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GDP rise is 'good news that's actually bad news'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2026
... abroad." Bassanese said at this stage, he believes an RBA hike will rest critically on Q1 CPI which will be released in late April. "A strong result, with quarterly trimmed mean inflation of 0.8% or more, would likely result in a May rate hike," Bassanese ...

AFCA membership extended for Shield, First Guardian-linked firms

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2026
... scheduled membership end date of 31 March 2026 will no longer apply. Next Generation Advice's membership expulsion date of 18 April 2026 will also no longer apply. "Any previously identified membership end dates for these firms have been deferred to ...

Silvercrest AM expands into Australia, launches fund

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2026
... objective to increase its presence in institutional markets beyond North America," Gray said. Silvercrest was founded in April 2002 as an independent, employee-owned registered investment adviser, headquartered in New York. The firm has seven additional ...

US and Israel strike Iran: What it means for investors

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2026
... has led to a potential for escalation beyond the relatively short-lived recent conflicts between Israel and Iran seen in April 2024 and then 12 days of war in June 2025. "From an investing perspective, the main focus is on the impact on the price of ...

Trump hit by Supreme Court's 'body blow', strikes back with 15% global tariff

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 23 FEB 2026
... a refund on the tariffs to trading partners. Barclays estimated about US$175 billion of tariffs has been collected since April and is, thus, subject to refunds. "While we think refunds will materialise, the process could be dragged out and messy, i.e. ...

MA Financial expands hospitality portfolio in NZ

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 17 FEB 2026
... operating-business investments made under the AIP program, which has attracted over 500 applications since it opened in April 2025. Since then, over $2.7 billion (NZ$3.16bn) has been committed via the program. The fund has a target investment of $4.3 ...

Virgin Money Super increases administration fees

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 13 FEB 2026
The changes are coming into effect on April 1 and will see a member with $50,000 charged $388 in total fees per year. From April 1, Virgin Money Super's asset-based administration fee will increase from 0.394% p.a. to 0.424% p.a. For a member with a ...

Top JBWere wealth leader heads to UBS

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 12 FEB 2026
... high-net-worth clients in six cities. Before joining UBS - where he will return as head of global wealth management Australia from 27 April 2026 - Bird held senior roles across the financial services sector, including Credit Suisse, Citi Private Bank ...

ASIC inquiry an 'inflection' point for ASX: Lofthouse

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 12 FEB 2026
... We are working closely with our market participants on readiness measures as we get closer to our target go-live date of April 2026." However, updated FY26 total expense growth is between 20% and 23%, compared with prior expectations of between 14% and ...

Helen Lofthouse to exit ASX in May

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 FEB 2026
... delays to the new CHESS solution. First announced in 2015, the new technology was originally supposed to be rolled out in April 2021 but faced successive year-long delays. In 2024, ASIC sued the ASX in the Federal Court over allegedly misleading statements ...