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Trade war intensifies: China, Canada respond to Trump's tariffs

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2025
... countermeasures, imposing a 25% tariff on US$105 billion worth of US goods imported into the country. In addition to the federal response, several Canadian provinces have escalated their own measures, restricting procurement from US suppliers, scrapping ...

Treasury responds to CHESS replacement inquiry

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAR 2025
Treasury has released its response following the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services report, Competition in clearing and settlement and the ASX CHESS Replacement Project: The CHESS Replacement Project is too important ...

Annuities' capital settings due for change: APRA

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2025
... marginal difference. They all conceded that the demand challenge needs to be addressed to unlock the longevity market. In response APRA said it acknowledged that capital settings have an impact on the supply of longevity products, but it has prudential ...

'Less revenue for us': AustralianSuper on closing multiple accounts

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2025
... less revenue'. Does this indicate the internal thinking about how they were treating their members?" Bragg asked. In response, Court said: "I can't speak for AustralianSuper, but clearly that kind of communication was something that we put before the ...

ASIC turns up the heat on private markets

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2025
ASIC is setting its sights on the private markets sector, flagging it will pay particular attention to the surging popularity of opaque private debt investments. The regulator lays out its concerns in discussion paper, Australia's evolving capital ...

MLC wary of but not opposed to bitcoin

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2025
... had asked investment professionals for their opinions on cryptocurrencies, you would likely have received a withering response. However, the passage of time has fostered some change, and outright rejection has given way to more nuanced thinking." Farmer ...

Svava makes binding offer for Selfwealth, BFG given deadline to counter

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2025
... accept or recommend the Svava proposal. BFG is now given until 5:00pm on February 26 to "provide a counterproposal in response..., and Selfwealth will consider the counterproposal in accordance with the matching right provisions to assess if it would ...

BUSSQ handed stricter licence conditions by APRA amid appeal

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2025
... ensure prudential concerns can be addressed effectively and expeditiously, and to ensure transparency in the fund's response to such concerns. They were initially handed down in August 2024 but were on hold while BUSSQ challenged the move. The regulator ...

Life insurers enhance domestic violence response

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2025
The Council of Australian Life Insurers (CALI) released new best practice guidance on family and domestic violence that sets new benchmarks for life insurers to better understand and engage with victim-survivors. The detailed framework will help Australian ...

Australian GDP growth 'steady but not solid': La Trobe

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 18 FEB 2025
Speaking at the Financial Standard Chief Economists Forum today, La Trobe Financial head of investments and product David Tagg dissected some of the key economic themes for the year ahead. Tagg highlighted some of the biggest risks in the current economic ...