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New SMSF industry body launches

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUN 2025
... said. The Tech Council of Australia estimates that the digital assets sector could add up to $60 billion to Australia's GDP by 2030. Brunette said: "We process thousands of SMSF crypto tax reports and see firsthand where users and professionals struggle. ...

Government to convene a productivity roundtable

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2025
... show poor productivity rates persist, and on an annual basis is actually going backwards. The latest quarterly data shows GDP per hour flat for the March quarter and remaining at minus 1% for the year," McKellar said. "The business community looks forward ...

Lower interest rates conducive for bigger risk appetite, small caps

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2025
... this. Sheriden saw investors turn away from small caps as interest rates went up for reasons that hikes would be negative for GDP growth. They also anticipated the US heading into a recession. "They ran away from small cap stocks, and they went into ...

J.P. MAM slashes recession probability to 30%

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAY 2025
... said, pointing out that this is equivalent to about US$470 billion in tax hikes and will potentially impact the country's GDP growth. In early April, J.P. Morgan raised the probability of a recession occurring in 2025 to 60%. Based on first quarter ...

US financial market dominance can't last indefinitely: MSCI

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2025
... market - albeit one that's been successful historically - when its financial weighting far surpasses its share of global GDP, and when other opportunities are emerging elsewhere. "We've seen over recent years, the rise of markets like India. ...

BlackRock takes stake in Generation Life parent company

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2025
... results in under-spending in retirement and increased financial insecurity among older Australians, Generation Life said. GDP has also recently entered the ASX 200, which was announce in a quarterly update that reported record inflows across its managed ...

Global X China Tech ETF in the works

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAY 2025
... margins are expanding, and cash flow resilience is emerging. China's digital economy currently accounts for over 45% of its GDP and is forecast to exceed 55% by 2030. Global X argues that innovation leaders across semiconductors, automation and the AI ...

VanEck to intro RMBS, India ETFs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 15 APR 2025
... out a niche in the global investment landscape and becoming a rising investment destination. The key drivers include higher GDP growth supported by policy tailwinds, favourable demographics and a growing middle class and government-led initiatives fostering ...

Trade war rattles pre-election economic outlook

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 8 APR 2025
... commodity prices in recent days. If these lower commodity prices were to persist, this would have implications for nominal GDP and revenue." Australia exported US$13.4 billion worth of goods to the US in 2023, according to the Observatory of Economic ...

Investors brace as US unleashes tariffs

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2025
... Recent research from the OECD warned that if the US and its trading partners raised tariffs by 10 percentage points, global GDP could fall by 0.3% within three years, while inflation could rise by an average of 0.4 percentage points each year over the ...