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RBA gives bleak economic outlook

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2026
... is also anticipating the unemployment rate will increase gradually to reach 4.6% by mid-2028. " Leading indicators such as job ads, vacancies and employment intentions suggest labour market conditions could ease a little in the near term, although this ...

Mulino acknowledges some regulation 'not thought through'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 9 FEB 2026
... "I don't want to constantly come back to financial services, but it's something which I'm all too aware of in my day-to-day job, and I think it does bear out some of these lessons." Mulino said there is a "coordination challenge" between different regulators ...

Debby Blakey steps down as HESTA chief

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 9 FEB 2026
... 2008 as executive manager, member advice. Between 2012 and 2015 she served as deputy chief executive before taking on the top job, succeeding Anne-Marie Corboy. "Debby has made an indelible mark on HESTA, and the industry as a whole. We pride ourselves ...

WT Financial Group clear on 2026 strategy, rebrands retail advice arm

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 FEB 2026
... professional year... we don't intend for all of them to go on and work for Vesta; our goal is to encourage them to find a job within our network," Cullen said. "That's so that our advice practices are recruiting someone that can produce revenue from ...

RBA lifts the cash rate for first time since 2023

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 3 FEB 2026
... running at 3.8% as at December 2025, the RBA is a long way from declaring victory, and one rate rise alone is unlikely to do the job," said Chesler. "What makes this decision more consequential is that the economy is showing few signs of cooling." KPMG ...

Trump taps Kevin Warsh as new Fed chair

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 2 FEB 2026
... Administration, and was the youngest-ever Federal Reserve Governor, serving from 2006 to 2011. Warsh was a finalist for the job in 2017, when Trump instead appointed Powell. Commonwealth Bank economist Harry Ottley said sentiment around the nomination ...

Super moves: ART, Allianz, HESTA, AusSuper

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2026
... be his 2IC in running the Allianz investment portfolio. I wasn't the most tenured candidate, but I was backed in to the job," Roddis told his LinkedIn community. "Over the years, I've had the privilege of helping transform a large institutional ...

Totality Wealth chief executive exits, replacement named

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2026
... replacement announced. Adam Smith led Totality Wealth since March 2019 when it operated as Saxo Australia. He kept the top job last August when Saxo Australia officially rebranded to Totality Wealth following DMA taking an 80.1% ownership of the former. ...

Fed leaves rates on hold as Powell issues message to Trump

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2026
... Miller said. In announcing the decision, the Fed noted that "economic activity has been expanding at a solid pace" but that "job gains have remained low" even if "the unemployment rate has shown some signs of stabilisation" and inflation "remains somewhat ...

Inflation 'uncomfortably high' as it rises to 3.8%

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2026
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 3.8% in the 12 months to December 2025, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). "The 3.8% annual CPI inflation to December was up from 3.4% to November," ABS head of prices statistics Michelle Marquardt ...