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FEATURE | Regulation: Picking up the pieces

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2026
When Melinda Kee was sick with COVID-19, she took respite for one week. Kee saw it as an opportunity to tick off some personal administration she'd been meaning to get to, such as changing her pet and health insurance, and electricity and gas providers. ...

Another RBA hike in May 'not a done deal'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2026
... activity. The RBA is unfortunately in no such position, having struggled to control stubbornly high inflation in the post-COVID era," Samuel said. "Much can change between now and the next meeting in May, however the RBA is clearly concerned about inflation ...

Active equity managers underwhelm in 2025: SPIVA

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2026
... stock picking and active management. Dispersion among S&P World constituents widened to levels last seen during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic period, partially driven by large-cap US stocks recording their highest dispersion since 2009," the report read. ...

Centuria bullish on large format retail sector, launches new fund

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2026
... tight national vacancy of 3.1% in FY25. These market conditions have contributed to national LFR rents rising 21% since COVID, with further rental growth anticipated due to persistent, strong tenant demand, limited new supply and population growth. "Centuria ...

Monetary policy decisions now 'more difficult': Bullock

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 26 FEB 2026
... currently economic conditions are making forecasting slightly more difficult for the board. "When we were coming out of COVID and inflation was heading up to 8% and interest rates were zero, there was no doubt what we had to do," Bullock said. "Now we're ...

FES Super to no longer supplement returns in default

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 13 FEB 2026
... supplement earnings when returns were low, the fund explained. The last time it dipped into the reserve was in 2020 when COVID-19 wreaked havoc on the markets, and the reserve is currently empty. It said maintaining the reserve and smoothing returns ...

RBA overlooked government spending in rate hike: Hearing

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2026
... 26.9% of the country's GDP. "According to Treasury's documents, government expenditure, excluding expenditure during Covid, will never be higher than this year as a percentage of the economy. It is the highest it will ever be excluding Covid ...

Spain plans sovereign wealth fund launch

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2026
Spain is launching a sovereign wealth fund to extend the stimulus of the NextGenerationEU funds that saw it through COVID-19. The new fund, to be named 'Spain Grows', will primarily invest in sectors like artificial intelligence (AI), digitalisation ...

Trump plans to ban large investors from buying homes

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 8 JAN 2026
... Policy settings in the wake of the Global Financial Crisis enabled greater investment activity by large firms, while the COVID-19 pandemic is said to have seen that activity accelerate. However, research by John Burns Research and Consulting in 2024 ...

Three megatrends to watch in 2026

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 15 DEC 2025
... Mullins said. "But valuations, while stretched, are not absolutely insane. We had worse PE ratios in 2020 and 2021, after COVID. So, yes, getting expensive, but not crazy. "Concentration risk is true, but... these are highly profitable companies. But ...