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Trade war rattles pre-election economic outlook

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 8 APR 2025
Treasury admits that escalating trade hostilities and risks to the economy are "more significant than expected" as it releases its Pre-election Economic and Fiscal Outlook (PEFO). While the government's Budget figures have not changed since they were ...

Tariff impact on super 'profoundly worrying'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 8 APR 2025
... upgraded our probability of not just a US recession, but maybe even a global recession. After all, tariffs are bad for global trade, definitely bad for the US consumer. This is going to effectively be a tax-a consumption tax-on the US consumer. So, our ...

Lakehouse Capital lists first fund on ASX

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 7 APR 2025
Boutique investment manager Lakehouse Capital, which manages $600 million, has listed its Global Growth Fund on the ASX today, its first publicly traded offering. Lakehouse Capital co-founder and chief investment officer Donny Buchanan said that listing ...

Platinum funds merger to go ahead

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 7 APR 2025
... private equity and private credit," Platinum said. "The vast majority of closed ended vehicles investing in listed equities trade at large discounts to NTA, with a number of closed ended vehicles, in recent years, having been wound up or converted to ...

Market turmoil hits portfolios

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2025
... risk premium was near-insatiable. Now, with Trump's new 'Liberation Day' tariffs representing a seismic shift to global trade, we have observed a marked change from idealism to hyper-realism," Neiron said. "Uncertainty will most likely prevail in the ...

Investors brace as US unleashes tariffs

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2025
... sabotage the world's economic engine while claiming to supercharge it," Green said. "It's a seismic day for global trade. Trump is blowing up the post-war system that made the US and the world more prosperous, and he's doing it with reckless ...

iExtend appoints chief operating officer

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2025
iExtend has appointed Michael Hull as chief operating officer with the aim to enhance its operational frameworks and to ensure compliance and regulatory standards continue to be delivered as the business grows. Hull brings a broad business background ...

RBA flags concerns over 'geopolitical uncertainties'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2025
... plausible, Australia's accelerating recovery is a barrier for more rate cuts this year," Bhimavarapu said. "The United States Trade Representative's Trade Estimate report... mentioned 'Australia' 46 times and 'China' a whopping 867 times, indicating ...

Fink takes private markets to next level

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 1 APR 2025
... funds "will become as familiar to investors as ETFs". But this is contingent on solving the identity verification problem. "Trade venues like NYSE and MarketAxess manage to do the same for buying and selling securities. But tokenised assets won't ...

Underinvestment in Southeast Asia a 'big issue' for Australia

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2025
... for example, typically tertiary institutions, remains an attractive offering for students from Southeast Asia. In terms of trade relations, Australia has a healthy relationship with Southeast Asia, which is currently standing as our second largest trading ...