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Oil price shock to hit consumers 'relatively quickly': RBA

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2026
... Hunter said RBA's reports suggest some firms have responded already, with fuel surcharges raised by firms at the start of supply chains that flow into a broad set of industries. "Expectations for pass-through to consumer prices vary, but we are hearing ...

ACCC approves Zurich's ClearView takeover

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2026
... "acquisition may be put into effect". In assessing the deal, the watchdog said Zurich and ClearView overlap in Australia in the supply of life insurance products, particularly in the supply of products in the retail adviser channel. It determined "the ...

Combating modern slavery difficult but not impossible: RIAA

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2026
... globally face modern slavery conditions. For investors, it means being cognisant of modern slavery hiding deep inside global supply chains. "Investors can play a role in combatting modern slavery through many ways; shareholder resolutions, divestments ...

UniSuper makes investment changes for High Growth option

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2026
... revenue from the production of tobacco, manufacture of nicotine alternatives and tobacco-based products, excluding the supply of key products necessary for the manufacture of tobacco or nicotine products. Meanwhile, effective July 1, UniSuper's negative ...

AI to outweigh inflation fears in fixed income markets: Allspring

VINNY VUCAGO  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2026
... AI and technological productivity gains. "AI is fundamentally a technology of abundance," Wise said. "It is a positive supply shock. It is disinflationary." Wise compared current investor sentiment to market fears around tariffs and trade disruptions ...

Budget boosts fuel security, misses clean energy opportunities

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2026
... Australian Fuel Security Reserve to obtain fuels and fertiliser. "We're helping businesses and manufacturers bolster supply chains, with $1 billion in interest free loans through the National Reconstruction Fund and incentives to get more freight ...

Senior housing, retail stand out in global property markets: Bedingfield

VINNY VUCAGO  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2026
... noting the demographic shift was creating sustained demand for private pay retirement living facilities at a time when new supply remained near 15-year lows. He said the combination of ageing populations, wealthy retirees and constrained development ...

Investors the biggest losers in 2026 Budget

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2026
... also set to take effect on this date. Residential property will be limited to new builds that genuinely add to housing supply. Properties held as of 12 May 2026, meanwhile, will be exempt and arrangements will not change for existing investors. Discretionary ...

Foreign investors housing ban extended

VINNY VUCAGO  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2026
... government described as its most significant housing intervention to date, combining tax reform, infrastructure spending and supply side incentives.in "We will replace the 50% capital gains tax discount with inflation-adjusted indexation from 1 July ...

Budget doubles down on housing supply with $2bn infrastructure push

VINNY VUCAGO  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2026
... on a broader housing agenda that has increasingly focused on unlocking institutional capital boosting long term housing supply amid worsening affordability pressures. "[The government] is taking decisive action in the Budget to boost housing supply ...