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Equity Trustees lands new mandate

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 26 FEB 2026
... Akshay Chopra said. "Our investment approach is to target opportunities, where intrinsic value materially exceeds market price and creates an asymmetric return profile. River Capital High Conviction Fund portfolio invests in our highest-conviction ideas ...

Inflation rises 3.8%, rate rise 'firmly in play'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2026
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 3.8% in the 12 months to January 2026, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). "The 3.8% annual CPI inflation to January was unchanged from December," ABS head of prices statistics Michelle Marquardt ...

Inflation to peak in mid-2026 before it rebalances: RBA

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2026
... these items to ease in early 2026," Plumb said. Additionally, some of the unanticipated rise in inflation was driven by price dynamics in the housing and retail sectors. In late 2024 and early 2025, homebuilders and retailers resorted to discounting ...

Zurich Financial Services to acquire ClearView

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2026
... Zurich Financial Services is offering 65 cents for each ClearView share, marking a 22% premium to the last closing the share price on February 23. This values ClearView at about $425 million. ClearView shareholders will receive a cash consideration less ...

A comfortable retirement now costs more than ever

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2026
... Mary Delahunty said. "Costs in the categories that retirees tend to spend most on have risen faster than general consumer price inflation. So that means even though the Age Pension is indexed, a greater burden is placed on retirees' personal super ...

Blue Owl sells US$1.4bn assets to pension funds

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 23 FEB 2026
... unlisted BDC into listed BDC Blue Owl Capital Corporation (OBDC)," Morningstar said. "An uproar ensued. With the market price of OBDC's very similar portfolio trading at a roughly 20% discount to its NAV, the merger made it highly likely that OBDC ...

Adviser gap could boost equity release products: Homesafe

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 23 FEB 2026
Home equity release solutions may address the "asset-rich but cash-poor" issue transpiring across older generations who cannot get access to financial advice, Homesafe Wealth says. According to Homesafe the shrinking adviser numbers are contributing ...

Cbus confirms independent review into board member

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 23 FEB 2026
Cbus has launched an independent review of the fit and proper assessment of Cbus Property board member Earl Setches after he was seen dining on a yacht with underworld figure Mick Gatto last week. "The Cbus Super board has commissioned a review of the ...

DigiCo REIT sees revenue lift

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2026
... at SYD1." Juniper said moving forward DigiCo is focused on closing the gap between the REITs net asset value and security price to "ensure our market valuation reflects the underlying value of our assets and growing earnings base". "We are focused on ...

Jobs rise in line with expectations, RBA hike still likely

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2026
... "The only reprieve for concerned mortgage holders would be a notable decline in inflation, which is possible if last year's price gains were driven more by one-off factors than by underlying demand pressures," he said.