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Harry Mitchell joins Investment Trends

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2026
... Mitchell's career spans financial services and wealth technology. He has variously served as general manager of advice at Commonwealth Bank, chief executive of Mine Super and most recently held senior roles at Iress, including group executive for ...

Aussie veterans front Senate over underpaid pensions

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2026
... given misleading information regarding these Commutation payments, which has left them out of pocket - a claim the Commonwealth Ombudsman later agreed with. The Ombudsman determined the Department of Defence had, in fact, historically provided DFRDB ...

CBA updates on class actions, governance review

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 FEB 2026
Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) released its half year results today, seeing profits rise to $5.4 billion. As part of is H1 report, the major bank gave an update on its ongoing superannuation and advice-related class actions. CBA said it still ...

Commonwealth Super Corp to consolidate legacy IT systems

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 9 FEB 2026
Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation (CSC) is undergoing its biggest technology transformation in about a decade, with the fund focused on automation and improved system integration. CSC will consolidate its legacy systems to improve member experience ...

Government to ask super funds to invest in defence infrastructure

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2026
... accepting the recommendation, the government said it will develop an alternate financing framework consistent with the Commonwealth Investment Framework, and the decision on use of models will be a government decision, informed by detailed comparative ...

Super trustees told to up fraud protection game

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 FEB 2026
... assessment of scams and fraud-related website content across 47 super funds, benchmarking against the big four banks (ANZ, Commonwealth Bank, NAB, and Westpac), ASIC found that banks consistently outperform super funds in providing clear, detailed action ...

RBA lifts the cash rate for first time since 2023

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 3 FEB 2026
... inflation this time," Bowe said. "With the market pricing the cash rate back above 4% and yields on 10-year Australian Commonwealth Government Bonds reapproaching the highs of the past 15 years we think there is considerable value in Australian duration." ...

ASIC welcomes new chair

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 3 FEB 2026
... as a senior executive lawyer for the Australian Government Solicitor, a central legal service that is part of the Commonwealth Attorney-General's Department. "Under her leadership, ASIC has delivered some of its strongest enforcement results on record ...

Trump taps Kevin Warsh as new Fed chair

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 2 FEB 2026
... 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 is that a Warsh-led central bank would be more likely to ...

MLC Expand appoints product strategy lead

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2026
... operational functions at AMP Advice, working on strategy development and implementation. She has also held senior roles at Commonwealth Bank, Perpetual, ING Australia and MLC. MLC Expand chief executive Liz McCarthy said the wrap platform is committed ...