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Licensee to acquire Sentry Group

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUN 2021
... transaction and another $3.5million is payable in WTL shares. "Purchase price is in line with industry multiples of two-times recurring (net) dealer group revenue, presenting significant accretive value to WTL," WTL said. The Sentry acquisition is expected ...

Chief economist update: US inflation may not be as transitory as the Fed believes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUN 2021
... agency revealed that headline inflation rose by 0.8% over the month of April - the biggest increase since June 2009 and four times above market expectations for a 0.2% gain - taking the annual headline inflation rate to 4.2% (the fastest rate since September ...

Cost of group insurance declines

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUN 2021
... members will receive different covers at varying prices. For example, a 30-year-old woman's total premium varied by 25 times (from $29 to $732 a year) and a 50-year-old man's varied by 37 times (from $40 to $1480 a year).

Chief economist update: A delicate balancing act

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUN 2021
... whether or not Iranian production would come on stream if or when the US eases its sanctions which, according to the New York Times, "could increase its crude production to four million barrels a day from 2.4 million over the next year". There's ...

Asendium launches swift SOA solution

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAY 2021
... SOA to generate was eight weeks. Asendium on the other hand, is able to eliminate much of the physical and elapsed work times, so that for one scope of advice, such as an investment advice for example, the time it takes to compile an SOA is reduced to ...

Criminal charges filed against ME Bank

JAMIE WILLIAMSON, KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAY 2021
... details to follow that hearing, ASIC said. In February, Bank of Queensland bought ME Bank for $1.325 billion in cash, or 1.15 times ME's net tangible assets. The transaction is to finalise by August.

ASX deputy chief executive resigns

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAY 2021
... ahead, and I thank our customers and everyone at ASX for their hard work and support over the years. These are exciting times in global financial markets and I look forward to continuing to play a part in shaping the industry's future."

Chief economist update: China and Australia's interdependence

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAY 2021
... 'campaign' to reverse the uptrend in commodity prices - including iron ore to hit Australia hard (according to the Global Times) - has sent iron prices down by 3.9% to US$207.01 per tonne from the all-time high close of US$215.48 a tonne recorded ...

Tempered positivity post-pandemic: Experts

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAY 2021
... COVID-19 has shifted the social contract, changing the expectations people have of governments and the financial system in times of crisis. "There are reasons to be suspicious about 'build back better'... different people have different ideas of what ...

Boards should be "strap-on brains": Cosgrove

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAY 2021
... corporate Australia on the role of boards and leaders. Cosgrove delivered a speech on leadership strategies through good times and bad, drawing on his military experience, at the Conference of Major Superannuation Funds in Adelaide today. Corporate boards ...