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Australia confirms economic sanctions against Russia

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAR 2022
... Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom, Canada, and the United States. These measures include the removal of selected Russian banks from the SWIFT global payments messaging system. They also include restrictive measures to prevent the Russian Central Bank ...

EM investors brace for geopolitical impact

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 25 FEB 2022
... conditions could mean that market outcomes are less satisfactory if the conflict cannot be contained, especially if central banks make a policy error," she said. "In examining sharemarket behaviour over the past hundred years, we think it is particularly ...

Chief economist: Is this a buy op?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 FEB 2022
... at the end of the day, Russia's invasion of Ukraine has improved equity market valuations and perhaps, cause central banks to rethink their policy stance towards less aggression. As I write, US equity markets have closed higher, and those in Australia ...

Chief economist: Thank you, Putin

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 FEB 2022
... fiscal and monetary policy stimulus measures that are creating the current correction in equity and bond markets. Central banks and governments are draining (or about to) liquidity to prevent inflation from running far away from their targets. This is ...

BlackRock strengthens Australasia, APAC leadership

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 FEB 2022
... Australian board and have high-level responsibility for sales and client servicing across sovereign entities, pension funds, banks, insurers, asset managers, asset consultants, family offices and financial advice practices," BlackRock said.. Across the ...

Private debt and YFYS: Research

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 18 FEB 2022
... the loan arrangements. The data that is available tends to skew to the US. In Australia, government funding provided to banks during the Global Financial Crisis has somewhat stifled the Australian private debt market, leaving it lagging global markets. ...

Vision Super adds to board

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 FEB 2022
... providers and philanthropies to provide affordable housing. Vaidyanath has also held leadership roles in universities and global banks, including working at the Reserve Bank of India for about 15 years. She replaces Geoff Lake, who has served on the ...

Sequoia makes three appointments

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 15 FEB 2022
... cashflow positive, profitable, and merging them into the group. "Sequoia's Wealth division will continue to grow as the major banks exit financial advice and advisers seek a licensee that can pro-actively assist them to maximise business opportunities ...

Blue Crane Capital launches fintech tool for SMSFs

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 FEB 2022
... provides a complete analysis and comparison of the SMSF lending market for both commercial and residential property, covering banks, nonbanks and private lenders. The newly launched fintech aims to deliver SMSF borrowers the best interest rate available ...

Economics Committee to examine rainy day funds

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 8 FEB 2022
... (Supervision) Act 1993. The hearing, scheduled for February 10, is part of the committee's ongoing review of the four major banks and other financial institutions. Representatives from APRA, ASIC, Treasury and the University of New South Wales have ...