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Inflation 'uncomfortably high' as it rises to 3.8%

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2026
... 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 said. The largest contributor to annual inflation in December was housing ...

Genetic testing ban may drive up insurance cost, premiums: FAAA

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2026
... results who do not have a poor family history of disease and illness," it said. At the second reading of the bill last November, assistant treasurer Daniel Mulino said: "Genetic tests help save lives. Australians should not be discouraged from undertaking ...

Rodney Forrest handed prison sentence for $3m insider trading

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 27 JAN 2026
... insider trading team launched an investigation, which led to a search warrant being executed on Forrest's home in November 2024 and charges being laid in August 2025. Forrest pleaded guilty to the offences and agreed to forfeit the total realised ...

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

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  FRIDAY, 23 JAN 2026
... shocked, with a 65,000 bounce back in employment for December 2025, following a recorded 29,000 decline in employment during November of the same year. The participation rate inched towards 66.7% from 66.6% in November, seeing the unemployment rate drop ...

Australian profits flat as global earnings soar to record highs

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2026
... the last 10 years. The latest study looks at the half-yearly or quarterly results reported by firms up to the end of November 2025. Annual profits in 2025 for Australian companies in the index came in at US$67.7 billion ($100.5bn), up from US$66.3 billion ...

HUB24 advances HTFS Nominees takeover, FUA hits $152bn

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2026
... annually to $152.3 billion at the end of 2025. Net inflows in the last quarter alone hit a record of $5.6 billion. In November, TAL partnered with HUB24 to launch a lifetime retirement solution in the first half of 2026. The unnamed product is said "to ...

Just 450 advisers drop off ASIC FAR after deadline hits

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2026
... no longer provide personal advice if they have not completed a course or qualification on the approved list. As at 20 November 2025, there were 15,469 relevant providers listed on the FAR. Of these, 7959 hold an approved degree or qualification, while ...

Mercer Investments axes managers, awards fresh mandates

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 13 JAN 2026
... ability to constrain unrewarded risks while maintaining desired idiosyncratic and/or factor exposures," Mercer said. Last November, Mercer shuttered four international equities options that sat within its Managed Portfolio Series Funds. Mercer's ...

Australia evades tariff shocks, CPI to surge in 2026: UN

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 12 JAN 2026
... Bureau of Statistics (ABS) data published earlier this month, which revealed that the CPI rose 3.4% in the 12 months to November 2025. Although it was a decline from October's figure, the latest figure is likely to push the Reserve Bank of Australia ...

ASX listings, trade volumes improve in December

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 9 JAN 2026
... However, the parent company of Cboe Australia, Cboe Global Markets, announced its intention to exit the Australian market in November to focus on other opportunities, commencing a sale process for the local business. In May 2025, the ASX outlined some ...