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Section 899 ditched but companies face tax uncertainties

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 14 JUL 2025
... we react to Trump and his administration in his first term?" he said. "We landed on this idea of, with the Trump administration, [it's better to] react to what they do, not necessarily what they say. There's a lot of headlines, noise, and statements ...

Global stock markets rally, but Trump's next post could flip the script

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUN 2025
Global stock markets roared back in May, staging a spectacular turnaround from the extreme volatility and negative returns that rattled most developed equity markets in April. But uncertainty still looms large. UniSuper head of fixed interest David ...

Tariffs were never the answer: Experts

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 19 MAY 2025
The tariffs doled out - and then largely wound back or paused by - the Trump administration are unlikely to help the US realise its economic priorities, an industry conference has heard. Opening the Stockbrokers and Investment Advisers Association's ...

'Lunatic' tariffs can directly hit Australia: Academics

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2025
... odds with determining exactly what the US is trying to achieve with its tariff policies, with some in the Trump administration seemingly wanting to "do a grand bargain with China" while others talk of isolating China. Speaking at a panel hosted by La ...

US financial market dominance can't last indefinitely: MSCI

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2025
The US stock market has returned nearly twice as much as international markets since the Global Financial Crisis, which subsequently resulted in its share of global equity market capitalisation approaching almost 70% by the end of last year. History ...

Fed holds rates, but RBA still poised for a cut

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2025
... tariffs, which could lead to a global recession. "The upending of the global trade system occasioned by the Trump Administration's tariff agenda will more likely than not see a global recession by year-end," he said. "That prospect, combined with perhaps ...

No US recession priced in yet: UniSuper

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAY 2025
... they're selling bonds. "The reason why I raise these bond moves, though, is that it really seemed to spook the Trump administration. "I actually think it was the instability in the bond market that made him re-evaluate his tariff policy this mont ...

REITs see best start versus equities in a decade: Principal AM

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2025
Listed real estate investment trusts (REITs) are off to one of their strongest starts relative to equities in the past decade, according to Principal Asset Management, which sees the asset class as a compelling opportunity for navigating a challenging ...

US pension funds haemorrhage US$249bn

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 10 APR 2025
The 25 largest state and local pension investment funds in the US have lost an estimated US$249 billion in public equities, according to the Equable Institute. The institute, which is a bipartisan nonprofit, said most of the damage occurred over the ...

Cbus plays it steady amid rocky start to the year

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 APR 2025
... the MSCI World Index, has made him more cautious on the outlook. "We went into this year thinking the new Trump administration would be a mixture of pro-growth and anti-growth measures. We just didn't know what would get announced when," Gavin says. ...