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ASX loses $100bn as Iran war escalates

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2026
... investors all but fully priced out one of the two Fed rate cuts expected this year. Along with safe haven flows, this shift in policy expectation also pushed up the US dollar, which in turn hurt gold prices and the Australian dollar." Bassanese said ...

Major super reforms cost members $670m in death benefits: ASFA

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2026
... below $6000. ASFA estimated that five million individual accounts lost insurance cover as a result of this. ASFA chief policy and advocacy officer James Koval said the research shows a significant mismatch between current policy settings and the present-day ...

What Australia must do to be at the forefront of financial innovation

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2026
... financial system infrastructure, stronger collaboration between the private and public sectors, and a simpler regulatory and policy backdrop. Last year, the federal government consulted on its proposed digital asset regime in October, shortly after ASIC ...

Treasury proposes options to block victim-survivors' super going to perpetrators

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2026
... comes to their victims' superannuation death benefit. A public consultation has commenced today, outlining several policy options that would see the recommendation legislated, while also making the distribution of benefits in these cases fairer and ...

Evidentia names chief investment strategist

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2026
... conditions with confidence, Evidentia said. Bringing more than 20 years of experience across financial markets and economic policy in both the UK and Australia, Aird was most recently head of Australian economics at the Commonwealth Bank, where he was ...

GDP rise is 'good news that's actually bad news'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2026
Australian gross domestic product (GDP) rose 0.8% in the December quarter 2025 and 2.6% compared to a year ago, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). "There was broad based economic growth in the quarter, with rises observed in a large ...

Big super to work with Canadian counterparts to drive investment

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2026
... super funds, Canadian pension funds and their related investment organisations to "facilitate dialogue with governments on policy barriers and associated solutions to improve the business environment for investment in each jurisdiction and to unlock ...

Vanguard pays $40m in ESG antitrust lawsuit

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2026
... this by taking substantial shareholdings in all major listed US coal producers before then seeking to influence company policy to ensure coal production slowed and prices rose, in what was called an example of anti-competitive trade practices. Last year ...

US and Israel strike Iran: What it means for investors

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2026
... higher." However, Shah said exceptions occur when geopolitical events materially alter economic fundamentals, trigger a policy response from central banks or coincide with periods of broader macro vulnerability. "In this context, oil prices are the most ...

Research reveals 'alarming spike' in super switching

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2026
New research from Super Members Council (SMC) has revealed an "alarming spike" in the number of Australians with very small super balances and no pre-existing advice relationship taking part in super switching. The SMC research said these small-balance ...