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RBA overlooked government spending in rate hike: Hearing

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2026
... back of the Monetary Policy Board upping the cash rate target by 25 basis points to 3.85% on Tuesday. At a hearing of the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics this morning, Liberal Minister for Cook Simon Kennedy sought to get to ...

Macquarie AM to acquire Last Mile Infrastructure and Energy Assets Group

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2026
Macquarie Asset Management (MAM) has announced it will up its stake in Last Mile Infrastructure by 50%, buying out Municipal and General (M&G) infrastructure private equity investment arm Infracapital. The deal will make MAM-managed funds the complete ...

RBA lifts the cash rate for first time since 2023

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 3 FEB 2026
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has lifted the official cash rate by 25 basis points to 3.85% at its board first meeting in 2026. The RBA had either cut or kept the cash rate on hold for the past 17 consecutive meetings. In announcing the decision ...

Trump taps Kevin Warsh as new Fed chair

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 2 FEB 2026
... Trump's administration, which has been pushing for the Fed to lower interest rates. In making the nomination, the White House said Warsh is "exceptionally well-prepared to lead the world's most influential central bank." He has held roles as a Morgan ...

Cbus urges young Aussies to 'build your something'

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  MONDAY, 2 FEB 2026
Cbus has launched its Build your something campaign, encouraging young workers to consider their futures and eventual retirement. Research by Cbus found Aussies under 25-years old are motivated by practical guidance on saving, investing early and optimising ...

ASIC acts against 28 SMSF auditors

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 30 JAN 2026
... a 2025 review by the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) indicated that up to 800 SMSF auditors may still be performing in-house audits, ASIC said. Meanwhile, John Couroyannis and Dawid Maj had additional conditions imposed on their SMSF auditor registrations ...

Fed leaves rates on hold as Powell issues message to Trump

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2026
... market analyst Stephen Miller said the Trump administration will be frustrated. "Of course, that won't please the White House but with US economic activity growth exceeding expectations and inflation still exhibiting some 'stickiness' the decision to ...

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 ...

EQT to acquire Coller Capital to form new secondaries platform

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 23 JAN 2026
... insurance-dedicated solutions across secondaries and its broader platform, while driving innovation in secondaries by applying in-house digital, data, and artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities. EQT will be entitled to invest in 35% of the carried ...

Oxfam calls for net wealth tax

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2026
The average Australian billionaires' wealth grew by almost $600,000 a day in the past year, or over $10.5 billion collectively, Oxfam research found. Globally, billionaire wealth jumped by over 16% in 2025, three times faster than the past five-year ...