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Dividends to be down in FY25: Equity Trustees

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 3 DEC 2024
... FY26." Thompson said domestic GDP growth is expected to remain at or below 2% in CY25 as the lagged impact of higher interest rates and weakening consumer spending continue to bite. Additionally, Thompson said businesses will face margin pressures as ...

Bullock hints at no rate cut in 2025

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2024
Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) governor Michele Bullock has reaffirmed the central bank's stance that interest rates are likely to stay higher for longer as sticky inflation persists. Speaking at a Centre of Economic Development (CEDA) dinner ...

Top asset owners return to growth: Study

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 26 NOV 2024
... the global investment macro environment has been marked by volatility and mixed performance across asset classes. Interest rates reached significant highs in 2023. The first half of 2024 brought some stabilisation in global markets, as base rates remained ...

Super fund adds to Payden & Rygel mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 25 NOV 2024
... global pandemic, developed market inflation approaching double digits, and developed market central banks increasing interest rates by hundreds of basis points within a 12-month time horizon," he said. Last month, GSFM hired Ben Williams as its new head ...

APRA maintains policy amid uncertain environment

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 25 NOV 2024
... regarding its macroprudential policy settings in July, inflation has continued to moderate and the risk of higher interest rates has receded somewhat, but we are mindful of potential shocks to household incomes from a slowing labour market," Lonsdale ...

Trump 2.0 set to boost small and mid-caps: Canopy Investors

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 21 NOV 2024
... financials." In response to the policies, Webster said the modifications will enforce uncertainty around inflation and interest rates, where both play significant roles in influencing asset prices and highly leveraged companies. "It's possible the ...

Intergenerational wealth picture 'bleak': Grattan

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 19 NOV 2024
... spend, including growing discretionary expenditure, through a sustained period of high inflation and steeply rising interest rates. While not all older Australians are wealthy, there is a sharp age dimension to this divergence in fortunes," Sathanapally ...

Property 'well-placed' for growth: Knight Frank

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 14 NOV 2024
... movement from the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA), stating the strength of the recovery will depend upon the path of interest rates. "However, investors need to look beyond the timing of the first cut to the cash rate and instead tune into the evolving ...

Australian economy 'fundamentally sound': CBA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 NOV 2024
... painted a positive picture for the Australian economy, despite ongoing cost-of-living pressures. Comyn said high interest rates are doing the job of bringing inflation under control, but the pace of that reduction has slowed. "Inflation is moderating ...

ANZ profit slides, cuts dividend

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2024
... economy, we managed the bank prudently with sound levels of credit provisions, liquidity, and funding. "Higher interest rates are impacting customers and we saw an increase in those requiring hardship support. Our data shows customers, in general, are ...