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Chief economist update: The vaccine has landed

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 FEB 2021
... "About 170,000 frontline healthcare, quarantine and border workers will be the first to receive vaccinations from Monday in stage 1A of the rollout, with more than 500,000 aged and disability care residents and staff" for a total of 678,000. About 60,000 ...

CFA unveils December exam results

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2021
Less than half of the candidates who sat the first stage of the rigorous CFA exam have passed, global results from the institute shows. The CFA Institute announced 12,806 of the 26,212 or 49% of Level I candidates passed their examination in the December ...

PADUA launches client fact find

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 15 FEB 2021
The financial technology firm has launched a client facing digital fact find to eliminate time consumption in obtaining pre-meeting information. CAPRI has completed beta testing and makes the gathering of information less overwhelming for clients. It ...

To merge or not to merge?

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2021
... with MTAA and Aware Super talking mergers. MTAA Super chief Leeanne Turner said that whilst the industry is clearly in a stage of consolidation there is still a place for smaller funds to exist. "We do think there is a bit of a sweet spot, and I think ...

Aussie super funds and Biden's US infra push

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2021
... create jobs, he said, as its mantra is "creating good paying or 'union jobs' creates middle-class jobs". At this stage, details about the conditions on funding the government will provide are unclear.

Macquarie makes telecoms bid

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 8 FEB 2021
... telecommunications company said it will update the market in line with its continuous disclosure obligations and at this stage shareholders to not need to take any action.

Magnolia Capital takeover saga continues

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 2 FEB 2021
... the contention by AU1 that there was significant doubt as to Magnolia's capacity to fund its announced bid. "At this stage, Magnolia still has a number of concerns about the solvency of the Agency and is awaiting the audited half yearly financial ...

Iron Man launches VC funds

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 2 FEB 2021
... technological solutions that tackle environmental challenges. FootPrint Coalition Ventures comprises two funds - an early-stage Series A and late-stage Series B - led by Downey Jr and tech investors and entrepreneurs Jonathan Schulhof and Steve Levin. ...

Chief economist update: Overvaluation tests FOMO and TINA trades

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2021
Wall Street's down. Repeat, Wall Street's down! The CBOE VIX index - the fear gauge - jumped by 9.5% in the last trading day of the first month of 2021 to 33.09 points, marking the highest since the renewed COVID-19 outbreak in Europe that subsequently ...

AMP Bank boss exits

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2021
... left the company. An AMP spokesperson commented: "Rod is highly regarded at AMP and we wish him all the best for the next stage of his career." At BOQ, Finch will report to Martine Jager, who was most recently Westpac's chief digital and marketing officer. ...