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AZ NGA takes stake in boutique

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 SEP 2021
... annual in-force life insurance premiums and six financial advisers. The stake includes a cash component and capital funding for growth and future acquisitions. The capital will be used as soon as possible to build scale and capacity to Cranage. The partnership ...

Chief economist update: RBNZ will run out of patience next year

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAY 2021
... kept the official cash rate unchanged at 0.25%, maintained the existing LSAP programme, and retained the existing Funding for Lending Programme (FLP) conditions at its 26 May Board meeting. Same old, same old. The central bank notes that: "The improvement ...

Key Treasury initiatives outlined

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAY 2021
... further $1.6 million will be given to Super Consumers Australia to support stronger outcomes for super fund members. The funding for this initiative will be partially met through an increase in levies on regulated financial institutions, the government ...

Westpac to face court over insider trading

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAY 2021
... said. The special purpose vehicle was established with the purpose of obtaining $12.77 billion in syndicated debt funding for the acquisition and ongoing related costs. It also sought to hedge the floating interest rate risk by way of 11 interest rate ...

TCorp hires CBA capital markets executive

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 3 MAY 2021
... bonds and managing the state's balance sheet. Kenna spent 20 years at CBA, most recently as its head of programmatic funding for over a year. His other leadership positions there included head of debt capital markets origination and managing director ...

Chief economist update: RBNZ keeps policy steady on unsteady outlook

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 APR 2021
... unchanged at 0.25% and maintained the existing LSAP programme of a maximum of $100 billion by June 2022, and the existing Funding for Lending Programme (FLP) conditions. While the New Zealand central bank cited the improvement in the global economic ...

Aussie, Lendi to merge

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 DEC 2020
... majority shareholding of 55% in the merged business while Aussie's owner, CBA, will hold 45% and continue to provide funding for the Aussie Select branded home loan product. "The merger is another important step in the almost 29-year evolution of Aussie ...

Chief economist update: More money for reimposed lockdown

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 NOV 2020
... announced the extension of the government's furlough scheme until 31 March 2021 and raised the upfront guarantee funding for devolved administrations by £2 billion to £16 billion and up to £500 million of funding for councils to support local ...

Stephen Jones admits to anti-life insurance bias

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2020
... disappointed to see the government "dismantling things that have been working" but he does support the tax cuts and funding for business that were announced in the budget. "You'd expect that if we are going to see a deficit of that size there would ...

Budget commitment to aged care not good enough

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2020
... doing that in this year's budget," he said. Lane agrees, arguing the government has avoided the issue of aged care funding for far too long. "What they've done with aged care is kick this funding issue into the long grass of a Royal Commission ...