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Tourmaline hires two leads, expands footprint

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 DEC 2020
Tourmaline Partners has hired two new managing directors, one is based in Sydney and the other will lead its newly established Dallas office. The trading solutions firm for asset managers and hedge funds named Yuki Shimada as director of Asia Pacific ...

Chief economist update: David Australia versus Goliath China

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2020
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) kept monetary policy unchanged at its December board meeting - the last of 2020 - and for good reason. "In Australia, the economic recovery is under way and recent data have generally been better than expected... ...

Chief economist update: It's looking up for the land down under

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2020
It keeps getting better and better for Australia. Only yesterday, I penned about things bright and beautiful developing in Australia - its success over containing the second wave and the consequent relaxation of restrictions and re-opening of state ...

Court rules insurers to cover COVID-19

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2020
The NSW Court of Appeal has ruled pandemic exclusions are invalid, and insurers will have to cover COVID-19; a ruling that has seen IAG go into a trading halt. IAG entered a trading halt on the back of the news, with the ruling possibly meaning insurers ...

Chief economist update: Europe, we have a problem

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 29 OCT 2020
... problem is Europe's problem is also the world's problem. Short of having a vaccine, the threat of infection taking a tour elsewhere in one or more parts of the planet would remain as long as the virus remains in play. It'll also take a toll ...

Mayfair 101 promises investors pie in the sky

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2020
Mayfair 101 will submit a proposal to the Federal Court later this month promising investors the return of their capital. The company said it will present its proposal to the court on October 22, with the objective of giving noteholders a "clear pathway" ...

Chief economist update: Get shorty

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2020
The People's Bank of China (PBOC) cut the foreign exchange risk reserve ratio for forward contracts to 0% from 20% over the weekend, effectively giving its blessing to currency traders to "get shorty". The PBOC imposed the 20% risk reserve ratio ...

Government declares record deficit, super reforms

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2020
The Morrison government has handed down the 2020 federal budget, confirming Australia's largest ever deficit and announcing major changes to superannuation. As was largely anticipated, Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has revealed a record deficit of more ...

Real estate manager launches fresh fund

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2020
An ASX-listed real estate investment manager has established a new managed fund, following the acquisition of a regional shopping centre in NSW for $60 million. Elanor Investors Group has launched the Riverside Plaza Syndicate after acquiring the Riverside ...

Chief economist update: Rents under covid

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 SEP 2020
Australian landlords aren't all rejoicing. Yes Virginia, we're all aware this is happening in this land "girt by sea" under pandemic but the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has actually put facts and figures behind this in its September 2020 ...