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RBA, CBA, NAB partner for wholesale currency

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 3 NOV 2020
... announced a partnership with a consortium of financial institutions and a blockchain technology company to develop a wholesale central bank digital currency (CBDC) using distributed ledger technology (DLT) for settlement. As a part of the RBA's research ...

Chief economist update: The UK's new plan... after two plans

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2020
... question then becomes how soon is soon enough to end restrictions to prevent a third wave and even more government and central bank money spent.

Future Fund asked to table detailed fee spend

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2020
At the budget estimates this morning, the Future Fund was asked to provide its fee spend by each asset class, instead of the total-portfolio figure it usually reports. The $163 billion sovereign wealth fund uses 'total portfolio approach' meaning ...

Chief economist update: Middle Kingdom on top

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2020
... Sisyphusian efforts to contain the pandemic, China's rapid "cruel to be kind" response to the pandemic has allowed central command to redirect its focus and resources on sustaining and strengthening the economic recovery. It's on its way. China's ...

Chief economist update: COVID-19 returns to Europe with a vengeance

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2020
... regions and strengthened existing social distancing and face covering rules. The Netherlands entered a partial lockdown. Central Europe, which had been spared in the March-April wave, saw big spikes in cases." These are already impacting business activity ...

Chief economist update: Lowe taking interest rates lower

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2020
... that are consistent with inflation being sustainably within the 2 to 3% target range. To do this, Lowe reiterated the central bank's forward guidance not to increase "the cash rate for at least three years" and that "we have been considering what ...

Keep spending and investing: Lowe

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2020
... who run small businesses have suffered the negative effects of this recession more so than those in large business. The central bank found that as at mid-September, the number of people on the payrolls of firms with at least 200 employees was down just ...

Chief economist update: Money buys happiness

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2020
... measures in the Budget only providing specific support for younger employees." Have jobs, will spend. The government and the central bank can flood the system with money - and business operations can resume - but if consumers aren't confident about ...

DTCC launches advisory service

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 9 OCT 2020
... businesses. It also focuses on complying with regulatory bodies Securities Financing Transactions Regulation (SFTR) and Central Securities Depositories Regulation (CSDR), as well as providing best practices in the trade reporting and the post-trade process. ...

Cashwerkz fits out bond service

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2020
... focus on innovation, improvements and enhancements for clients. "Bloomberg's execution and order management solutions are central to us delivering a robust service to our investors, so they can act with speed, efficiency and confidence when trading bonds ...