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US, China trade truce 'welcome' news for Australia: Chalmers

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2025
The United States and China have agreed to a temporary easing of trade tensions for a 90-day period. The move will see US tariffs on Chinese imports drop from 145% to 30%, while China will cut duties on American goods from 125% to 10%. While welcome ...

Super moves: QIC, VFMC, ESSSuper, Aware Super

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2025
... investment managers at ESSSuper who started their careers at Frontier. Meanwhile, a local property expert has left the United Arab Emirates to take up a role at QIC as a director of real estate funds management. Declan Walsh is currently a senior investment ...

Foreign investment in Australia booms

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAY 2025
... preference for foreign equities ($1.54 trillion), followed by direct investment ($1.2 trillion) and "other" ($572 billion). The United States was the main contributor of investment into Australia, contributing $1.35 trillion of investment. This was followed ...

Government to 'crack down further' on financial abuse

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 APR 2025
... death, accessing their super after they died," ASFA chief executive Mary Delahunty said. "The superannuation sector stands united and will work with government to bring about the reforms needed to keep members' money out of the hands of abusers." SMC ...

Bullock hushes rate cut expectations

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 11 APR 2025
... "Inevitably, there will be a period of uncertainty and adjustment as countries respond to the ongoing tariff announcements by the United States administration," Bullock said. "It will take some time to see how all of this plays out and the added unpredictability ...

UGC's AFCA membership to cease

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 7 APR 2025
The Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA) will expel United Global Capital's (UGC) membership effective May 31. UGC, which is now in liquidation, began providing financial services, including financial advice, in 2017 to retail and sophisticated ...

RBA flags concerns over 'geopolitical uncertainties'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2025
... "Uncertainty about the outlook abroad also remains significant. On the macroeconomic policy front, recent announcements from the United States on tariffs are having an impact on confidence globally and this would likely be amplified if the scope of tariffs ...

Plenary names new chief executive

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 31 MAR 2025
... investment in Plenary, securing a 49% stake in the company. "The transaction marks the first major inbound investment from the United Arab Emirates into an Australian company since the signing of the Australia-UAE Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement ...

Australian Unity chief retires

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAR 2025
... activity. Divestments included the sale of its pharmacy and general insurance businesses, the $155.5 million offload of Grand United Corporate Health to nib, and, most recently, the handover of Australian Unity Bank to Bank Australia, expected to wrap ...

Iress hires wealth tech experts

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2025
... wealth business. Masson has over 24 years' experience in financial services and project delivery in Australia and the United Kingdom. He has held multiple senior management roles, most recently as chief technology officer at Team Super, formerly ...