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Fed leaves rates on hold as Powell issues message to Trump

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2026
... the Trump administration will be frustrated. "Of course, that won't please the White House but with US economic activity growth exceeding expectations and inflation still exhibiting some 'stickiness' the decision to leave the policy rate unchanged is ...

Inflation 'uncomfortably high' as it rises to 3.8%

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2026
... rate hikes - given our highly indebted and interest-rate-sensitive economy - should be more than enough to dampen economic growth again and rein in ongoing inflation pressures in areas such as housing, travel and hospitality." However, the Australian ...

Superhero Super shutters lifestage options

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2026
... LIS, and Sky LIS will be removed, with members within those options to be automatically transferred to the Superhero High Growth, Superhero Growth, Superhero Moderate, and Superhero Conservative options, respectively, on the day. Superhero Super said ...

Federated Hermes expands Asia presence

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 27 JAN 2026
... Jim Roland said the office will enhance the firm's on-the-ground client coverage and support its long-term regional growth strategy across both wealth and institutional channels. "Asia continues to be one of the fastest-growing wealth markets globally ...

'No benefit in switching super': AFCA finalises FSGA lead decision

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 27 JAN 2026
... superannuation into a newly created self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF). The adviser then recommended the SMSF invest in a high growth product. AFCA said it wasn't clearly disclosed to the complainant that 60% of the product was invested in the Shield ...

Openmarkets to merge, list on Nasdaq

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 27 JAN 2026
... regulatory authorisations. Openmarkets chief executive Dan Jowett said the transaction will enable Openmarkets to accelerate its growth plans. "This transaction will provide a myriad of benefits to Openmarkets as we pursue our open finance strategy ...

Unemployment rate may tip the scale in favour of February RBA hike

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  FRIDAY, 23 JAN 2026
... has become more material. Sycamore added: "The RBA's key concern here will be that this tightness will feed into wage growth and, more broadly, into inflation within an Australian economy where price pressures are already uncomfortably high." "[The] ...

State Street enters strategic alliance with Qatar

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 23 JAN 2026
... milestone for its ongoing expansion within the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and supporting QNB's accelerating international growth. State Street said bringing together its global scale and QNB's deep local insight, the strategic alliance will enhance ...

EQT to acquire Coller Capital to form new secondaries platform

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 23 JAN 2026
... platform across private equity, infrastructure, real estate, and secondaries, EQT said. Further, the acquisition will unlock growth opportunities across adjacent secondaries beyond private equity and credit secondaries, utilise the "structurally underpenetrated" ...

New vertical integration model to sprout in 2026: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 23 JAN 2026
... solutions targeting financial advisers. Predominantly starting as 'note-takers', these solutions all saw rapid growth. Solving the horrible job of doing file notes. Similar trends were seen in the medical and legal fields," the report said.