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Rate hikes expected in 2026

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 5 JAN 2026
Persistent inflation has some economists predicting that the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) will raise interest rates at its first meeting of the year in February. Commonwealth Bank economist Ashwin Clarke said the bank has revised its forecasts, now ...

Productivity Commission makes 47 recommendations

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 22 DEC 2025
The government released the final reports of the Productivity Commission's five pillars of productivity inquiries - containing 47 recommendations to support productivity growth across five key areas of the economy. "Australia's productivity ...

Most read in 2025: Superannuation

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 22 DEC 2025
... recorded in the year prior. 'Less revenue for us': AustralianSuper on closing multiple accounts Fronting the Senate Economics Committee in February, ASIC confirmed internal communications between staff at AustralianSuper played a significant ...

Super moves: Aware, VFMC, CareSuper, UniSuper, NGS

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 18 DEC 2025
... fixed income specialist Hamid Yahyaei has parted ways with NGS Super and taken a job with Commonwealth Bank's global economics and market research team. Previously a portfolio manager and strategist at the superannuation fund, he joins the country's ...

BlackRock loses $8.9bn pension fund mandate

MATT TOLEDO  |  TUESDAY, 16 DEC 2025
... climate risk," said Alasdair Docherty, a sustainable finance and data analyst at the Norway-based Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis, in a statement. "Large pension funds increasingly see climate change not as a moral issue but as ...

Chalmers flags pension, super spending in Budget update

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 16 DEC 2025
Ahead of Treasurer Jim Chalmers and Financial Minister Katy Gallagher handing down the Budget update tomorrow, Chalmers has flagged some expected changes. Chalmers said the Budget update will be about "delivery, responsibility and restraint". "We will ...

Three megatrends to watch in 2026

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 15 DEC 2025
Experts have identified the megatrends that are likely to play out in financial markets in 2026. Speaking to Financial Standard, policy changes coming out of the US, sticky inflation and how the artificial intelligence (AI) boom progresses will be the ...

RBA hike may come as soon as February

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2025
Recent employment data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) has shown the nation may be at an inflection point, highlighting the challenges the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) will face in setting policy next year. Citi economists have changed ...

RBA opts to keep cash rate on hold

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 DEC 2025
... The RBA has thus decided to err on the side of caution coming into the new year. Monash University department head for economics and the Monash Business School Isaac Gross said the decision to leave the cash rate unchanged was an anticipated outcome. ...

Chalmers spurs on private sector investment

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 9 DEC 2025
Treasurer Jim Chalmers said private market investment has been strong, helping spur economic growth. Chalmers said the private sector is taking over from the public sector as the key driver of growth in Australia. "Since we came to office, business ...