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Financial services industry welcomes 'Yes' result

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 NOV 2017
Leaders from across the financial services industry have welcomed the 'Yes' vote in favour of legalising same-sex marriage. Zurich, Vanguard, Westpac, Australian Ethical and CBA have all expressed delight at the result and affirmed their commitment ...

Oil's gift to central bankers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 NOV 2017
... production increases or cuts, the political tension alone was enough to send oil prices to two year highs. The price of Brent oil surged by 3.5% to US$64.27 a barrel on the day and that of WTI oil gained 2.9% to US$57.26 - prices not seen since June ...

TCorp and Sunsuper buy UK airports

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 NOV 2017
New South Wales Treasury Corporation and Sunsuper have purchased significant stakes in two UK regional airports after striking a deal with a large Canadian pension fund. The Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan (OTPP) sold 30% of its stakes in Bristol Airport ...

New industry body to launch

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 23 OCT 2017
A new industry association looking to build upon Australia's insurance innovation ecosystem will be formally established this week. National not-for-profit organisation Insurtech Australia will focus on representing insurtech startups, insurers, reinsurers ...

MBS Insurance welcomes two partners

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 AUG 2017
... Specialist risk advice practice MBS Insurance promoted two of its financial advisers to partners. Both Chris MacKenzie and Brent McCullough joined Sydney-headquartered MBS Insurance about five years ago. MacKenzie joined the firm as an insurance adviser ...

Insurers require urgent start-up collaborations

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 14 AUG 2017
Life insurers are urgently realising the need to be more customer-focused by collaborating with new entrants to the industry once deemed a threat. This is the view of insurance companies concerned about how best to tackle the challenges innovation presents ...

Good oil, bad oil

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUN 2017
... do we have a problem? Oil has. It's back in a bear market - with the price of both the West Texas Intermediate (WTI) and Brent dropping by more than 20% from this year's highs. WTI oil edged up a little to US$42.73/barrel overnight after dropping to ...

Eurozone gaining momentum

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUN 2017
... basis of current futures prices for oil, headline inflation is likely to remain around current levels in the coming months." Brent oil was trading at around US$50 per barrel before the ECB's June meeting. It closed at US$44.68/barrel overnight. Not a ...

Oil's not so slick

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 JUN 2017
... happening again after the May 25 extension. Crude oil traded above the psychological US$50/barrel mark - WTI oil at US$50.99; Brent oil at US$53.29 - the day before OPEC announced the output cut extension before resuming its downtrend, taking the price ...

AMP Capital makes key infrastructure hire

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 5 JUN 2017
AMP Capital appointed a new investment director for its infrastructure equity team. Brent Tasugi joins AMP Capital's New York office from Oaktree Capital Management, where he was a senior vice president overseeing North American transportation, logistics ...