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New 100% tariffs on China: Another TACO moment?

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2025
... "Trump always chickens out" or "TACO," meaning he never follows through on his threats. While Jim McCormick, the chief global macro strategist at Citi, does not anticipate another April 2 Liberation Day in the works, he points out that "more bad news ...

Ausbil lists two global ETFs on ASX

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2025
... requests of financial advisers, SMSFs and everyday investors. "We believe Ausbil's active management, a rigorous top-down macro and bottom-up fundamental process, coupled with dynamic portfolio positioning, is well-suited to navigate today's volatile ...

Soul Patts focused on 'bespoke' private sector investing

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2025
... only the best ideas are being funded. It doesn't matter what asset class they're in. "We can take a view of the macro-economic environment and determine which asset classes are more attractive and allocate more capital to those assets." However ...

Instos continue to bite on risk: State Street

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2025
... fixed income allocations remaining "meaningfully light" compared to their long-term averages. State Street Markets head macro strategy in the Americas Lee Ferridge said that despite heightened geopolitical uncertainty in several major economies, risk ...

Perpetual dumps 23m Myer shares

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2025
Perpetual, one of Myer's largest shareholders, sold around 23 million shares after the retailer's poor results this week. Myer's share price fell as much as 30% after announcing its full year results on Tuesday. The embattled retailer reported a fall ...

RBNZ appoints Swedish central banker as governor

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 25 SEP 2025
... the executive board as a deputy governor since 2019. She also held the role of group chief economist and global head of macro research at Swedbank. "Anna's experience spans central banking, academia and financial markets. She has strong technical knowledge ...

Alternative Investment Awards winners announced

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  THURSDAY, 25 SEP 2025
... Arcadian Defensive Income Class A took home Best Market Neutral Fund. Ironbark Fulcrum DIV Absolute Return Fund won Best Global Macro & Managed Futures Fund, COR Capital was awarded Best Multi Strategy Fund, and Perpetual Pure Credit Alpha Fund Class ...

Federal court slams director for 'fanciful' asset valuation

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 23 SEP 2025
The Federal Court has disqualified Queensland-based director David Hodgson from managing corporations for five years and permanently restrained him from engaging in financial services without an Australian financial services licence (AFSL). This comes ...

MHC Digital partners to launch stablecoin platform

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 22 SEP 2025
MHC Digital Group has entered a 50/50 joint venture with Catena Digital to launch Macropod, Australia's first fully licensed, AUD-backed stablecoin platform. Through the platform, it will issue its stablecoin at 1:1 against Australian dollars held in ...

GQG FUM rises $1bn in face of continued outflows

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 11 SEP 2025
... manager said it would continue to be defensively positioned with the goal of protecting client capital amid valuations and macro-economic volatility. In the March quarter, GQG slashed its consumer discretionary and information technology holdings to ...