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Persistent inflation will mean two rate hikes from RBA: Barrenjoey

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2026
... 2025. However, it unexpectedly picked up pace in the middle of last year, prompting the RBA to raise interest rates in February to 3.85% in a bid to reign it in. "A 1% quarter-on-quarter increase in the trim mean measure of inflation that happened two ...

Monetary policy decisions now 'more difficult': Bullock

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 26 FEB 2026
... said there are more risks to the upside currently, but a patient approach is needed. "I think there was a recognition in February that inflation was now too high, and forecasts were that it wasn't going to come back into target very soon, without ...

CFS cuts ties with Otivo, launches own super advice

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2026
... Otivo less than two years after joining forces, opting instead to launch an in-house offering called Super Advice. As of February 23, the Otivo digital advice service is no longer available across the FirstChoice Employer and FirstChoice Wholesale Super ...

Sequoia weighs InterPrac's fate, launches review

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2026
... services division both await their fate. Already, head of licensee and adviser services Daryl Stout resigned effective February 17 via "mutual agreement" and as "part of a broader leadership and strategic reset." AFCA has received about 800 InterPrac-related ...

Inflation to peak in mid-2026 before it rebalances: RBA

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2026
... quarter of 2025. However, it unexpectedly picked up pace mid last year, prompting the RBA to raise interest rates in February to 3.85% in a bid to reign it in. The RBA had either cut or kept the cash rate on hold in the prior 17 consecutive meetings. ...

Zurich Financial Services to acquire ClearView

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2026
... Services is offering 65 cents for each ClearView share, marking a 22% premium to the last closing the share price on February 23. This values ClearView at about $425 million. ClearView shareholders will receive a cash consideration less the cash amount ...

Centrepoint Alliance, Count see strong earnings growth

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2026
... from the prior corresponding period to $179.4 million, reflecting adviser recruitment and recurring fee growth. As at February 20, 15 advisers have joined the group, with a further 16 advisers signed and progressing through onboarding, Centrepoint Alliance ...

QIC partners with Wollemi Capital in new $80m investment

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2026
... renewable products, including new baseload generation to the energy market." Construction for the facility will begin in February 2026, with the first clean energy scheduled to flow from mid-2027. At full capacity it can power up to 31,000 homes and ...

Oaktree sales exec lands at Ares

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2026
... following its acquisition of London-based systematic fixed income manager BlueCove Limited. The deal, which closed on 3 February 2026, paved the way for the launch of a new systematic credit strategy for Ares. Before serving as head of sales at BlueCove ...

Super moves: Future Fund, NZ Super, Aware Super, VFMC

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2026
... private equity team and sat on the Principles for Responsible Investment private equity advisory committee for 14 months to February 2026. She started her career at KPMG and, after seven years, moved to Singapore banking giant UOB before entering the ...