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Trump hit by Supreme Court's 'body blow', strikes back with 15% global tariff

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 23 FEB 2026
US President Donald Trump has raised the blanket universal tariff on US imports from 10% to 15% after the US Supreme Court struck down his Liberation Day policies, deeming them unlawful. The response by the President came within a day of him announcing ...

Laws to limit US pension plans' use of ESG pass

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2026
The US House of Representatives has passed the Protecting Prudent Investment of Retirement Savings Act, limiting certain pension funds from considering environmental, social and governance factors in their investment decision making. The House voted ...

Bullock in 'full solidarity' with Powell

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JAN 2026
... about Congress's oversight role; the Fed through testimony and other public disclosures made every effort to keep Congress informed about the renovation project. Those are pretexts," Powell said. "The threat of criminal charges is a consequence of ...

Chalmers globetrots to sell minerals for foreign investment

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 13 JAN 2026
... area that has seen a change of presidency," Albanese said. "Kevin Rudd developed relationships across the board, across Congress, across the Senate, across Democrat and Republican Members, and of course as well across civil society and across officials." ...

Trump 'playing with fire' over Fed indictment threat

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 13 JAN 2026
... about Congress's oversight role; the Fed through testimony and other public disclosures made every effort to keep Congress informed about the renovation project. Those are pretexts. "The threat of criminal charges is a consequence of the Federal ...

Trump plans to ban large investors from buying homes

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 8 JAN 2026
... "immediately taking steps to ban large institutional investors from buying more single-family homes" and that he will be asking Congress to codify the measure. "For a very long time, buying and owning a home was considered the pinnacle of the American ...

Mulino wants PII to step up to make CSLR sustainable

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 15 DEC 2025
... executive David Berry questioned the value PII brings in the context of CSLR. At the recent Financial Advice Association Congress, he shared that one large AFSL had to fly to London to negotiate with the insurer Lloyd's of London to cover a portion ...

1659 First Guardian, Shield complaints reach AFCA

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2025
... the whole process is quite overwhelming for them," Singh told the recent Financial Advice Association Australia (FAAA) Congress. "There are a lot of parties involved in these losses - the lead generator, the fund itself, the research house - which is ...

Super funds continue to fail vulnerable members: UNSW

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 27 NOV 2025
... information, guidance and advice to members. Addressing financial advisers at the Financial Advice Association Australia (FAAA) Congress last week, minister for financial services Daniel Mulino struggled to provide a clear timeline for the passage of ...

APRA-regulated funds should not pay CSLR special levy: SMC

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 24 NOV 2025
... financial services Daniel Mulino acknowledged that no one wants to bear the consequences of the collapsed schemes at the FAAA Congress, but reiterated that failures occurred at multiple levels and that focusing solely on the advice sector is not "the ...
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