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China records historic trade surplus

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2022
... Chinese government continues to adjust its Covid playbook, with more-targeted lockdowns." Meanwhile, import growth fell short of expectations, with weakened commodity imports. China's import growth remained soft at 2.3% year on year, which was below ...

QIC braces against recession risks

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2022
... about their risk tolerance. "We can understand the nature of the risk of asset classes more than we believe we can predict short terms return, so we choose to focus on setting the right level of risk. Returns for the portfolio come from taking on that ...

Government to review adviser professional standards

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 11 AUG 2022
The government will soon consult on its election promise to remove tertiary education requirements for experienced advisers and look to make improvements to the Code of Ethics. Assistant treasurer and minister for financial services Stephen Jones announced ...

Cash was king in FY22: Vanguard

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2022
... fallen off. This has been an unusually bad 12 months in the last 30 years as we've also seen a fall in equities and a short-term drop in bonds," he said. Vanguard data revealed FY22 saw Australian shares decrease by 7.4% decrease, international shares ...

ASIC flags 'significant' IDR compliance issues at super funds

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2022
... than $10 billion in funds under management and funds likely to merge or experience some other significant change in the short term were excluded. At at 30 June 2021, the funds included had more than 16.5 million members and over $1.5 trillion in assets. ...

Reserve Bank explores digital currency potential

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 9 AUG 2022
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) is launching a one-year research programme into the case for a central bank digital currency (CBDC). Partnering with the Digital Finance Cooperative Research Centre (DFCRC), the project will seek to identify innovative ...

Government strengthens multinationals tax laws

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 8 AUG 2022
... easy for multinational corporations to move their debt or move their profits around the world in a way that sells countries short and makes it harder for us to fund the things that we really care about health care and education and all of those federal ...

Australian Eagle team to join Montgomery IM

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 8 AUG 2022
... Montgomery [Private] Fund. There are also plans to expand the partnership by introducing new strategies, including the long-short Australian Eagle Trust. "We're a great fit with Montgomery and are delighted to be entering into our partnership. Montgomery ...

Zipmex files for debt relief amid ongoing crypto crash

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2022
Zipmex has filed moratorium applications in Singapore, preventing creditors from making claims while it attempts to fix liquidity issues. Today the crypto exchange will hold a case conference webinar open to its creditors via zoom following its announcement ...

Aware Super adds infrastructure portfolio manager

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2022
... Zhou as the portfolio manager of infrastructure and real assets. Zhou joins from Plenary Funds Management, where he did a short stint as a partner and head of origination following his departure from AMP Capital in June 2021. Zhou worked for AMP Capital ...