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RBA issues warning over inflationary spending

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUN 2024
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) kept the official cash rate on hold at 4.35% in June but would not rule out another hike in the future. The RBA board noted that inflation had fallen substantially since its peak in 2022 but said recent federal and ...

Pengana launches new term account

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUN 2024
... institutional investors. TermPlus target rates are calculated as a fixed spread above the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) cash rate. For a one-year term account, that equals RBA cash rate plus 3% net of fees, which currently totals a target rate of ...

Recession signs: Economic growth has 'ground to a halt'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUN 2024
... trimmed mean inflation in Q2 24 is 0.8-0.9%/qtr. We believe such an outcome would be sufficient for the RBA to leave the cash rate on hold. But a core print stronger than our forecast would test the RBA's resolve to not tighten policy further," Aird ...

Geopolitical risks push APAC family office allocations locally

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2024
Geopolitical risks are dictating how family offices in the Asia Pacific invest as more intend to shift asset allocations to their home regions, according to UBS. Family offices surveyed in the UBS Global Family Office Report across the Asia Pacific ...

S&P/ASX200 tipped to hit 8300: VanEck

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 23 APR 2024
... 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 reaffirms our higher-for-longer ...

Equity Trustees scores Woodbridge mandate

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 22 APR 2024
... 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 exposure ...

Powell backflips on rates pushing back RBA cut expectations

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 APR 2024
... few months, during the middle of the 2024, but on balance, Australia should avoid a recession with the RBA holding the cash rate at 4.35% until at least 2025." This comes as the International Monetary Fund (IMF) urged global central banks to "stay vigilant" ...

Janus Henderson tailors fund to NZ investors

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 11 APR 2024
... and commodity relative value, and portfolio protection. The fund aims to outperform the Reserve Bank of NZ official cash rate by 7% before fees over rolling three-year periods. The strategy is co-managed by head of diversified alternatives David Elms ...

Australian housing crisis escalates as affordability worsens

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 8 APR 2024
... view compared to consensus and market expectations, predicting that the reserve bank will maintain a higher-for-longer cash rate. "We still expect the first rate cut of 25 basis points will not be until November 2024; and the RBA will lag global easing," ...

Perpetual seeds Kapstream fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAR 2024
... 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 lenders, is a type ...