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RBA spotlights inflation risk of higher wages

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUN 2022
... higher cost in terms of lower levels of economic activity and employment. Though the board did add that raising the cash rate by 50 basis points at the next meeting could help mitigate this risk. "For those jobs with wage changes, the average size of ...

Stagflation: What should we expect?

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2022
... that the market is saying they're going to go to." "The market is currently pricing in the Reserve Bank to take the cash rate to 4% by June next year. That's at least 50 basis points higher than what a natural break is and one and a half percentage ...

Reserve Bank shocks with hawkish 50bp increase

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUN 2022
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has decided to increase the cash rate target by 50 basis points to 85 basis points. The central bank also raised the interest rate on exchange settlement balances by 50 basis points to 75 basis points. At its meeting ...

Reserve Bank tipped to hike rates again

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 6 JUN 2022
... anticipate the central bank to jack up cash rates. A Finder survey has said that 86% of its expert panelists believe the cash rate will change tomorrow and 28% say there will be at least two more cash rate increases before the year's end. Bendigo ...

Boutique takes over Mason Stevens fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2022
... now pay management fees and costs of 0.77% per annum, down from 0.94%. The fund aims to beat its benchmark, the RBA Cash Rate, by 2.5% after fees and expenses. As at April 30, it has returned 4.98% per annum since its 2013 inception and 2.96% over three ...

Relax rate expectations: Franklin Templeton

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2022
... said it remains of the view that the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) should take a measured approach to raising the cash rate and likely end up with a high for the cycle of around 1.5%. Franklin Templeton Fixed Income director Andrew Canobi said: "It ...

Yarra adds market neutral fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUN 2022
... stewardship, the fund has returned 9.93% after fees since inception; net outperformance of 9.02% compared to the RBA Cash Rate benchmark. The fund incurs a management fee of 1.35% and performance fee of 20% of the gross performance above benchmark. Eason ...

Rate rise exposes adviser knowledge gap

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2022
... having only ever known a low inflation environment. At its May meeting, the Reserve Bank of Australia increased the cash rate from the historic low of 0.10% to 0.35% - the first rise in over 11 years. In his speech on the decision, RBA governor Philip ...

RBA outlines next phase of bond purchase program

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 23 MAY 2022
Having raised the cash rate earlier this month, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) board has decided not to reinvest the proceeds from bonds as they mature from the bank's portfolio. This decision by the RBA is indicative of a new quantitative tightening ...

Risk asset volatility guaranteed: Western Asset

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2022
Geopolitical developments and central bank tightening have made risk asset volatility a surety this year, according to Franklin Templeton's specialised investment managers Western Asset. However, Western Asset has said that despite geopolitical turbulence ...