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Xinja returns deposits

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JAN 2021
... it said was an "increasingly difficult" year after only obtaining the licence in September 2019. "After a year marked by COVID-19 and an increasingly difficult capital-raising environment, and following a review of the market in Australia, Xinja has ...

Chief economist update: Iron ore is hot

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JAN 2021
... imports rose by 1.17 billion tonnes in 2020, beating the 1.08 billion tonnes recorded in 2017. The recent resurgence of COVID-19 infections in at least 11 regions in three provinces in China, which had prompted authorities to impose restrictions and ...

Hume advocates for affordable advice

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JAN 2021
... through the process of professionalisation, but the industry is also adapting and innovating in response to the challenges of COVID-19," she said. Hume acknowledged that some interpretations of current regulatory settings are creating barriers to consumers ...

Chief economist update: Japan's second state of emergency

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 JAN 2021
... rebounded from the record lows seen in April last year. The sun was finally rising in Japan. That is until the third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic hit when the number of daily new cases, active cases and daily deaths began rising sometime around late ...

Crackdown on ERS scams continues

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2021
... rise in investment scams and government impersonation scams. Scamwatch said it received over 5170 scam reports mentioning COVID-19 with over $6.28 million in reported losses since the outbreak of the pandemic. A spokesperson from the ATO told Financial ...

MTAA, Tasplan reveal new brand

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2021
... November 2019, setting a deadline for 1 October 2020. However the merger was pushed back by six months to 31 March 2021 citing COVID-19.

QBE takes final hit in FCA test case

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2021
... issues concerning the interpretation of common business interruption policy wordings, in relation to whether they respond to COVID-19 and related government mandated lockdowns. The High Court agreed with the Supreme Court, ruling against the insurer ...

Chief economist update: Eurozone at risk of double-dip

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2021
... Eurozone takes to get on top of the resurgence, the longer the lockdowns, the greater the risk of a double-dip recession. COVID-19 infections in Europe started re-appearing and multiplying sometime around October last year. The growth in total confirmed ...

BlackRock results reveal Aladdin trajectory

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 15 JAN 2021
BlackRock's end-to-end operating system Aladdin is continuing along its trajectory of world domination, but COVID-19 has provided a blip in revenue growth. BlackRock chief executive Larry Fink has said he wants to see technology revenue make up a third ...

Pendal reports $1.6bn in net outflows

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 15 JAN 2021
... Management Business, after investors redeemed $800 million from the UK Dynamic OEIC following its underperformance during COVID-19. JO Hambro also handed back another $700 million to institutional clients who Pendal says rebalanced their portfolios. ...