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Totality Wealth chief executive exits, replacement named

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2026
... Totality Wealth after serving as executive director and head of legal since August of last year. Korfits has been with the Saxo Bank Group for nearly eight years, starting out as an associate director and senior legal counsel based in Copenhagen. He ...

Fed leaves rates on hold as Powell issues message to Trump

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2026
The US Federal Reserve (Fed) left the interest rate on hold at 3.5% - 3.75% overnight, as was widely expected. The rate hold comes in the wake of the US Department of Justice serving the Fed with grand jury subpoenas, threatening a criminal indictment ...

Inflation 'uncomfortably high' as it rises to 3.8%

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2026
... 4.4%. VanEck head of investments and capital markets Russell Chesler said the read will not be favourable to the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) board, which will meet next week for its first interest rate decision of the new year. "Inflation remains ...

Aussie Olympian's brother pleads guilty for role in global scam

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2026
... deposits from Australians for cryptocurrency and other supposed investment opportunities," ASIC said. "While Mormarkets' bank accounts were in operation, Gunn was repeatedly notified of suspicious activity or reports of fraud, with the accounts progressively ...

MLC Expand appoints product strategy lead

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2026
... functions at AMP Advice, working on strategy development and implementation. She has also held senior roles at Commonwealth Bank, Perpetual, ING Australia and MLC. MLC Expand chief executive Liz McCarthy said the wrap platform is committed to building ...

AI, operational failures key regulatory risks for ASIC in 2026

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 27 JAN 2026
ASIC has said operational failures by superannuation fund trustees as well as the rise of artificial intelligence (AI) will drive the local regulatory space in 2026. Operational failures among super trustees and administrators, such as delays in processing ...

Federated Hermes expands Asia presence

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 27 JAN 2026
Federated Hermes has announced its plans to open shop in Hong Kong to capitalise on Asia's "rapidly growing" wealth market. The announcement follows the appointment of its global fixed income chief investment officer earlier this month to succeed Robert ...

AMP to relaunch SMSF property lending solution

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 27 JAN 2026
AMP Bank is bringing back its residential self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) property lending solution, SuperEdge, after removing it nearly a decade ago. AMP made the decision to remove the solution in 2018, as the SMSF lending sector was shifting ...

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

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  FRIDAY, 23 JAN 2026
... 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 meets for the February meeting. BetaShares chief economist David ...

Apostle executive exits

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2026
... next week. Donovan will head up a new group within the lender - power and carbon trading - reporting to former Commonwealth Bank executive Alex Toone, who runs commodities at Westpac. Before Apostle, Donovan was executive director of carbon and power ...