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1MDB mastermind found in Shanghai with Aussie passport: Reports

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 21 JUL 2025
... reporting that Low, who has been on the run for several years, is hiding in the luxury Green Hills district of Shanghai, China under the name of Constantinos Achilles Veis. He also reportedly holds a forged Australian passport in that name. Low is accused ...

US-Iran tensions send markets into panic mode

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2025
... global trade by closing the Strait of Hormuz, though he said that action is unlikely due to the impact it would have on China and India, with which Iran does a lot of trade. The major concern amongst investors is significant changes in the price of oil. ...

Green moves: Airtrunk, JPMorgan, T. Rowe Price

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUN 2025
Airtrunk lands a renewables specialist, JPMorgan hires from Amazon, and T. Rowe Price promotes an impact executive. Robert Bartrop has returned to Sydney to lead the social impact and community strategy at AirTrunk, the Asia Pacific technology company ...

Select stocks in charge of their own destiny: Aoris

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUN 2025
... position in the cosmetic giant L'Oreal and, despite its global popularity, the company struggled to grow its footprint in the China market. "China's the second largest beauty market in the world after the US... it's been an important growth for L'Oreal ...

Australian wealth increases despite variable global growth: UBS

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUN 2025
... was "far from uniform" across the 56 markets analysed, with the growth tilted strongly towards North America and mainland China, which occupied more than half of the entire personal wealth in the study. Australia remains in second position for median ...

Australian Ethical, CEFC pour $30m into climate tech venture

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUN 2025
... has embedded certainty in its policy to provide greater guarantees and long-term focus for the cleantech sector. Globally, China continues to accelerate investments in renewables, electrification, and advanced energy technologies, while Europe remains ...

Trade war threat sparks allocation rethink by asset owners

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUN 2025
... Australia and New Zealand, concerns around the status of the Ukraine-Russia conflict, global economic volatility, and US-China relations were also consistently raised. Morningstar said that amid these geopolitical vagaries and elevated volatility, asset ...

Global stock markets rally, but Trump's next post could flip the script

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUN 2025
... the news in May was toward less rather than more tariffs. "The big one there was the negotiation of a 90-day pause with China," he said. "That reduced tariffs on both sides by more than 100% with a view to a more meaningful deal in the next few months. ...

Australian firms may face 'intense competition': RBA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 26 MAY 2025
... Hauser said the effects of US President Donald Trump's tariffs may increase competition for Australian firms operating in China. Hauser said he visited China just after Trump's "Liberation Day" tariffs and while the extent of then was a shock, the sentiment ...

Franklin Templeton, Pendal funds shutter

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 26 MAY 2025
... over the medium to long term. It invested in companies operating in countries such as Korea, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore, China, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, the Philippines, India and Vietnam. After careful consideration, Pendal said "we have determined ...