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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 ...

An outlook for fixed income allocations in 2026

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  TUESDAY, 23 DEC 2025
... returns with low drawdown risk. "If we were to experience an economic downturn in 2026, we would expect central banks to ease policy to boost growth. Reductions in rates generally pulls longer maturity yields downwards, and lower yields mean capital ...

Productivity Commission makes 47 recommendations

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 22 DEC 2025
... would add billions to the economy, benefiting workers, households and businesses today and into the future. "No single policy reform can bring productivity growth back to its long-term average - governments will have to make a lot of pro-productivity ...

Change in AI sentiment, credit events could 'derail activity': AustralianSuper

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 22 DEC 2025
... the first year of its 15 th Five-Year Plan which is traditionally a growth phase, easing of post-pandemic tight monetary policy and strong AI investments spilling across the broader economy. However, Page noted that even though the medium-term looks ...

Treasury seeks feedback on major super tax reform

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 19 DEC 2025
... earnings of the fund attributable to an individual member, and report that amount to the Australian Taxation Office. The policy will also apply to members of defined benefit schemes. The tax is imposed directly on the individual but can be paid from ...

Investment managers enter 'paradox' in 2026: Deloitte

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 19 DEC 2025
... platform specialists, and cement an AI operating model that can safely scale. "In a year when consolidation accelerates and policy expands the product canvas, the gap between bold, well-governed execution and incrementalism will likely widen," the report ...

Super tax receipts to increase by $10.9bn

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 18 DEC 2025
... spending growth and returning every dollar of tax receipt upgrades to the budget. For the first time in eight years, net policy decisions in this MYEFO are positive, improving the budget position by $2.2 billion over the forward estimates."