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Investors brace as US unleashes tariffs

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2025
... it," Green said. "It's a seismic day for global trade. Trump is blowing up the post-war system that made the US and the world more prosperous, and he's doing it with reckless confidence." Recent research from the OECD warned that if the US and ...

Fink takes private markets to next level

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 1 APR 2025
... more growth - not just for the global economy or large institutional investors, but for investors of all sizes around the world." Fink reminded investors about BlackRock's acquisition of Barclays Global Investors (BGI) in 2009, which owned iShares ...

Qantas Super, ART merger official

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 31 MAR 2025
... benefits to Qantas Group employees. In the 86 years since, we've been delivering on that commitment; through the turmoil of World War II, economic highs and lows, the technological change of the 21st century and everything in between," Clancy said. ...

Rest awards US$300m mandate to Miami-headquartered investment manager

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 31 MAR 2025
... for the fund's members, he said. "The majority of our members are decades from retirement, so we think deeply about the world they will retire into, as well as the megatrends likely to influence global society and the economy over the long term," he ...

Buyout firm nabs GQG executive

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2025
... look forward to his contributions as we continue to expand our local presence with EQT Nexus in this space." On joining the world's third-largest private equity firm, Bullock said: "I am thrilled to build upon EQT's private wealth strategy in Australia ...

Regal leads $30m note in Carma

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2025
... setting a new benchmark for trust and convenience in the industry," he said. Carma director Jason Lenga added that around the world, businesses with similar models are scaling rapidly, proving the potential of a digital-first, customer-centric approach ...

Australia can lead energy transition, climate investing: Panel

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2025
... (SDGs) and Agenda 2030 are other recent examples. While Australia is the largest exporter of coal and gas combined in the world, The Superpower Institute's Rob Sims said the country is in an even better place to supply other countries with new forms ...

Underinvestment in Southeast Asia a 'big issue' for Australia

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2025
... growing rapidly in recent years... it's one of the fastest growing regions, if not, the fastest growing region in the world," Moore said. "The only criticism we could make is that the growth rate is growing at the rate that Australia has been growing ...

Impact investors need instos, governments to scale: Experts

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2025
... "impact-first bias" as opposed to being "financial first." Therein lies the tension - can those in the impact investment world "truly believe in capitalism?" "That's a challenge... You're going to sell a vision of the future [that is anecdotal] ...

New tax cuts for every Australian 'a complete joke': UNSW

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2025
... Australians have already suffered a historic collapse in living standards, worse than anything seen anywhere else in the world. He added that conditions are set to get a "lot worse." "I don't think people will be fooled... by so-called tax cuts. ...