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Gold soars over Trump's Greenland rhetoric

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2026
... power of gold's rally may be up for debate as Trump wound back threats to take Greenland by force when he addressed the World Economic Forum in Davos overnight. "I don't have to use force. I don't want to use force. I won't use force," Trump said. "We ...

FNZ, Centric extend partnership, citing 'significant' upgrades

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2026
FNZ has extended its partnership with Centric, the adviser-led investment platform of Findex, for a further five years, including a significant platform modernisation leveraging FNZ's technology. As part of the upgrade, advisers are set to benefit from ...

Super funds, instos shun ETFs, retail dominance prevails

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2026
... or to persuade them to use locally listed products over potentially cheaper products that they can get elsewhere in the world," he told a recent ETFGI conference. David Tuckwell, ETF Shares chief investment officer, told Financial Standard that large ...

Danish pension fund dumps US bonds

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2026
... Any of these would cause massive disruption and substantially reduce living standards for Americans and people across the world." "We have now found a manageable investment solution and are in the process of implementing it. The solution does not negatively ...

Australian profits flat as global earnings soar to record highs

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2026
... prices led to record earnings for commodity firms. The Capital Group Global Equity Study analyses financial results of the world's largest 1600 companies by market capitalisation over the last 10 years. The latest study looks at the half-yearly or quarterly ...

Study reveals who bares brunt of US tariffs

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2026
... 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 Kiel Institute found importers and consumers ...

IMF flags 'drawn out' inflation battle in Australia

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2026
... Monetary Fund (IMF) projects global inflation will continue it's decline, but Australia will buck the trend. In its more recent World Economic Outlook (WEO), the IMF said headline global inflation is expected to fall to 3.8% in 2026 and 3.4% in 2027. ...

Aware Super bets big on data centre boom

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2026
Aware Super has committed $460 million to the Skyline JV data centre business to grow its digital infrastructure presence in the Asia Pacific (APAC) region. Leveraging Skyline JV's access to global hyperscale data centres, the company indirectly ...

Oxfam calls for net wealth tax

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2026
... it said can shape economies and societies, which can be to the detriment of the rights and freedoms of people around the world. Oxfam estimated billionaires are 4000 times more likely to hold political office than ordinary citizens. "When one billionaire ...

Trump imposes tariffs as Greenland bid escalates

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2026
... coordinated manner". "No intimidation or threat can influence us, neither in Ukraine, nor in Greenland, nor anywhere else in the world," Macron said. Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Australia recognises Greenland's sovereignty. "Our position ...