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Should super funds segregate pension assets?

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAY 2019
... withholding-tax leakage, target capital gains tax efficiency. On the unquantifiable end, the segregation may help set higher liquidity rules for pension members while harvesting illiquidity premium for accumulation members, and assist in choosing different ...

Chief economist update: China is back on track

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 APR 2019
... 0.5% on January 15 and 0.5% on January 25 - that is estimated to release around 800 billion yuan (US$117 billion) of liquidity into the economy. This was followed by fiscal easing measures - budget deficit target raised to 2.8% of GDP this year from ...

Chief economist update: China and the spring in its step

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 APR 2019
... 0.5% on 15 January and 0.5% on 25 January - that is estimated to release around 800 billion yuan (US$117 billion) of liquidity into the economy. This was followed by fiscal easing measures - budget deficit target raised to 2.8% of GDP this year from ...

Freedom to divest all operations

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 15 APR 2019
... December 2018 that it will stop selling life insurance products and alerted shareholders of the likelihood it will face a liquidity crisis in 2019. It missed its FY19 interim results deadline and was "unable to provide an accurate estimate of when the ...

Powerwrap makes a move on IPO

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 5 APR 2019
... has invested in the IPO. "The decision to list was driven primarily by the desire to give the existing 300 investors liquidity," Powerwrap chief executive William Davidson told Financial Standard yesterday. Powerwrap focuses on sophisticated and HNW ...

Northern Trust eyes super fund trading desks

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 APR 2019
... the custodian's traditional repertoire of custody services to include trade execution. This means it can now find liquidity for super funds or asset managers putting in trades and execute them while managing costs and making sure they meet regulatory ...

Chief economist update: China stitches it in time

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 APR 2019
... government special bond issuance to CNY2.15T from CNY1.3T last year to aid infrastructure investment. Signaled looser liquidity stance by pointing to further RRR cuts for smaller banks." Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang announced these measures at the ...

Chief economist update: Prepare for lift-off

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 MAR 2019
... man Trump's war on trade has compounded the world's growth challenges but still, it's the drain on global liquidity that has the world reversing the strong growth momentum of 2017 to early 2018 into the slowdown we are witnessing now. Recall ...

Chief economist update: A capitalist in communist clothes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2019
... government special bond issuance to CNY2.15T from CNY1.3T last year to aid infrastructure investment. Signaled looser liquidity stance by pointing to further RRR cuts for smaller banks," it said. Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang announced the measures ...

Freedom Insurance misses reporting deadline

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAR 2019
... announced last December it will overhaul its business model and stop selling life insurance products and is likely to face a liquidity crisis. In the same month, Bank of Queensland backed out of its agreement with Freedom to sell St Andrew's Insurance ...