Launceston in Australia.

Hopes for action at "implementation" COP27

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 14 NOV 2022
... climate change have already started to manifest. Pakistan's floods, Europe and China's droughts, 40oC heat in England and category five storms in the Caribbean and North America are just a few examples of this. "Adaptation is essential now and ...

Citi launches digital proxy voting service

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 25 OCT 2022
... Zealand markets. Citi head of securities in Australia and New Zealand and APAC co-head of sales for securities services Mark England said investor communications are being transformed with automation. "Our long-term partnership with Proxymity reflects ...

QIC sees changes in private debt, liquid markets

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2022
... and liquid markets. She has been with the Queensland state government investor for 20 years, joining from the Bank of England, where she worked as an economist. Before that, in 1997, she was an economist at the Queensland Treasury. Meanwhile, Alison ...

Susan Buckley to leave QIC

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2022
... and economist at National Australia Bank. For her part, Morris has been with QIC for 20 years, joining from the Bank of England where she worked as an economist. Before that, in 1997, she was an economist at the Queensland Treasury. This story first ...