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What's keeping the Treasurer up at night?

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUN 2024
... Hiscock chief investment officer Rob Hogg said the easing of underlying inflation pressures is "extremely positive" from a monetary policy perspective. He said it's an easing in inflation that will enable the US Federal Reserve to cut rates. Energy transformation ...

Advice reforms draft laws consultation opens

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUN 2024
... the document available on their website as "website disclosure information". The third proposal wants to ensure that monetary and non-monetary benefits given by a retail client are not conflicted remuneration. "The new definition of conflicted remuneration ...

NZ Super Fund names acting chief investment officer

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2024
... chief investment strategist at Future Fund from 2009 to 2018. He has also worked at Morgan Stanley and the International Monetary Fund. Guardians chief executive Jo Townsend, who took up her role in April this year, said the process of recruitment for ...

ECB drops interest rates to 3.75%

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2024
... three key ECB interest rates based on an inflation outlook, the dynamics of underlying inflation, and the strength of monetary policy transmission, the bank's Governing Council said overnight, adding that "it is now appropriate to moderate the degree ...

Inflation debate: Older Australians accused of driving crisis

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUN 2024
... she'd have to "take the specifics on notice" but that her understanding is that, in nominal terms, they are. On whether monetary policy could be used to curb this, Bullock outlined there are three monetary policy channels and the channel that most ...

Principal Finisterre launches new debt fund

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 27 MAY 2024
... and the need for cash and defensive assets. This allows us to respond quickly to market changes such as elections and monetary policy shifts," he said. ​"Any unexpected shock to risk assets would be expected to reverberate through EMD as we saw in ...

RBA hints another rate rise could be on the cards

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAY 2024
... also placed significant weight on the downside risks to consumption," the RBA minutes said. Allen said the Statement on Monetary Policy noted that a judgement had been used to lower household consumption compared to what the models suggested, based on ...

Industry reacts to Federal Budget

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2024
... toughest. Electricity rebates may alleviate headline inflation but will drive spending elsewhere. This risks working against monetary policy." What's missing The Financial Advice Association Australia (FAAA) said its calls to fix the problems with the ...

Discover the best performing asset class of 2023: Mercer

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAY 2024
... enthusiasm for tech and AI-related opportunities. Mercer said confidence in risky assets increased with the prospect of easing monetary policy in 2024. In second place, international equities (hedged) posted a 21.7% return. The hedged returns were slightly ...

Australia's budget position ranks second among G20 nations

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 19 APR 2024
... domestic product (GDP) was second among G20 nations last year, improving from 14th in 2021, according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Australia's budget balance was -0.9% of GDP in 2023, surpassing advanced economies like Germany, Japan, the ...