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MA Financial backs FundBox's Australian expansion with $100m facility

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2026
... financing. It hopes to bring that scale, expertise, and infrastructure to Australia where SMBs form the backbone of the economy, it said.

Robust demand keeps SDA, PBSA assets firmly on investors' radar

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2026
... which led to an 11% decline in granted student visas granted in the first eight months of 2025, its importance to the economy is still significant. Foreign students were the fourth largest export category, reaching a record $52 billion in 2024, Nuveen ...

Diverse leadership cements business growth, positive workplace culture: HESTA

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JAN 2026
... resilience, and sustainable success in an ever-evolving world and we have yet to fully unlock these benefits across the economy." However, despite incremental progress the report said women remain "significantly" underrepresented in the ELTs of ASX 300 ...

SMEs prepare for Payday Super cashflow crunch

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 9 JAN 2026
... wages, insurance premiums, input costs and tax obligations, creating a permanent layer of cashflow compression across the economy. "This will be the great cashflow compression of 2026," he said. "Even for businesses with strong accounting profitability ...

Inflation pulls back in November

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JAN 2026
... rate in February would be premature for several reasons," Smith said. "Most importantly, confidently concluding that the economy has hit its speed limit - the current fashion among some forecasters to justify a rate hike - implies that measuring the ...

No room for a neutral stance in 2026: BlackRock

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  TUESDAY, 6 JAN 2026
... transition into 2026, it said. According to the Institute, capital spending ambitions tied to the AI buildout are turning the economy inside out. "The micro is becoming macro," the report reads, and investors are worried about an AI bubble. Dominated ...

China's two speed economies: Which one wins?

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 6 JAN 2026
... structural concerns in the Chinese economy. Most remain cautiously optimistic as they assess whether the new engine of the economy, technological advancement and industrial modernisation, can pull the country out of its deflationary woes. State Street ...

Productivity Commission makes 47 recommendations

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 22 DEC 2025
... of productivity inquiries - containing 47 recommendations to support productivity growth across five key areas of the economy. "Australia's productivity growth has stalled since 2016. We need to get productivity moving to ensure future generations ...

Chalmers flags pension, super spending in Budget update

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 16 DEC 2025
... mid-year update." Treasury will also update its economic forecasts in the mid-year update. Chalmers said it will confirm the economy is likely to continue to gather momentum. "An important feature of this is the private sector recovery that we've been ...

Three megatrends to watch in 2026

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 15 DEC 2025
... seems to be diminishing," Bassanese said. Looking specifically at Australia, Bassanese said the major question in the economy is whether the nation has hit capacity constraints. "Can we allow the economy to continue to grow at trend or more pace, or ...