------------------------------------------------------------ *|ARCHIVE|* ** Budget Summary 2022/23 ------------------------------------------------------------ On Tuesday 29 March, Treasurer Josh Frydenberg handed down the 2023 Federal Budget. The Treasurer detailed the current state of the economy, a [...]

** International Communique No. 331 - 29th of March 2022 ------------------------------------------------------------ OVERCOMING ANXIETY Major equity markets ended in haphazard fashion, with attention focused on the fallout from the war in [...]

International Communique No. 328 - 9th of March 2022 ------------------------------------------------------------ GEOPOLITICAL EVENTS UNDERMINE FINANCIAL CONDITIONS Historically, geopolitical events have had a short-lived impact on financial markets. But this time round [...]

International Communique No. 327 - 1st of March 2022 ------------------------------------------------------------ HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF 60 YEARS ON It was a particularly turbulent week for financial markets after the Russian army stormed [...]

International Communique No. 326 - 24th of February 2022 ------------------------------------------------------------ RUSSIA-UKRAINE KEEPS VOLATILITY HIGH The tensions boiling over on the Ukrainian border as Russia moved its pieces into place spooked [...]

International Communique No. 325 - 15th of February 2022 ------------------------------------------------------------ HEADWINDS The main equity indices made a rough landing following shock high-inflation data for January out of the US. This [...]

International Communique No. 324 - 8th of February 2022 ------------------------------------------------------------ SAME ASSET, TWO DIFFERENT STORIES The two sides of global equity markets had been in full show. In Europe, stocks [...]

International Communique No. 323 - 1st of February 2022 ------------------------------------------------------------ MARKETS FLUCTUATING WILDLY The Fed’s announcement of impending rate rises and a variable batch of corporate earnings triggered a turbulent [...]

International Communique No. 322 - 25th of January 2022 ------------------------------------------------------------ TURBULENT START TO THE YEAR After the thundering year of 2021, equity markets have started 2022 on a different footing. [...]

International Communique No. 321 - 18th of January 2022 ------------------------------------------------------------ EQUITIES STAGE CORRECTION Fears of faster rate hikes, potential upsets from earnings season and the spreading Omicron variant drove down [...]