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Chief economist update: Yuan the victim of China's success

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 JAN 2021
The Chinese yuan has seen a sharp appreciation, leading major Chinese news outlets to report that the government would be relaxing rules to make it simpler to settle the currency internationally. 'Twas less than one and a half years ago that the ...

Super funds back COVID-19 preventative drug

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 7 JAN 2021
... treatment available to the public." Ena Respiratory is currently in discussions with existing and new investors to further accelerate the nasal spray's clinical development and global distribution.

Super funds boost stake in US toll roads

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 DEC 2020
... Commonwealth of Virginia," it said. Transurban Group chief executive Scott Charlton commented: "We now have the opportunity to accelerate growth, building on our track record of success in the region and leveraging the time-tested growth strategies being ...

QLD super funds advance merger

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 22 DEC 2020
... Richard Flanagan said combining the funds would achieve further economies of scale to deliver lower fees to members, and accelerate the delivery of enhanced services and products. "The two funds share similar values and cultures, and we have highly complementary ...

Sayers hires tech experts, launches new unit

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2020
... US-based venture fund. McLaren partners with clients in the banking, healthcare and insurance industries wanting to accelerate technology-led solutions. Before establishing the new unit, Sayers co-founder and chief executive of advisory and investments ...

Aussie, Lendi to merge

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 DEC 2020
... brokers and over 210 stores and, by underpinning Lendi's technology across our national broker network, we will further accelerate this growth and momentum." Lendi also announced that one of its long-term partners and shareholders, ANZi (a subsidiary ...

Australia in China's shadow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 DEC 2020
"Convince your enemy that he will gain very little by attacking you; this will diminish his enthusiasm" - Sun Tzu, The Art of War It would be surprising and un-Chinese for China not to heed the prescriptions of one of its famous son, Sun Tzu - a military ...

Amazon Web Services expands Australian operations

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2020
... AWS customers include Deloitte, CBA, NAB, Atlassian, CSIRO, Afterpay and Australia Post. The new AWS Region aims to accelerate innovation agility and cost savings by leveraging the world's leading cloud including compute, storage, analytics, artificial ...

Cbus expands clean-energy holdings

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2020
Cbus has completed the acquisition of a renewable energy asset with the help of a consortium. The partnership with Capital Dynamics and other investors acquired a direct undisclosed interest in two solar photovoltaic (the process of converting light ...

Macquarie acquires US wealth manager

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2020
Macquarie Asset Management has entered into an agreement to acquire US-based asset and wealth manager Waddell & Reed Financial, Inc with further plans to offload part of the business to an advisory firm. The transaction values Waddell & Reed Financial ...