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Global X launches defence technology ETF

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2024
... Billy Leung said DTEC's launch comes at a critical juncture, as geopolitical uncertainty has heightened national security concerns and sparked global defence spending. "As the global landscape evolves, modern defence planning has shifted towards ...

VanEck to launch defence ETF

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 9 SEP 2024
... steepest annual rise since 2009. VanEck said the increase in military expenditure reflected a growing focus on national security as international peacekeeping has deteriorated. Australia has also committed to increasing its defence spending. Budget papers ...

Budget 2024: Change to foreign investment rules

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2024
... sectors and assets, our reforms will give businesses and investors greater certainty, while safeguarding our national security." Chalmers said foreign investment has a key role to play in the Australian economy but only if it's in the national interest. ...

Billionaire quant investing legend Jim Simons dies

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 13 MAY 2024
... MIT and Harvard before joining the Institute for Defense Analyses, where he worked as a code breaker for the National Security Agency. He was dismissed for publicly opposing the Vietnam War but soon became head of the mathematics department at Stony ...

Treasury shakes up foreign investing framework

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2024
... on-site visits. "This team will also support the use of my call-in power to review investments that come to pose a national security concern in time," he said. Foreign investors are being warned that they will pay their fair share of tax. This means ...

Interest rate hikes are working: Bullock

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 21 NOV 2023
... is the path to decarbonisation that's not only important to the environment but from many countries' national security standpoint. "[They] don't want to be reliant on importing oil from the Middle East or other countries that requires a whole ...

Future Fund exposed to dangerous Chinese investments: Opposition

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 7 NOV 2023
The Future Fund holds stakes in over 50 Chinese companies with links to human rights abuses and national security threats, associated with the People's Liberation Army, involved in the oppression of Uyghurs in Xinjiang, and invested in sanctioned ...

Supercharging Australia's climate investment action

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2023
... new capital, and in the process future-proof Australia's energy system. The policy will also address the national security risks implicit in Australia's current reliance on imported oil, indirectly addressed by Australia's recently announced ...

The sophistication of cyber threats is increasing: O'Neil

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAR 2023
... might be owned by industry super funds," O'Neil said. "Those assets are nationally important assets for our national security, and hence the Australian government has taken on a really important role of regulating the security of those assets." Financial ...

Inflation remains high priority in 2023: Treasurer

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 6 FEB 2023
... list. "By that, I mean strengthening Medicare, better pay and higher standards of aged care, bolstering our national security, combatting entrenched disadvantage, taking some of the sting out of electricity bills and creating better chances for more ...
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