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Aussie veterans front Senate over underpaid pensions

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2026
... today's dollar value. In 1982 Williamson had the opportunity to take $160,000 as a lump sum payment. According to the Reserve Bank of Australia's inflation calculator, today that would be adjusted to around $710,477. "Now, we've not had the opportunity ...

Kapstream launches ASX-listed investment trust

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 17 FEB 2026
... be listed under the ticker 'KIT' in March and aims to provide a monthly distribution targeting a return of the Reserve Bank of Australia cash rate plus 3.50% per annum. It's aiming to raise between $200-300 million through the issuance of new ...

FES Super to no longer supplement returns in default

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 13 FEB 2026
... Smoothed to Balanced. It follows a review of the investment options, with the board having decided to no longer maintain a reserve to smooth fluctuations in investment earnings. The fund said it is doing this in a bid to ensure it passes the APRA performance ...

Virgin Money Super increases administration fees

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 13 FEB 2026
... Although other administration costs will also be increased from 0.002% to 0.03%, the cost is deducted from the member reserve and is not charged directly from a member's account, so the change "will not impact the balance of your account." The trustee ...

Bullish on AI? Don't buy US tech: Vanguard

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 13 FEB 2026
... surge, the US economy could eventually grow by 3%. It said solid growth and still-sticky inflation will leave the Federal Reserve with limited room to cut rates below Vanguard's 3.5% estimate of the neutral rate, which would neither promote nor restrict ...

RBA veteran leads AOFM review

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 FEB 2026
A Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) veteran has been appointed to lead an independent review into the Australian Office of Financial Management (AOFM). Treasury of the Secretary Jenny Wilkinson commissioned the independent review after it was requested ...

Helen Lofthouse to exit ASX in May

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 FEB 2026
... group executive for markets. Since taking on the top job, she's faced immense pressure, including from ASIC and the Reserve Bank of Australia, over lengthy delays to the new CHESS solution. First announced in 2015, the new technology was originally ...

Institutional investors' risk appetite trends down: State Street

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2026
... December 2025. Despite a strong pick-up in institutional risk exposure towards mid-January, uncertainty around Federal Reserve policy, including the Fed chair nomination, as well as market liquidity and valuation concerns drove a more moderate risk stance ...

RBA gives bleak economic outlook

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2026
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has revised its economic outlook, showing a higher unemployment rate and slowing GDP growth over 2026. In its Statement on Monetary Policy (SoMP), the central bank expects GDP growth to pick up slightly in the near-term ...

RBA overlooked government spending in rate hike: Hearing

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2026
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) came under fire for overlooking the role government spending, which recently peaked again, has played in driving inflation and interest rate decisions. The grilling came off the back of the Monetary Policy Board upping ...