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RBA rate rises up in the air: Economists

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAR 2023
... not completely off the table. "The RBA certainly can't lean into the banking issues offshore given US and European central banks have hiked this week," Commonwealth Bank head of Australian economics and market research Gareth Aird told Financial Standard. ...

Industry super defies turbulent markets

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAR 2023
... the end of last year to $3.4 trillion in total, APRA said, pointing to market volatility largely driven by global central banks' aggressive monetary tightening to curb inflation, which has subsequently slowed economic growth. Super funds' rate of return ...

Aussie shares to continue outperformance: Oliver

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 2 FEB 2023
... Oliver said that the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) policy is no longer relatively tight compared to other major central banks, including the Federal Reserve. "It has been taking a more balanced approach to returning inflation to target," he said. "Higher ...

Calastone reports sharp managed fund flow declines in 2022

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 24 JAN 2023
... income fund inflows decreased dramatically, shrinking by 95% to $562 million. Rising inflation and delayed actions by central banks in Australia and globally led to a decrease in the prices of corporate and government bonds, Calastone said. Following ...

Australia likely to avoid recession: Oliver

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 19 JAN 2023
... there are several reasons for optimism," Oliver said. "While 2023 is likely to remain volatile, easing inflation, central banks getting off the brakes (with the RBA at or close to the peak on rates), economic growth likely stronger than feared, and improved ...

Income matters in 2023: Talaria

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JAN 2023
... trough, allowing investors to anticipate a recovery in the economy and corporate earnings, and the second is when central banks change to policies that support capital markets. He also said that a slowing pace of interest rate rises does not constitute ...

2023 will be better for bonds: Experts

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 10 JAN 2023
... wobble, smoothing even short-term volatility, then the 60/40 model is broken. "That past experience depended on central banks rushing to cut rates to cushion the stock market every time it fell. They no longer have the freedom to do this," it conclud ...

2023 the year for fixed income: Schroders

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2022
... looking to fund managers for active strategies to deal with such a challenging environment. "This year, we have seen central banks embark on the most aggressive tightening cycle ever, and it's only now that we're starting to see a peak in underlying ...

Super system shields against macro storm: Fundie

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 DEC 2022
... the US. "I think it's really a difficult call," he said. "The existential question at the moment is how far central banks will have to push interest rates to get inflation under control. And the higher they push interest rates, the bigger the risk ...

RBA set to lift the cash rate again

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 6 DEC 2022
... global recession." "The RBA's hand is likely to be forced by increasingly aggressive tightening actions by other central banks. This means the cash rate will likely need to be raised steadily in the near future with a likely pause early 2023 as the ...