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Tariff impact on super 'profoundly worrying'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 8 APR 2025
... have been upgraded." Pearce said the worst-case scenario would be a drawn-out battle over the tariffs, where countries like China or those in Europe refuse to go to the negotiating table with the US. "To date, we haven't seen them come to the negotiating ...

Investors brace as US unleashes tariffs

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2025
... countries to offset what he believes are barriers to US exports. Australia has been hit with a 10% tariff, while the likes of China (34%), Japan (24%) and Europe (20%) have been dealt a larger blow. "It's all a bit confusing given the way it's ...

Pella Global Generations Fund launches in NZ

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2025
... broad-based underperformance across multiple sectors." "Meanwhile, regions such as Germany, with its major fiscal stimulus, and China, which is actively boosting domestic consumption, are demonstrating stronger growth and resilience. We believe this ...

RBA flags concerns over 'geopolitical uncertainties'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2025
... Bhimavarapu said. "The United States Trade Representative's Trade Estimate report... mentioned 'Australia' 46 times and 'China' a whopping 867 times, indicating that the impact of US tariffs on Australia may be more indirect. "We expect GDP growth and ...

Underinvestment in Southeast Asia a 'big issue' for Australia

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2025
... healthy relationship with Southeast Asia, which is currently standing as our second largest trading partner, only behind China, and is consistently growing. "Obviously, it [Southeast Asia] has been growing rapidly in recent years... it's one of the ...

Chalmers' warning on tariffs and trade wars

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2025
... threat of a global trade war. The whole world has changed as a consequence," Chalmers said. "Trade disruptions are rising, China's growth is slowing, war is still raging in Europe, and a ceasefire in the Middle East is breaking down." As a result, Chalmers ...

Canada pension fund hires ex-CalPERS CIO

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2025
... Meng was chair of the Asia Pacific region, executive sponsor of sustainability, head of global private equity and led the China business. Meng joined from the California Public Employees' Retirement System, where he was investment chief for 18 months. ...

Underperforming managers in China could see pay halved

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 17 MAR 2025
The markets regulator in China is threatening to slash the pay of fund managers by 50% if they underperform their benchmarks as part of a shake-up of the US$4.6 trillion mutual fund industry, according to a report. A Bloomberg article shows that the ...

Australia can benefit from China's economic growth amid trade war: Experts

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2025
China is now better equipped to absorb US trade tariffs compared to 2018-19 and is poised for growth that can benefit Australia despite the unrelenting trade war, according to experts who spoke at the China Investor Symposium. Amid the spate of universal ...

Australia must focus on 'friend-shoring': UNSW

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2025
... and made five key recommendations ahead of this year's federal election. The research found that navigating United States-China trade relations, reassessing immigration and high population growth, and boosting stagnant productivity are among the key ...