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Unemployment rate may tip the scale in favour of February RBA hike

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  FRIDAY, 23 JAN 2026
The unemployment rate fell to 4.1% in December, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). The unexpectedly robust employment numbers have added to the possibility of a Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) interest rate hike back when the board ...

EQT to acquire Coller Capital to form new secondaries platform

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 23 JAN 2026
... carried interest in the most recent private equity secondaries flagship fund (CIP IX), which had a final close on 31 December 2025 at US$10.2 billion ($14.9bn), resulting in a total fund size of US$14.2 billion ($20.8bn). The transaction combines EQT's ...

Apostle executive exits

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2026
... partnered with US quant fund manager Qtron in October, following a tie-up with US investment manager CastleKnight in June. In December, Gunman said partnerships were the way the firm was seeking to grow.

Shadow Minister for Financial Services Pat Conaghan resigns

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2026
... time as Shadow Minister for Financial Services speaking out against the Shield and First Guardian fund collapses. In December he criticised Minister for Financial Services Daniel Mulino's suggestion that the professional indemnity insurance (PII) ...

Netwealth's APRA-mandated governance overhaul underway

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2026
... governance overhaul is underway and is being led at the executive level. This was part of its agreement with ASIC in December under which it said it will repay $101 million to super members who accessed the First Guardian Master Fund on its platform. ...

Danish pension fund dumps US bonds

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2026
... non-European markets. "Our own recent investment in a European defence fund can be seen as a good example of this." In December, Akademiker Pension partnered with PensionDanmark and AP Pension to anchor a Danish private equity fund, ETNA. The fund will ...

Praemium aims for 'market-leading' super offering

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2026
... utilising its recent built technology platform. The update was made as it revealed its Q2 update. In the quarter to 31 December 2025, Praemium saw total funds under administration (FUA) up 14% to $70.5 billion. Platform FUA was up 8% to $32.5 billion ...

AOFM names lead managers for 2037 Treasury Bond

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2026
... penalty for incorrectly reporting bond trading data to the AOFM over a two-year period. The Federal Court made the order in December 2025. At the time, AOFM chief executive Anna Hughes welcomed the court's decision. "The court's findings are important ...

HUB24 advances HTFS Nominees takeover, FUA hits $152bn

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2026
... administration (FUA) to $152.3 billion. HTFS Nominees became trustee of HUB24 Super in 2020, replacing Diversa Trustees. In the December 2025 quarterly update, HUB24 said it intends to transition the role of the trustee for the HUB24 Super Fund into ...

ASIC returns $40m of CFD losses

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2026
... the price movements of assets such as shares, currencies or commodities, without owning them. Between October 2024 and December 2025, ASIC reviewed 52 licensed CFD issuers, requiring them to show how they were distributing their high-risk products. In ...