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November rate cut likely off the table as inflation lifts

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 OCT 2025
... September quarter, up from 2.7% to the June quarter. This is the first time trimmed mean annual inflation has increased since December 2022." KPMG chief economist Brendan Rynne said the inflation read means the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) is likely ...

APRA tackles 'weak demand' for longevity products in second consultation

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 OCT 2025
... and extent of feedback received on the current proposals. APRA is taking feedback on draft prudential standards until December 17. The first round of consultation, which was held in June, tackled two issues: that the framework imposes relatively conservative ...

Court blocks Merhi from financial services

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 28 OCT 2025
... entity for Shield and invested a significant amount of super money into the Advantage Diversified Property Fund (ADPF). In December 2024, Keystone was ordered to be wound up. Under the proposal, the 2800 Shield unitholders sourced from Equity Trustees ...

CSC enters partnership with GPT with $860m sale

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2025
... leverage our operational capabilities to deliver strong returns." Financial close of the transaction is targeted for December 2025 and will be initially funded by GPT with available borrowing capacity.

Local PGIM manager exits

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2025
... equity platform. Sam Mellor joined this month as head of real estate debt, Australia, while Stuart Carr will arrive in December as head of real estate equity, Australia. The appointments follow the launch of PGIM's first dedicated Australian real ...

Equip Super searches for new chief executive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2025
... Retirement Plan in June 2020. He also sold off Catholic Super's banking business, MyLife MyFinance, to Challenger in December 2020. At that time, Equip Super said it was aiming for $50 billion in funds under management by 2025. It currently has about ...

Feature: Retirement | Rewarding risk

LACHLAN COLQUHOUN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2025
... inflation in recent decades, it is a risk which should still be planned for. Australian CPI inflation hit 7.8% in the December quarter of 2022, the highest in three decades, and gave investors a small taste of its debilitating effect. "Things like commodities ...

First Guardian shaves $286m off Praemium FUA

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 21 OCT 2025
... transferred to Spectrum and $10 million to Scope+ in the quarter, with the final transfers expected to complete in the December quarter. Meantime, total FUA in the September quarter was $67.0 billion, with platform FUA up 10% to $32 billion, a 4% increase ...

Public feedback welcomed for Life Code improvements

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 20 OCT 2025
... industry participants and other stakeholders." Submissions are invited from all interested organisations and individuals by December 15, with feedback to contribute to an interim report which will be released for further consultation in early 2026.

Former Statewide Super executives acquitted

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2025
... fund, which initiated an investigation and passed its findings on to the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions. In December 2022 both Netting and Eastwood were charged with dishonesty offences. Both pleaded not guilty in February 2024. ASIC alleged ...