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Study reveals who bares brunt of US tariffs

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2026
... report revealed that instead, they hit the American economy itself. The Kiel Institute found importers and consumers in the US bear 96% of the tariff burden. Although the US government intended the tariffs to target foreign businesses, the policy actually ...

Most read in 2025: Financial advice

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 19 DEC 2025
There was no shortage of news impacting the financial advice community this year, with advisers bearing the brunt of negative sentiment in the wake of First Guardian and Shield collapses. But there were some bright spots throughout the year, including ...

Mulino looks to reform CSLR

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2025
... with a key design principle being that parts of the financial services system from which the consumer harms had arisen would bear that cost. "The government would be breaching that principle by forcing millions of everyday Australians who are members ...

APRA-regulated funds should not pay CSLR special levy: SMC

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 24 NOV 2025
... special levy across all sub-sectors. Last week, minister for financial services Daniel Mulino acknowledged that no one wants to bear the consequences of the collapsed schemes at the FAAA Congress, but reiterated that failures occurred at multiple levels ...

Government's rush to implement Payday Super is 'reckless': Coalition

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 OCT 2025
... development of the infrastructure and resources for compliance," Thompson said. "Still, the current settings expect employers to bear the full operational and cashflow impacts on day one, while the rest of the system on which employers rely is still ...

Feature: Retirement | Rewarding risk

LACHLAN COLQUHOUN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2025
... acronym, Hillier says sequencing risk can be the most difficult to manage. How can one ever know if they will retire in a bear or bull market? The outcomes of being on the wrong side of market sequencing can be cruel. Taking an example of two balance ...

Superannuation system quality stagnates: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2025
... Panama in its 2025 assessment. With the global trend toward defined contribution (DC) pension funds in which individuals bear the investment risks, the study said, "it is critical that governments appreciate that their decisions can directly affect the ...

Retail investors want true hedge fund exposure: Morningstar

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2025
Retail and financial adviser-led investors, who demand exposures to hedge funds, continue to face substantial hurdles and receive lower returns from similar strategies, according to Morningstar. Retail investors see that hedge funds can truly diversify ...

Aussie family office chiefs earn up to US$625k

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 7 OCT 2025
... maturing as nearly 60% have been in operation for more than a decade. "SFOs, like all employers, have felt cost pressures bear on their operations with an increase in reported average operating costs as a percent of FUM. This is not surprising with inflation ...

Schroder urges 'open dialogue' with government

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2025
... warned that while superannuation funds may have the capital to invest in future infrastructure projects, the government should bear the risks. Speaking at the National Press Club, Schroder said the potential for super to be an engine room of Australia's ...