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ASIC seeks feedback on updating financial reports relief guidance

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 13 JAN 2026
... line with ASIC's work to improve our regulatory guidance and we are not revisiting financial reporting and audit relief policy settings at this time," ASIC said. The proposed changes include added scenarios when ASIC is unable to provide retrospective ...

Trump 'playing with fire' over Fed indictment threat

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 13 JAN 2026
... was announced. deVere Group chief executive Nigel Green said global markets recognise this issue is greater than a simple policy disagreement. "Pressure on the central bank of the world's largest economy carries global consequences," Green said. "Confidence ...

Australia evades tariff shocks, CPI to surge in 2026: UN

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 12 JAN 2026
... fiscal responses, labour market tightness and market structures, highlighting the importance of domestic vulnerabilities and policy settings in shaping inflation outcomes and persistence," the report highlighted. Notably, the report indicated that Australia ...

SEC slams proxy adviser 'oligopoly,' urges AI use

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 12 JAN 2026
... 'solutions,' which not only handle the mechanics of the voting process, but provide substantive 'recommendations' on corporate policy matters that can effectively become industry-wide fiats." This evolution not only gave rise to "a small oligopoly of ...

Global trade a patchwork of relationships, regional priorities: Analysis

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  FRIDAY, 9 JAN 2026
... the future of trade and markets and suppliers of goods and services. The next few years will see significant events and policy decisions that could significantly alter the trade patchwork scenario, BCG explained, such as the conclusion of negotiations ...

Rest returns 'healthy' 9.22% to members

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 8 JAN 2026
... responded positively to earnings strength, which supported company valuations, and several central banks eased monetary policy," Clancy said. "It's great to deliver another year of healthy investment returns in 2025 for Rest's more than two million members. ...

Trump plans to ban large investors from buying homes

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 8 JAN 2026
... affordability crisis, buying up properties that would historically have gone to first-time buyers and turning them into rentals. Policy settings in the wake of the Global Financial Crisis enabled greater investment activity by large firms, while the ...

Inflation pulls back in November

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JAN 2026
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 3.4% in the 12 months to November 2025, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). "The 3.4% annual CPI inflation to November was down from 3.8% to October," ABS head of prices statistics Michelle Marquardt ...

Lazard sets up new chief investment role

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JAN 2026
... chief economist at Lazard. Prior to joining Lazard, he served as acting assistant secretary of the US Treasury for economic policy. Previously, he was a portfolio manager and managing director at BlackRock, where he managed systematic equity funds and ...

China's two speed economies: Which one wins?

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 6 JAN 2026
... sustained rally. China's macro and corporate resilience, coupled with the gradual return of inflation and a more supportive policy stance, suggest further upside potential," Efstathopoulos said. Efstathopoulos said core inflation has been rising ...