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Trade war rattles pre-election economic outlook

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 8 APR 2025
Treasury admits that escalating trade hostilities and risks to the economy are "more significant than expected" as it releases its Pre-election Economic and Fiscal Outlook (PEFO). While the government's Budget figures have not changed since they were ...

Tariff impact on super 'profoundly worrying'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 8 APR 2025
The ASX 200 shed more than $100 billion in a single session yesterday as markets were rocked by US President Donald Trump's newly imposed tariffs. H&R Block director of tax communications Mark Chapman said the volatility will be felt for a long time. ...

UGC's AFCA membership to cease

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 7 APR 2025
The Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA) will expel United Global Capital's (UGC) membership effective May 31. UGC, which is now in liquidation, began providing financial services, including financial advice, in 2017 to retail and sophisticated ...

Count acquires Adelaide advice firm

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 7 APR 2025
A Fullerton-based accounting and financial planning firm has entered a binding transaction with Count subsidiary Count Adelaide. Johnston Grocke is to merge with Count Adelaide, in a deal to move forth Count's strategy of "creating a national footprint ...

RBA flags 'policy changes' could derail super

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2025
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has said the superannuation sector being derailed by liquidity challenged could pose a threat to the country's financial stability. In the RBA's April Financial Stability Review, the bank said while super funds are ...

Apex wins $7bn super admin mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2025
Apex Group has won a mandate to administer Diversa Trustees' $7 billion master trust business. Diversa will use Apex Superannuation going forward, part of which means utilising Iress' Acurity platform. Iress offloaded its superannuation business to ...

Investors brace as US unleashes tariffs

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2025
US President Donald Trump has unleashed a barrage of tariffs on just about every country, imposing a blanket 10% tariff on all imports from all countries, plus higher reciprocal tariffs on many countries to offset what he believes are barriers to US ...

RBA flags concerns over 'geopolitical uncertainties'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2025
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) left interest rates unchanged at 4.1% at the April meeting - coming as little surprise to markets and economists. However, the central bank flagged ongoing uncertainty amid fears US tariffs could impact global growth. ...

Life insurers keep breaking their own rules: Report

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 1 APR 2025
... the previous year, according to the Life Code Compliance Committee's 2023-24 annual report. Most insurers saw their breach count climb, with five companies responsible for 90% of all reported incidents - the report didn't disclose their identities. As ...

New gig for JP Morgan's AI guru

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2025
Sydney-based Berowne Hlavaty has been appointed global head of applied AI and data science at JP Morgan, the financial services giant. After a long career in quantitative research strategy, Hlavaty is making a switch to an internal technology role where ...