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The Australian sharemarket is expected to fall from its near-record highs as a result of President Donald Trump’s shock move to immediately forge ahead with tariffs on China, Canada and Mexico, while the weak Australian dollar could come under even more pressure as the global economy absorbs the shock.

Elsewhere, aggrieved banking, insurance and superannuation customers are suffering lengthy delays of up to six months to have case managers assigned to complaints at the nation’s peak financial dispute resolution body. 

And the faster pace of technological changes, driven by artificial intelligence, will lead to new “super clusters” of leading companies , according to New York-based analyst Viktor Shvets, as "moats" around the tech giants disintegrate.