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Let me down gently

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 APR 2017
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) and the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) must be breathing a sigh of relief at the latest housing finance figures indicating a slowdown in the country's property market. The bubbling Australian property ...

Singapore fintech shutters Australian business

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 7 APR 2017
A Singapore-based fund manager and crowdfunding platform will cease its Australian operations less than a year after listing on the ASX. CoAssets, which was admitted to the ASX last August, specialises in crowdfunding investment services for small-to-medium ...

RBA dilemma

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 APR 2017
It'll be interesting to be a fly on the wall of the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) boardroom today when Governor Philip Lowe and his team deliberate on what to do with the country's monetary policy settings. Financial markets expect the Australian ...

BTFG announces giant Panorama leap

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAR 2017
BT Financial Group will merge 12 superannuation funds into one as part of the rollout of its $630 million Panorama platform and in a major update of the wealth management business. Announced to the market this morning, BTFG will also move from four ...

CSC renews $40bn custody mandate

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAR 2017
The Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation has renewed custody arrangements for its $40 billion in funds under management. Northern Trust (NTC) has overseen custody and investment administration for the government employee and Australian Defence Force ...

US corporate debt mandate signed to Aussie manager

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 20 MAR 2017
An Australian investment manager says it is time to think of floating rate assets and double-B rated credits as a safe haven in global debt markets. Supervised Investments portfolio manager Phil Carden told a briefing in Sydney that double-B rated debt ...

Good for now worrying for later

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAR 2017
"The February NAB Monthly Business Survey gave back the surprisingly strong gains seen in the previous month..." This was the opening line of the NAB report on business confidence and business conditions for February. How much were given back? Business ...

RBA zeroes in on balance sheets

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAR 2017
The strength and resilience of the banks' and household balance sheets - rather than indicators such as credit or rising house prices - are a key focus for the RBA, assistant governor Michele Bullock said. Bullock told this morning's Bloomberg address ...

Largest Aussie single solar project deal sealed

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAR 2017
The Commonwealth Bank and Clean Energy Finance Corporation have joined forces with one of Germany's biggest banks in Australia's largest single solar project financing deal to date. As financing partners to Edify Energy and international investor Wirsol ...

Low-flation at the core

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAR 2017
Low-flation at the core The European Central Bank's (ECB) governing council decided to keep monetary policy steady - refinancing rate at 0%, deposit rate at -0.4%, marginal lending facility at 0.25% -- while at the same time confirming that its asset ...