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US and Israel strike Iran: What it means for investors

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2026
... producers increased exports last month, and OPEC+ has agreed to lift production. Inventories, therefore, provide some buffer, though they are leaner than before Russia invaded Ukraine, and spare capacity within OPEC+ remains uneven." Shah said currently ...

Inflation rises 3.8%, rate rise 'firmly in play'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2026
... settings to remain on hold for now, with the board taking additional time to assess incoming data." McCormack said even though higher interest rates may be on the horizon, markets have already priced them in for the most part, so there are less concerns ...

A comfortable retirement now costs more than ever

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2026
... categories that retirees tend to spend most on have risen faster than general consumer price inflation. So that means even though the Age Pension is indexed, a greater burden is placed on retirees' personal super savings." The other major factor ...

MA Financial, Dimensional launch new offerings

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 FEB 2026
MA Financial has launched an Asia Pacific private credit fund as part of a strategic partnership with China Merchants Bank (CMB), while Dimensional is launching a new fund focused on highly profitable companies. The MA CMBI APAC Credit Opportunities ...

ASIC cancels AFSL of Qld securities dealer

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 16 FEB 2026
... (AFCA) for almost $130,000 after offering risky investment products that were only available to wholesale investors, even though the complainant was a retail investor.

Senate questions APRA's role in Shield, First Guardian disaster

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 13 FEB 2026
... products. "What we're not doing is examining each one of those products on the platform," added Lonsdale. "What we do though, is set rules [on] how those products are onboarded, the monitoring that needs to happen, how they're off boarded. We ...

Bullish on AI? Don't buy US tech: Vanguard

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 13 FEB 2026
... technology stocks underperform over that second half of the cycle, and so it's the worst part of the investment, even though the technology changes the economy," he said. Davis said this happens because with any general-purpose technology - which ...

Legalsuper makes additions to leadership team

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 12 FEB 2026
... less than a year in the position. Meanwhile, Jean-Luc Ambrosi is taking on the newly created role of chief member officer, though only on an interim basis. The role was reintroduced this year following a restructuring that saw the departure of both chief ...

Madigan Capital chair retires, transfers shares to co-owner

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 12 FEB 2026
Real estate debt investment firm Madigan Capital has commenced a leadership succession strategy, coinciding with the transfer of shares to joint owner CC Real. Almost a year since he stepped down as chief executive, the current chair and founder Michael ...

JANA named implemented consultant for TasBuild

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 FEB 2026
JANA Investment Advisers (JANA) has been appointed the implemented consultant for TasBuild. Leveraging JANA's specialist liability-aware consulting capabilities, actuarial expertise and asset-liability modelling, the firm will support TasBuild in investment ...