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FEATURE: Hyped up

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2025
... poignant examples that have a real chance at challenging US 'exceptionalism.' Firstly, the tariffs saw US President Donald Trump come to the table suddenly because the country did not have the rare earth minerals required to run its basic industry ...

CBA appoints head of Australian economics

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 26 AUG 2025
Commonwealth Bank (CBA) has announced Belinda Allen will take on the role of head of Australian economics after Gareth Aird left the bank in July. Allen will be responsible for developing the bank's Australian economic forecasts, views on the Reserve ...

Special feature: Hunting for value

LACHLAN COLQUHOUN  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2025
... we may even see some rebounding and growth in the fourth quarter." The bond market sell-off that followed US President Donald Trump's 'Liberation Day' tariff announcements was in April, but in August that already seems like another world. ...

Trump signs order to open 401(k)s to private markets

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2025
Citing better returns and diversification benefits, US President Donald Trump signed an executive order to allow alternative assets, including cryptocurrencies, into 401(k) plans. The order calls for a review of the Department of Labor's guidance on ...

Former adviser charged over clients' near $1m loss

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUL 2025
... allegedly making dishonest representations to potential investors in relation to acquiring shares in his own doomed company. Donald James Cuthbertson, the founder and director of Professional Wealth Management (PWM), Professional Wealth Management Services ...

American Century cuts US outlook amid tariff impacts

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUL 2025
... Investments has revised its medium-term capital markets assumptions, which were formulated in April before US President Donald Trump's tariffs were announced. US equity return forecasts have declined, driven by falling price-to-earnings ratios (P/E) ...

Economic growth has 'moderated': CommSec

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 28 JUL 2025
... spending. The future path will depend on the resiliency of the job market, further interest rate cuts and US President Donald Trump's trade policies." Western Australia led the national performance rankings in the fourth successive report. The state ...

Private debt leads fixed income returns: Research

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUL 2025
... credit spreads, although it was hardly a consistent trend throughout the 12 months - economic uncertainty wrought by the Donald Trump Administration's trade war sabre-rattling saw a material spike in credit spreads in March and April of 2025, before ...

How will Trump's tariffs impact the RBA?

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUL 2025
... investment specialist Stephen Miller expects the central bank will have some of its concerns addressed as US President Donald Trump's tariffs come back into effect. Miller said the surprise interest rate hold was likely to do with the "lack of any evidence ...

Section 899 ditched but companies face tax uncertainties

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 14 JUL 2025
While Australian investors breathed a resounding sigh of relief when US President Donald Trump binned section 899 of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), local multinationals, however, were lumped with grave uncertainties surrounding the global Pillar ...