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Transfer balance cap to rise to $2.1m

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 30 JAN 2026
Following the release of the Consumer Price Index (CPI) figures this week, the superannuation transfer balance cap (TBC) will increase on July 1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) data showed CPI rose to 3.8% in the 12 months to December 2025, up ...

Inflation 'uncomfortably high' as it rises to 3.8%

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2026
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 3.8% in the 12 months to December 2025, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). "The 3.8% annual CPI inflation to December was up from 3.4% to November," ABS head of prices statistics Michelle Marquardt ...

Australia evades tariff shocks, CPI to surge in 2026: UN

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 12 JAN 2026
New research predicts that Australia's inflation rate will surge in 2026 and highlights that the country was left relatively unscathed by the US tariff shocks. According to the United Nations' (UN) latest World Economic Situation and Prospects 2026 ...

Inflation pulls back in November

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JAN 2026
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 3.4% in the 12 months to November 2025, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). "The 3.4% annual CPI inflation to November was down from 3.8% to October," ABS head of prices statistics Michelle Marquardt ...

Rate hikes expected in 2026

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 5 JAN 2026
Persistent inflation has some economists predicting that the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) will raise interest rates at its first meeting of the year in February. Commonwealth Bank economist Ashwin Clarke said the bank has revised its forecasts, now ...

Three megatrends to watch in 2026

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 15 DEC 2025
Experts have identified the megatrends that are likely to play out in financial markets in 2026. Speaking to Financial Standard, policy changes coming out of the US, sticky inflation and how the artificial intelligence (AI) boom progresses will be the ...

Super SA introduces indexed options

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 24 NOV 2025
Super SA is rolling out several new investment options across some of its schemes, including two indexed options. From December 1, Super SA is making two new indexed options available to Triple S scheme members - Indexed High Growth and Indexed Balanced. ...

Quay Global lists two active ETFs

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  MONDAY, 24 NOV 2025
Quay Global Investors (Quay) launched two new actively managed ETFs. The Quay Global Real Estate Fund (Unhedged) Active ETF and the Quay Global Real Estate Fund (AUD Hedged) Active ETF are available for trading on the ASX from today. The two funds will ...

Resilience more important than growth: Arndt

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 NOV 2025
Future Fund chief executive Raphael Arndt said portfolio construction must focus on resilience over growth as the world sits at a "perpetual inflection point". "The weaponisation of trade, the persistence of inflation, climate shocks and a rising cost ...

November rate cut likely off the table as inflation lifts

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 OCT 2025
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 1.3% in the September 2025 quarter and 3.2% annually, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). "The CPI rose 1.3% in the September 2025 quarter, which is the highest quarterly rise since March 2023. ...