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Trump slugs Australia with new 'forced-labour' tariffs

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2026
... according to a Federal Register notice. Australia will cop a 12.5% tariff, alongside countries such as New Zealand, the Philippines, Oman, Russia, Colombia, China and Venezuela. Meanwhile, Argentina, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Canada, Ecuador, El Salvador ...

SS&C axes jobs, shifts roles offshore

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2026
... Financial's Shadforth and Bridges financial advice business will also axe 59 staff with their jobs also going to the Philippines. FSU has lodged a dispute with SS&C and Insignia Financial and said it will escalate the matter to the Fair Work Commission ...

Corruption, governance risks: The cost of doing business in emerging markets?

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2026
... or "clean" countries. Weak governance and limited accountability were key themes among lowly ranked countries. The Philippines scored 32 points, while Indonesia and Laos received 34 points each. MSCI has threatened to strip Indonesia its emerging market ...

What does a world with 'zero migration' look like?

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2026
... scenario, particularly those that have historically seen large numbers of workers move abroad such as Pakistan, the Philippines, and parts of Eastern Europe as migrants stay back and lift aggregate output. Output gains, however, are limited as the productivity ...

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 ...

Emerging markets progress from consumption to innovation: Experts

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2026
... Robertson said. More vulnerable to the oil and energy crisis, on the other hand, Southeast Asian countries, like the Philippines, experienced massive sell-offs. "These [selloffs] are quite big moves, but there are always some more subtle themes that ...

Vital Business Partners names chief executive

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2026
... offerings to advice, accounting and mortgage broking businesses, and opened new offices in Cagayan De Oro, in the Philippines. The business has ambitious plans to continue growing and delivering a broad range of outsourcing services to clients." Fisher ...

FEATURE | Agriculture: Golden soil

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2025
... touted to be the most credible test of Bennett's Law. Their analysis of government cash transfer programs in the Philippines, Mexico, Uganda and Nicaragua saw a 12% to 23% boost in citizens' annual income. They calculated that income elasticity ...

Advice sector looks to offshore talent to bridge skills gap

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2025
... Perth, FAAA chief executive Sarah Abood flagged that the profession is in the process of looking at talent from the Philippines and India, where many practices have a dedicated back-office team. Roles in administration, customer service officers and ...

ASIC exposes holes in managed funds' offshoring cyber controls

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 13 OCT 2025
... Solutions Financial Planning's Daniel Boce told Financial Standard that his personal assistant located in the Philippines was denied information relating to a third-party authority sent to the Vision Super. Allegedly, a Vision Super representative ...
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