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VFMC farewells asset allocation lead

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUL 2025
... investment stewardship team on developing a climate-aware framework and navigating a changing global landscape, including policy shifts under a new US administration, where the frameworks she built helped deliver strong investment returns.

Unemployment data throws 'curveball' at RBA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUL 2025
... conclude the labour market is turning. That said, today's result clearly adds to the case for an RBA rate cut at the August policy meeting provided next week's Q2 CPI report is not a shocker. "Indeed, the growing question market around the resilience ...

How will Trump's tariffs impact the RBA?

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUL 2025
... was likely to do with the "lack of any evidence in the hard data" around any substantial activity blowback from US trade policy. "I think that the inflation picture confronting the RBA might be a little less challenging than that confronting the US Federal ...

Investors 'ignoring' volatility: Schroders

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUL 2025
... suffering from "volatility fatigue" as they are increasingly ignoring the ongoing geopolitical risk, economic volatility, and policy uncertainty. Schroders said instead, investors are choosing to look to fundamentals in an environment where stretched ...

Missing personal information can boost retirement income: Vanguard

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUL 2025
... approaches to retirement income strategies to explore the quality of retirement outcomes given prevailing behaviour and current policy arrangements: minimum withdrawals, superannuation fund guidance and the incorporation of an individual's full information. ...

Section 899 ditched but companies face tax uncertainties

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 14 JUL 2025
... time, irrespective of whether interest rates are rising or falling, oil prices are rising or falling, or what Trump's policy moves are going to be in the next month. " "The extent that the geopolitical or policy impact markets, it provides us with ...

Chalmers unveils reforms to enhance RBA transparency

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUL 2025
Treasurer Jim Chalmers has released an updated Statement on the Conduct of Monetary Policy (SCMP) and the first Statement of Expectations for the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) governance board. Chalmers said the RBA Monetary Policy Board formally ...

Funeral insurer fined $4.75m

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUL 2025
... when it was not. ACBF, a wholly owned subsidiary of Youpla Group (then ACBF Group), offered its funeral expenses insurance policy Aboriginal Community Funeral Plan (ACF Plan) primarily to Aboriginal consumers, ASIC said. Both entities have been in liquidation ...

Instos turn to risk as volatility lessens: State Street

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2025
... "Furthermore, the Labour Party's decisive victory in Australia's latest election better ensures expansionary fiscal policy. Institutional investors have built large allocations to Australian dollar, neutral positions in Australian banks, while ...

SIAA chief executive steps down

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUL 2025
... Dee said Fox had provided outstanding leadership and has ensured that SIAA has played a pivotal role in addressing the policy and regulatory changes that have occurred during her tenure. "Judith has been a passionate advocate for the stockbroking and ...