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S&P/ASX200 tipped to hit 8300: VanEck

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 23 APR 2024
... morning, the S&P/ASX200 is expected to increase 8% at year's end. "On balance, Australia should avoid a recession with the RBA holding the cash rate at 4.35% until at least 2025. Inflation may prove to be stickier than the market anticipates, which ...

Equity Trustees scores Woodbridge mandate

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 22 APR 2024
... the entire debt and equity spectrum." The Woodbridge Secured Income Fund aims to provide investors with a net return of the RBA cash rate plus 5% to 7% per annum net of fees and costs. The fund seeks to achieve this by providing investors with indirect ...

Powell backflips on rates pushing back RBA cut expectations

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 APR 2024
... month sounded confident the US central bank was aiming to cut rates "at some point this year". The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) is expected to cut rates after the US, which means it could be some time yet before pressure is eased. VanEck head of investments ...

Australian housing crisis escalates as affordability worsens

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 8 APR 2024
... affordability constraints," the economists said. In a related economic development, despite the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) rate hikes last year, with a backdrop of a continuing population boom, UBS has slightly increased its GDP growth forecast. ...

Threats outside the Australian financial system build: RBA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAR 2024
The Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA's) latest Financial Stability Assessment has said that although risks to global economy have been balanced as inflation has eased, risks to financial stability remain. The Assessment said there is a possibility ...

Perpetual seeds Kapstream fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAR 2024
... management fee of 0.89% and is overseen by Kapstream portfolio managers Dylan Bourke and Mark Bayley. It targets a return of the RBA cash rate plus 6% per annum and is distributed by Mantis Funds. Warehouse financing, which is common among non-banks ...

US Federal Reserve eyes multiple interest rate cuts this year

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAR 2024
... more market friendly Fed decision," Shah said. Whether a rate cut in the US would be cause for the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) to follow suit has economists split. In the latest Finder Cash Rate Survey, when asked if rates cuts from the Fed would ...

Economists react to latest RBA rate decision

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAR 2024
In its March meeting, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) kept its cash rate unchanged at 4.35%, as predicted by nearly all economists. HSBC chief economist Paul Bloxham stated that the decision was in line with expectations and that there are risks ...

Markets, economies benefit from eustress: ABDO

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAR 2024
... today's rates are far more normal than those we had prior to May 2022." Paton does not see the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) lowering rates until it is certain that inflation is under control and contained and that the real interest rates remain ...

Interest rate cut may not come until 2025, experts warn

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAR 2024
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) is expected to keep interest rates on hold at 4.35% today but hopes for a rate cut around the corner may be off the table. In this month's Finder RBA Cash Rate Survey, 41 experts and economists weighed in on what ...
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