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Financial services' gender pay gap improves at 21.4%

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2026
... many employer gender pay gaps. "Employers should treat gender equality like their other business goals. Do a detailed analysis to find the issues, create an action plan to address them and set targets to be accountable for ensuring progress happens," ...

Research reveals 'alarming spike' in super switching

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2026
... Australians poorer. It highlights the need for stronger guardrails to protect Australians from financial harm," SMC said. The analysis revealed super switching was up 17% over the past year and is dominated by Australians with lower super balances, not ...

Platform cybersecurity, service quality now advisers' deciding factors

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2026
... across functionality, service and security from their platform providers. The Investment Trends' 2025 Platform Competitive Analysis and Benchmarking Report reflected a more demanding assessment framework from advisers, as efficiency pressures from client-facing ...

Inflation to peak in mid-2026 before it rebalances: RBA

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2026
... to a little above the midpoint of the 2-3% range by mid-2028 as the economy returns to balance. RBA head of economic analysis department Michael Plumb struck a slightly more positive tone than the RBA board gave off in the Statement on Monetary Policy. ...

Advisers lose lead in SMSF establishments: Panel

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 FEB 2026
... 2025 were the highest on record since 2012. This saw the launch of nearly 14,500 new funds, up 33.4% year on year. The analysis also found four out of five new SMSFs established with Class had no financial adviser behind them. The figures conclude that ...

HNWs, retirees key battlegrounds for platforms: SuitabilityHub

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 16 FEB 2026
... offerings in the retirement space, particularly with launching innovative retirement income stream (IRIS) solutions. The analysis found North historically led this space. However, competition is building as Expand released the accumulation phase of its ...

Frontier hires senior consultant from JANA

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 12 FEB 2026
... efforts, both in Australia and in New Zealand, where he is well known in the market," Bowater added. "Independent market analysis over many years has consistently ranked the capability of our consulting team as market leading. When adding to our group ...

UniSuper adds five to its investment ranks

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 12 FEB 2026
... recently signed up. Rochelle Murphy is now with UniSuper's asset allocation team as a senior analyst, total portfolio analysis. She previously worked as an associate at Macquarie and as a quant at Westpac and Dalton Street Capital. Jack Hao started ...

Commonwealth Super Corp to consolidate legacy IT systems

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 9 FEB 2026
... administration provider Mercer to maintain service for customers. CSC opted to undertake the transition at this time of year as analysis of its member behaviour found it to be a period with traditionally lower transaction volumes, allowing it to conduct ...

Government to ask super funds to invest in defence infrastructure

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2026
... Investment Framework, and the decision on use of models will be a government decision, informed by detailed comparative cost analysis. IFM Investors, which already partners with the Department of Defence on infrastructure projects, said: "The Defence ...