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Study reveals who bares brunt of US tariffs

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2026
Contrary to US government rhetoric, the cost of US import tariffs is not borne by foreign exporters, according to new research from the Kiel Institute for the World Economy. The report revealed that instead, they hit the American economy itself. The ...

IMF flags 'drawn out' inflation battle in Australia

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2026
... drawn-out persistence in above-target inflation," it said. The IMF said central banks must tailor monetary policy to uphold price stability amid ongoing shifts in the global economic landscape. "Monetary policymakers in countries where inflation is at ...

ASIC returns $40m of CFD losses

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2026
... Australia's contracts for difference (CFD) sector following a whole of industry review. CFDs allow investors to speculate on the price movements of assets such as shares, currencies or commodities, without owning them. Between October 2024 and December ...

Bullock in 'full solidarity' with Powell

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JAN 2026
... solidarity with the Federal Reserve System and its chair Jerome Powell. The independence of central banks is a cornerstone of price, financial and economic stability in the interest of the citizens that we serve," the combined statement read. "It is ...

Mercer Investments axes managers, awards fresh mandates

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 13 JAN 2026
... Advance International Shares Fund was managed by Wellington Management Australia with a 41% allocation, followed by T. Rowe Price Australia with 19%, and RQI Investor and GuardCap Asset Management, which each had 18%. Mercer told investors that it "regularly ...

Trump 'playing with fire' over Fed indictment threat

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 13 JAN 2026
... Democrats alike. In every case, I have carried out my duties without political fear or favour, focused solely on our mandate of price stability and maximum employment," he said. "Public service sometimes requires standing firm in the face of threats. ...

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

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 12 JAN 2026
... bottlenecks and sharp increases in energy and food prices. "The extent to which these global shocks were translated into domestic price pressures depended on country-specific factors such as exchange rate regimes, fiscal responses, labour market tightness ...

AustralianSuper backs BlueScope rejecting $13bn bid

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 9 JAN 2026
... of the business. Based on our current valuation, we would only support a transaction that was materially higher than the price of $30 per share currently proposed."

Global X reveals 2025 top performing ETF asset classes

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 9 JAN 2026
... ETFs led returns, with gold miners and physical precious metals among the strongest performers of the year after record price gains. "Gold benefited from strong central bank demand, persistent geopolitical tensions, elevated fiscal deficits, fears around ...

Rest returns 'healthy' 9.22% to members

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 8 JAN 2026
... Federal Reserve to consider further rate cuts. In contrast, recent data in Australia has indicated a broad-based rise in price pressures," Clancy said. "With household budgets under pressure and consumer confidence weakening, how central banks navigate ...