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European pension fund hands MaxCap $200m

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUL 2023
... Mortgage and High Yield mortgage products target net returns of 5% and 8% above the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) cash rate, MaxCap said.

RBA pause short but sweet: Mousina

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUL 2023
The Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) decision to hold the cash rate at 4.1% is a relief, but likely only a temporary one. AMP Australia deputy chief economist Diana Mousina told Financial Standard the RBA decided to hold and observe the impacts ...

Cash rate hits 4.1%

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUN 2023
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has hiked rates by another 25 basis points to bring the official cash rate to 4.1%. Many experts fear that Australia is teetering on the edge of a recession and that the latest decision by the nation's central bank ...

Economists divided over cash rate decision

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 5 JUN 2023
... some sectors sooner than others," Lawson said. "We see the current RBA level of 3.85% as the most likely peak in the cash rate but acknowledge the myriad uncertainties. The key swing factor is the speed of adjustment in the CPI toward the RBA's 2-3% ...

Wage increases to offset more rate hikes: Experts

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUN 2023
... turn, may slow the pace of the decline in inflation," he said. "It makes it less likely that the RBA will be cutting its cash rate any time soon and increases the risk that there may be more hikes needed." Although the decision will aid Australia's ...

Inflation rises to 6.8%

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUN 2023
... the central bank is confident inflation will come back to around 3% by mid-2025, he attributed the predicted drop to cash rate increases and said, "the strategy is working." Bloxham explained the figures are likely to provide the RBA some "ex-post justification" ...

It's painful, but it's working: Lowe

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAY 2023
Reflecting on the board's decision to increase the cash rate by 25 basis points to 3.85% last month, Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) governor Philip Lowe says so far, the strategy is working. Lowe told the Senate economics committee this morning that ...

Reserve Bank is done at 3.85%: CBA

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAY 2023
... view is that the RBA is done at 3.85%. "Our central scenario is that we think that the Reserve Bank has peaked with its cash rate for now," he said. "Of course, there are near-term risks, that there could mean another rate hike, the RBA is particularly ...

VanEck launches US bond ETF

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 15 MAY 2023
... attractive opportunity for Australian investors to target the high yields of short dated US treasury securities given the RBA cash rate is lower." Currently, short-term treasury bond yields are higher than longer-term yields as an inverted yield curve ...

Absolute-return bond funds fail ambitious returns: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAY 2023
... strategies. However, Morningstar found that the PM Capital Enhanced Yield, with a goal of achieving 1.5%-2% above the RBA cash rate via a low degree of volatility and minimal risk to its capital, is the only strategy that passed its heatmap test. "PM ...