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Government rolls out relief via National Reconstruction Fund

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2026
... higher annual turnovers will have their loans administered by the NRFC. Banks participating in the program include the Commonwealth Bank, Westpac, NAB, ANZ, Bank of Queensland, and Bendigo. Applications for loans open today. Meanwhile, originally on ...

JBWere makes senior advice hires

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 APR 2026
... Saxo Australia chief executive Ben Smoker has been named head of advice for NSW/ACT. Smoker was most recently at Commonwealth Bank as general manager, private wealth for two years. He also worked in private wealth at Westpac. With a background in broking ...

ASIC acts against another former FSGA adviser

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 13 APR 2026
... during a meeting between them and the third party referrer. He first provided advice in 2010 and was authorised by Commonwealth Financial Planning for about 10 years until December 2021 before moving to Count for less than a year. He then joined Priority1 ...

WT Financial Group welcomes first chief financial officer

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2026
... accumulated during his time as head of M&A and lending at ANZ and head of finance, corporate and structured finance at the Commonwealth Bank. More recently, he was chief financial officer at ParagonCare for over five years. The appointment also follows ...

Charter Hall secures $1.2bn mandate

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2026
... assets. The group also has some major security holders including HSBC, J P Morgan, Citi, BNP Paribas, First Sentier, Commonwealth Bank and State Street, according to its annual report to 29 July 2025. Charter Hall currently has around $92.2 billion in ...

CSC to increase TPD premiums for PSSap members by 43.5%

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2026
Members of Commonwealth Super Corporation's Public Sector Superannuation Accumulation Plan (PSSap) are about to be hit with insurance premium increases of more than 40%. A recent review of the PSSap lifePLUS offering, underwritten by AIA Australia ...

Household wealth rises 2.5%

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2026
... government's 5% Deposit Scheme was introduced as well as the Help to Buy Scheme. Despite the rise in household wealth, Commonwealth Bank head of Australian economics Belinda Allen said the bank's outlook for the economy is still being downgraded. "In ...

Channel Capital adds distribution director

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2026
... office channels. He has also held senior roles at Perpetual Investments, Colonial First State, Rabobank, Citigroup, Commonwealth Bank, and Deutsche Private Bank, building deep relationships across independent advisers, private wealth firms, family offices ...

March RBA hike now on the cards

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2026
... Economists have brought forward their Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) interest rate hike forecasts from May to March. Commonwealth Bank head of Australian economics Belinda Allen said the situation has changed quickly. "After hiking the cash rate in ...

Colter Bay Capital opens doors, launches private credit fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2026
... the opportunity is genuinely compelling for investors who understand it," he said. Wang spent nearly 14 years at Commonwealth Bank in executive director roles in private markets. He finished up as the head of private capital markets at the bank in 2022 ...