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Diverse leadership cements business growth, positive workplace culture: HESTA

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JAN 2026
... their ELT and the number of women chief executives has stagnated around 10%. While the number of single-gender ELTs has fallen in 2025 to 17 companies, demonstrating mixed progress." Observing this, HESTA said it is imperative for companies to set out ...

M&A activity falls to two-year lows: LSEG

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JAN 2026
Despite significant growth in domestic merger and acquisition (M&A) activity in 2025, total volumes have fallen to a two-year low, London Stock Exchange Group's (LSEG) insight shows. The Australia Investment Banking Review Full Year 2025 report ...

RBA opts to keep cash rate on hold

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 DEC 2025
... rate rises in 2026 as it takes a more cautious response to inflationary pressures in the new year. While inflation has fallen substantially since 2022, it has started on a gradual incline. Despite crediting this recent rise to temporary factors, the ...

PE activity to continue momentum in 2026: Corrs

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 21 NOV 2025
... looked at more than 300 exits from global listed private equity portfolios since 2013 showed that average uplifts have fallen from a historical 30% to just 10% since 2023. Barwon global private equity portfolio manager Bob Liu said: "Investors have traditionally ...

IMF tells Chalmers to curb spending

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 21 NOV 2025
... growing, unemployment is low, we've overseen the creation of more than 1.2 million jobs and interest rates have already fallen three times this year," Chalmers said. "This is the soft landing we have been planning for, preparing for and hoping for." ...

Talent crunch lifts base salaries for advisers: Kaizen

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2025
... shortage is driving super funds to expand teams to ensure service levels and meet growing member needs." Adviser numbers have fallen from over 28,000 in 2019 to around 15,500 in 2025, and are expected to drop further over the next year. This decline ...

RBA on hold but 'not as hawkish as feared'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2025
... the bank appears to believe it will be caused by short-term factors. In the board's statement it noted: "Inflation has fallen substantially since the peak in 2022, as higher interest rates have been working to bring aggregate demand and potential supply ...

Equity Trustees to ask Mulino for help amid First Guardian, Shield fallout

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 30 OCT 2025
... activities of some advice groups date back to 2020. O'Brien added that the market capitalisation of Equity Trustees has fallen by about $300 million since ASIC commenced proceedings against ETSL. He said there is no cross guarantee offered to ETSL ...

Shield, First Guardian fallout calls for tougher scrutiny on research houses, licensee governance

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2025
... chief executive Chris Gosselin said the role of research houses in the process must also be questioned in relation to the fallen schemes, arguing that "no rating" should have been issued. "The research process is potentially highly conflicted, as the ...

Inflation rises 3% in August

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 SEP 2025
... position", pointing to inflation being within the board's target 2-3% range. "On the first part of our mandate, inflation has fallen substantially since the peak of 7.8% in 2022 and is now within the 2-3% target range," Bullock said. "The higher interest ...