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TAL appoints two new board members

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2026
TAL has welcomed two new independent non-executive directors to its board. Angela Mentis and Akifumi Kai have been named the new independent non-executive directors. TAL also acknowledged the retirement of Christine Bartlett from the board, following ...

FEATURE | Emerging markets: Twists and turns

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2026
On March 24, merely weeks into the US-Israel war on Iran, the Philippines became the first domino to fall when President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. declared a national energy emergency. The closure of the Strait of Hormuz, a critical maritime chokepoint ...

RBA hikes rates, suggests more to come

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2026
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) hiked interest rates by 0.25% at the May meeting, bringing the official cash rate to 4.35%. This hike has now fully reversed the 75bps of cuts delivered last year and the cash rate is now in-line with its peak during ...

Australia attracts $18bn for CRE investments in 2025: Knight Frank

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2026
... ($10.2bn). South Korea and the US accounted for the largest share of buying activity, with 25% respectively, followed by Japan (17%), and Singapore (10%), as Knight Frank said Asian investors were "particularly active" in the Australian market over the ...

Regal Partners appoints chair-elect

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 13 APR 2026
Regal Partners has appointed Peter Yates as the chair-elect and independent non-executive director of the board, effective today. Yates will still stand for election at Regal Partners' annual general meeting (AGM) on May 28, in a bid to assume the role ...

Global recession a 'real possibility': UniSuper

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2026
UniSuper head of fixed interest David Colosimo said that while a global recession is not assured, it remains a real possibility given the size of Middle East conflict. "The market is now priced for a meaningful hit to growth and weaker earnings, but ...

Institutional investors' risk appetite trends down: State Street

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2026
According to the State Street Risk Appetite Index, investor appetite declined to zero in January 2026, from a +0.36 reading in December 2025. Despite a strong pick-up in institutional risk exposure towards mid-January, uncertainty around Federal Reserve ...

Global pension assets near $90tn: Research

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2026
... defined contribution asset allocation at 90% and 72% respectively, followed closely by Canada at 44%. This is contrary to Japan (6%), Netherlands (7%), and Switzerland (12%). Further, Australia's pension assets remained largely in equities (55%) in 2025 ...

Australian profits flat as global earnings soar to record highs

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2026
Profits of Australia's largest listed companies remained flat in 2025, normalising after an exceptional performance in 2021 and 2022, when high metal and energy prices led to record earnings for commodity firms. The Capital Group Global Equity Study ...

Australia evades tariff shocks, CPI to surge in 2026: UN

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 12 JAN 2026
... measured at 1.8% in 2025, sitting just behind the US (1.9%), but ahead of other developed economies such as Canada (1.4%), Japan (1.2%), South Korea (1.1%), and New Zealand (0.7%). Australia's GDP is also likely to increase to 2.2% this year, the highest ...
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