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What does a world with 'zero migration' look like?

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2026
... largely outside the labour force; removing these inflows reduces population more than it reduces the workforce, so the capital stock is shared among a workforce that is only slightly smaller, lifting capital per worker and pushing output per capita above ...

US and Aussie shares 'incredibly divergent': UniSuper

VINNY VUCAGO  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2026
The artificial intelligence (AI) investment boom continued to drive US equity markets higher in May, while Australian shares delivered comparatively modest gains amid weaker earnings outlooks and pressure on the banking sector, according to UniSuper ...

Big Un finance chief's insider trading charges dropped

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2026
... Big Un debuted on the ASX via a backdoor listing after acquiring Republic Gold in 2014 and was picked as a top-performing stock in 2017. Its shares were suspended from trading in February 2018 after information about Big Un's funding arrangement ...

Praemium names chair successor

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2026
Praemium has appointed a non-executive director to its board, who will succeed the current chair Barry Lewin at the conclusion of the annual general meeting scheduled for November. After chairing the board for nine years, Lewin has decided to retire ...

Product Showcase: Calm in the chaos

THE FINANCIAL STANDARD TEAM  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2026
... first would be in the deep value space where there's perhaps a big risk arbitrage between the upside and downside on the stock. With a capital cycle lens of looking through those companies, particularly when capital is coming out of an industry ...

FEATURE | Emerging markets: Twists and turns

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2026
... When she addressed the Asia Pacific Investment Summit in Sydney in late March, the country had about 60 days of fossil fuel stock left. "That is how vulnerable the Philippines is right now. As early as 2005, the government started its path towards the ...

Proposed CGT reforms could upend HNW low advice demand

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2026
The high-net-worth (HNW) population's vast pool of wealth estimated to be worth a whopping $4.4 trillion, yet only one quarter employ the services of a financial adviser, new research finds, but Labor's proposed tax reforms could change this. ...

Data, compliance key to successful technology-enabled advice

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2026
While financial advice firms are at different stages of embracing artificial intelligence (AI), experts urge not to overlook two key areas before they go all in: data quality and compliance. Before considering anything else, a panel of technology and ...

Emerging markets progress from consumption to innovation: Experts

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2026
... is directly correlated to the role the government plays there," Treves said, adding that, ultimately, it comes down to a stock-by-stock basis. Robertson added, "governance can make huge impacts to returns," highlighting the case of South Korea's ...

Investors thrust into rules of the 'jungle': Economist

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2026
Geopolitical risks are increasingly encroaching on traditional market cycles, forcing investors to make sense of these "jungle times" where anything goes, according to an economist. Diana Mousina, deputy chief economist at AMP, said the current economic ...