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HNWIs demand outperforming, mission-driven endowment funds

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2026
... fund has navigated a volatile first year that included market disruptions stemming from US President Donald Trump's tariff wars, global trade tensions and escalating conflict in the Middle East involving the US, Israel and Iran. Despite the uncertainty ...

Albanese pushes Trump on tariff exemption

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2026
... request that to be considered," Albanese said. Trump recently slugged trading partners, including Australia, with a new tariff of 10% to 12.5% on the premise of pressuring foreign governments to strengthen bans on "the importation of goods produced with ...

Special Feature: Beyond safekeeping

BRENDAN SWIFT  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2026
Bigger funds demand bigger capabilities. As Australia's super sector moves towards the trillion-dollar era, custodians are stepping out of the shadows and into a more strategic role, with data stewardship, private markets expertise and AI capability ...

Trump slugs Australia with new 'forced-labour' tariffs

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2026
... the importation of goods produced with forced labour," according to a Federal Register notice. Australia will cop a 12.5% tariff, alongside countries such as New Zealand, the Philippines, Oman, Russia, Colombia, China and Venezuela. Meanwhile, Argentina ...

Special Feature: Rewarding patient capital

PENNY PRYOR  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUL 2026
Co-investments and the secondaries market are driving a fresh wave of private equity deals, with super funds emerging as major players, but in a tougher, slower season for the asset class, endurance is key. Investors looking at private equity for the ...

Ausbil sees AI, critical minerals driving next growth cycle

VINNY VUCAGO  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2026
... and creating new earnings growth opportunities. Ausbil argued the move away from globalisation, accelerated by the 2025 tariff shock and the 2026 oil disruption linked to the ongoing conflict in the Middle East, is driving greater investment in energy ...

US proposes fresh tariffs on Australia

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2026
The United States has proposed a fresh 12.5% tariff on Australia after the Office of US Trade Representative alleged Australia had failed to stop goods made with forced labour from entering markets. The Trump administration said Australian government ...

FEATURE | Emerging markets: Twists and turns

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2026
On March 24, merely weeks into the US-Israel war on Iran, the Philippines became the first domino to fall when President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. declared a national energy emergency. The closure of the Strait of Hormuz, a critical maritime chokepoint ...

AI to outweigh inflation fears in fixed income markets: Allspring

VINNY VUCAGO  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2026
Rising energy prices and geopolitical tensions may be dominating fixed income markets today, but Allspring Global Investments head of global macro strategy Noah Wise believes Artificial Intelligence (AI) will become the far more significant force, shaping ...

FEATURE: Fixed income | Adjusting the lens

PENNY PRYOR  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2026
US President Donald Trump's 'Operation Epic Fury' in the last days of February brought fixed income back into the spotlight almost overnight. As investors flew out of equities into March, fixed income was one of the chief beneficiaries of ...
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