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Pain of commodity price increases to last: World Bank

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 APR 2022
... they were last year and coal prices will increase by 80% this year. The World Bank's vice president for equitable growth, finance and institutions Indermit Gill said we are experiencing the largest shock since the 1970s and stagflation is likely. "Policymakers ...

Aussies place 17th for crypto profits

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 22 APR 2022
... $47.0 billion, followed by the UK, Germany, Japan, and China. Whilst sufficiently behind the US, Australia came in above finance hubs like Switzerland, Singapore, and Hong Kong. China's decline relative to other countries stood out last year, with an ...

Westpac giving away BT super business

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 22 APR 2022
... sale of Westpac Life NZ of $119 million and gains of a further $119 million from the sale of its motor vehicle dealer finance business, offsetting the other factors.

UBS Australia could be banned from Papua New Guinea

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 APR 2022
... and agreed PNG should buy Oil Search shares. The government decided to do this by taking out the UBS Australia loan to finance the purchase. This 2014 loan did not involve a public tender and was not endorsed by parliament.

Increased demand drives ESG expert salaries

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 APR 2022
... investment fund." In terms of qualifications, ESG professionals are expected to have tertiary qualification in either commerce, finance, law, economics, environmental or social studies, or associated fields. Post-graduate qualifications are also highly ...

Mayfair sues Mission Beach lender

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 14 APR 2022
... now suing the financier that allowed the company to purchase property in Mission Beach. Mayfair 101 obtained bridging finance, to purchase the Mission Beach property, from Napla between late 2019 and early 2020. It settled on the properties over the ...

BlackRock backs stablecoin issuer

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 APR 2022
... a $400 million funding round with investments from BlackRock and Fidelity Management and Research. The global internet finance firm is also the issuer of USD Coin (USDC), one of the fastest growing dollar digital currencies with over US$50 billion in ...

VFMC,CFA Societies combine to attract more women into investing

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 11 APR 2022
... experience in key feeder roles. These key feeder roles include investment banking, management consulting and corporate finance. Called Accelerate, the new early career push follows four years of Future IM/Pact work focused on engaging women at university ...

Citi alumna returns to strengthen superannuation offering

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 8 APR 2022
... am thrilled to return to Citi. Throughout my career I have forged long-standing relationships and networks across the finance and super industries, and I look forward to leveraging this as we grow our footprint in the super sector." "As the sector's ...

APRA champions flexible financial technology regulation

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 8 APR 2022
... benefits. Finding the Goldilocks point for regulation is what Byres said APRA strives for. To allow the digitisation of finance to generate maximum economic benefit, but doing so within society's risk tolerance. Byres asserted that seizing great opportunity ...