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RBA hike may come as soon as February

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2025
Recent employment data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) has shown the nation may be at an inflection point, highlighting the challenges the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) will face in setting policy next year. Citi economists have changed ...

Brookfield, sovereign wealth fund sign AI joint venture

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 DEC 2025
... Qatar. It comes as global data centre investments are projected by McKinsey & Company to reach $7 trillion this decade, though there is much more to the AI infrastructure investment opportunity, including supporting infrastructure like cooling-as-a-service ...

FEATURE | Agriculture: Golden soil

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2025
... confluence of factors such as lower interest rates, heightened demand from institutional investors and limited supply. In 2024, though, farmland prices contracted with the median price per hectare across all agricultural land types decreasing by 6% on ...

Super moves: ART, TCorp, Future Fund, QIC

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 27 NOV 2025
TCorp has recruited Lucas Hartmann as senior portfolio manager. Most recently, Hartmann served as head of equities, fixed income and alternatives at NGS Super for over eight years, where his responsibilities included implementing derivative overlays. ...

New funds distribution firm launches

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  THURSDAY, 27 NOV 2025
Australian funds distribution firm Continental Funds Group (Continental) has announced its formal launch to the domestic wholesale and institutional investment market. Led by founder and managing director Angus Coote and three experienced distribution ...

Inflation hits 3.8% in October

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 NOV 2025
... the various changes in Commonwealth and state electricity rebates, electricity prices rose 5%. In the month of October, though, inflation was flat (0.0%) in original terms but rose 0.3% in seasonally adjusted terms. Deloitte Access Economics partner ...

TelstraSuper members caught off guard by Direct Access closure

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 25 NOV 2025
... formal Heads of Agreement to merge in October. Aware Super does not offer a like-for-like investment option to members, though members can invest directly in individual asset classes, like Australian shares, bonds, and term deposits. Following the review ...

Advisers want to boost client book by 36%: CFS

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 24 NOV 2025
... currently 112, the 2025 Advice Practice Profitability Report shows, after canvassing 515 advisers and support staff. Ideally, though, they want to serve 152 clients. Fewer than one in five (18%) say they are at their optimal number of clients or looking ...

Prevention of Shield, First Guardian-like events the focus from here on: Mulino

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2025
... appears that there may have been failures at multiple points. I do want to make the point that it's not just advice, even though when the CSLR identifies the losses as part of the advice sub-sector," he said. "[However,] it's not just advice, there ...

SMC makes recommendations to safeguard super

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 17 NOV 2025
Super Members Council (SMC) has called for stronger protections to prevent consumer harm from high-risk super switching. The call comes as the corporate regulator continues to launch legal action against those involved in the collapses of Shield and ...