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Trump's tariff implications for Australian investors

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 FEB 2025
... pharmaceuticals, in which case some local companies could find themselves in the crossfire. "But the main impact would come if the trade war with China escalates, which could lead to less demand for our raw materials that flow to China. A broader impact ...

Trump inaugurated as 47th President

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 21 JAN 2025
Donald Trump has officially been sworn in as the 47 th US President as he takes on his second, non-consecutive term. Trump took to the stage for his "Day 1" official address unleashing a raft of executive orders and reaffirming his America first policies. ...

Economist's wishlist: Lower tariffs, bond yields settling

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2025
... that while higher trade tariffs are unavoidable given the incoming US President, she hopes the US will stop short of a trade war. "It is clear that US tariffs on its global trade partners are going to increase in 2025 with the incoming Trump administration. ...

2025 economic outlook 'threatening': AMP

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 5 DEC 2024
... continue to rise on the back of Trump's tax cut and tariff policies, placing pressure on shares," Oliver said. "A global trade war in response to Trump's threatened tariffs could add to this risk particularly in Europe and Asia. "Risks for the Chinese ...

Trump victory will jostle trade war, interest rates: Morningstar

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2024
... and the global cost of capital given how important US equity and bond markets are." While in power, Trump instigated a trade war by slapping a series of tariffs on China, starting on 6 July 2018, when US$34 billion of imports were subjected to a 25% ...

Brighter Super posts 9.07% returns for its default option

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUL 2024
Brighter Super announced double-digit returns in its Balanced and Growth accumulation options and 9.07% for its default MySuper option. The Balanced accumulation option returned 10.57% and the Growth accumulation option delivered 11.91%, for the year ...

Price dislocations pave way for active managers

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2024
... Conference (SIAA) on day one. This was not the case around 2016 and through to 2018, an era marked by Brexit, US-China trade war tensions and underscored by sentiments of pessimism. Liu saw that equity markets at the time comparatively didn't experience ...

Fixed interest themes you can't ignore: Janus Henderson

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 13 DEC 2022
At the Janus Henderson 2023 outlook event, it was said there are three macro themes investors should bear in mind for the year ahead. Janus Henderson's foremost macro themes to consider include the world's alignment into trading blocs, nationalisation ...

Keep COVID-19 in perspective: Panel

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAY 2021
Geopolitical tensions took centre stage at the Conference of Major Superannuation Funds, with experts urging the audience to look at COVID-19 in greater context. Founder and owner of IBISWorld and the Ruthven Institute, Phil Ruthven showed the audience ...

Chief economist update: Yuan the victim of China's success

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 JAN 2021
... currency. The Chinese yuan has appreciated by 6.5% to RMB6.5398/US$1 last year - the highest since Trump started the Sino-US trade war in 2018 - and by 9.5% from its 2020 low. Despite the yuan's sharp appreciation, Chinese exports jumped by 18.1% ...