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Trade war intensifies: China, Canada respond to Trump's tariffs

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2025
... projects. Some have doubled tolls on US commercial vehicles, while others have ordered the removal of US alcohol from government-run liquor stores. China also retaliated, slapping higher import levies on US$21 billion worth of US agricultural and food ...

Treasury responds to CHESS replacement inquiry

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAR 2025
... recommendations to strengthen the oversight and regulation of Australia's financial market infrastructure. "The Australian government thanks the Committee for its work on these complex and important issues, as well as all those who made submissions and ...

Annuities' capital settings due for change: APRA

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2025
... not liquid," he said. Furthermore, Asher said the formula used did not work in 2020 during the Covid pandemic - when government bond yields behaved unpredictably due to quantitative easing and other factors. Challenger chief executive Nick Hamilton said ...

Chalmers looks to trade super pool for minerals with US

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2025
... Super, CareSuper, Rest, Brighter Super, UniSuper, and the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia, meet with US government officials at the federal and state level, and their investment sector peers, over four days.

Deflation continues, albeit slowly

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2025
... was caused by increases in electricity prices for those Queensland households that had used up the Queensland State government electricity rebates. "Electricity rebates lower the price of electricity for households. The Queensland government introduced ...

Acenda names inaugural chair

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2025
MLC Life Insurance has announced who will chair the insurer when it becomes Acenda. MLC Life Insurance, soon becoming Acenda through the merger with Resolution Life Australia, has appointed Craig Dunn to the position and will take effect upon the completion ...

Monetary policy not the only game in town: Brian Redican

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2025
Mohamed El-Erian, who was chief executive of Harvard's endowment and PIMCO, published The Only Game in Town in 2016, presenting central banks as the key driver of the economic agenda. But now it's governments in the driver's seat, NSW Treasury Corporation ...

Super fund investment in US to skyrocket

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2025
... CareSuper, Rest, Brighter Super, UniSuper, and the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia, will meet with government officials at the federal and state level, and their investment sector peers, over four days. Treasurer Jim Chalmers said he ...

Superannuation powerbrokers bound for US investment summit

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2025
... CareSuper, Rest, Brighter Super, UniSuper, and the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia, will meet with government officials at the federal and state level, and their investment sector peers, over four days. The delegates will join ambassador ...

Next decade could bring back the conservative portfolio

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2025
... higher inflation, is the fact that interest rates have now risen to more normal levels. I could buy a portfolio of government bonds and actually hope to get a positive, real return. I couldn't have done that five years ago. "So, we're actually ...