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Treasury welcomes new leader

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2025
... Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet; the Department of Industry; the Department of Climate Change; and the Reserve Bank of Australia. Aside from her work experience, Wilkinson served as a member on the ANU Tax Transfer Institute advisory board ...

King's honours list recognises excellence in super, finance

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2025
... the Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation (CSC) since 2007. She previously worked as a senior economist at the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA), senior international economic strategist at BT Financial Group and executive vice president of Principal ...

Lower interest rates conducive for bigger risk appetite, small caps

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2025
... a global easing cycle. The European Central Bank (ECB) cut its interest rate to 2% this month, for example, while the Bank of England cut to 4.25% in May. "Interest rates reducing are good for small caps, because small companies tend to borrow shorter ...

ECB drops interest rates by 0.25%

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2025
... stabilise and move closer towards the ECB's 2% target as wage pressures continue to ease," Shah said. In early May, the Bank of England (BOE) lowered its key interest rate by 0.25 percentage points to 4.25% on the back of progress on disinflation ...

LGT Crestone, AUSIEX acquisitions finalised

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUN 2025
AUSIEX has finalised its acquisition of FIIG Holdings, while LGT Crestone's takeover of Commonwealth Bank of Australia's (CBA) private wealth business has completed. AUSIEX, which is a subsidiary of Nomura Research Institute (NRI), has now expanded ...

Minimum wage to rise 3.5%

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUN 2025
... and the low paid have experienced greater difficulty in meeting their everyday needs." It said the fact that the Reserve Bank of Australia is confident that underlying inflation has returned sustainably to the target range provided an opportunity to ...

GAM nabs Janus Henderson equities team

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2025
... Janus Henderson's research team in 2021, having previously worked as an aerospace, defence and industrials analyst at Bank of America Merrill Lynch. O'Hara said the timing was right "It's great to be joining GAM. This is a very exciting time ...

Russell Investments names investment head for APAC

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2025
... manager, and former central banker, with previous roles at Macquarie Bank, JPMorgan, Nomura Securities, and the Reserve Bank of Australia.

La Trobe debuts first ASX-listed investment product

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAY 2025
... said. The La Trobe Private Credit Fund (ASX: LF1) is a diversified private credit strategy benchmarked to the Reserve Bank of Australia Official Cash Rate plus 3.25% per annum, net of fees, costs, and taxes, targeting monthly distributions. The fund ...

Australian firms may face 'intense competition': RBA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 26 MAY 2025
Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) deputy governor Andrew Hauser said the effects of US President Donald Trump's tariffs may increase competition for Australian firms operating in China. Hauser said he visited China just after Trump's "Liberation Day" ...