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ASFA lifts comfortable retirement standard to $730k for couples

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2026
... price of energy, medicines, transport and council rates," she said. Over the year to March, inflation rose 4.6% p.a. Electricity costs jumped 25.4% following the expiry of subsidies, while automotive fuel rose 24.2%. Food staples also climbed, with beef ...

Cooling economy could keep RBA on hold

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2026
... accounts Grace Kim said. Household spending rose 0.5% in the March quarter. This growth includes elevated spending on electricity, gas and other fuels (up 11.7%) as government rebates ceased, raising out-of-pocket expenditure for households. Household ...

Inflation eases, experts split on next RBA move

VINNY VUCAGO  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2026
... inflation, rising 6.3% over the year, followed by transport costs, which increased 6.6%, easing from an 8.9% rise in March, electricity prices grew 22.5% higher compared to a year ago following the expiry of Commonwealth and state government rebates ...

MUFG scores administration mandate

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2026
... said the appointment marks the commencement of a strategic partnership supporting members across South Australia's electricity supply industry. Under the agreement, MUFG Retirement Solutions will provide core administration services supported by its ...

Natural capability head at QIC exits

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2026
... invested into the Kalfresh Bioenergy Facility which transforms locally produced food and farm waste into renewable electricity and natural gas. "I am grateful for the opportunity to pursue this mandate with QIC, building a small portfolio of direct investments ...

Macquarie sells stake in US utility provider

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2026
As part of a consortium, Macquarie Asset Management is selling its stake in Cleco, an electricity utility firm in the US, to Stonepeak and Bernhard Capital Partners. The consortium includes Macquarie Asset Management, British Columbia Investment Management ...

FEATURE: Global equities | Triaging tech's second act

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2026
... Nvidia chief executive Jensen Huang describes the AI value chain as a five-layered cake. At its base is energy, the electricity required to power vast data centres. Above that sit chip designers and manufacturers, including Nvidia and Taiwan Semiconductor ...

Super moves: Aware Super, Future Fund, AusSuper

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2026
... OMERS. Most recently, he led private markets at AustralianSuper, where he also served as a board director of a major electricity network. 5C said his infrastructure and energy experience, including direct board-level oversight of a large power network ...

FEATURE | Regulation: Picking up the pieces

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2026
... some personal administration she'd been meaning to get to, such as changing her pet and health insurance, and electricity and gas providers. She also intended to change her superannuation. "At the time I was with Macquarie Vision and when I looked ...

Product showcase: Follow the leaders

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2026
... from 1760 to 1840 it was textiles and steam that powered the Industrial Revolution, then it was railways, steel and electricity, followed by petrochemicals in the early 20th Century and microprocessors in the 1970s and 1980s, he notes. Today, artificial ...
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