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Trump's tariff implications for Australian investors

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 FEB 2025
... inflation here would go up in the short term." Oliver believes Trump's trade war strengthens the case for the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) to cut rates, as it poses a greater risk to growth than inflation. However, the weak Australian dollar could ...

Barrenjoey acquires, expands in Hong Kong

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 4 FEB 2025
... non-executive director. He is joined by former politician Kelly O'Dwyer and David Gonski. Lowe was the governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia from 2016 to 2023.

TenCap hedge fund eyes $3bn AUM

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2025
... that, [we] have the ability to short or hedge against a lot of volatilities in the market." In mid-February, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) will host its first meeting of 2025. Liu is confident that a rate cut will be announced, judging from the ...

Best Australian share funds of 2024: Mercer

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2025
... underweight to more growth orientated sectors like consumer durables and real estate. "This positioning may change with the Reserve Bank of Australia changing stance, depending on the number and aggressiveness of the rate cut cycle," he concluded.

FOMC holds rates as Chalmers boasts 'our inflation is lower'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2025
... incredibly low, jobs are being created, wages are up, but inflation is down considerably." When pressed on whether the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) would be more inclined to begin a rate cutting cycle, Chalmers said he would not be making any predictions. ...

CPI nears RBA's target range, but rate cut remains in doubt: Experts

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2025
... from the September quarter. Further, the annual trimmed mean figure fell to 3.2%, which is notably lower than the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) November expectation of 3.4%. From this, Betashares chief economist David Bassanese said there is ...

Legalsuper hunts for CIO

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 16 JAN 2025
... then as head of portfolio management. He earlier worked at Macquarie and Bankers Trust and spent three years at the Reserve Bank of Australia. In addition to Murray's departure, Symons announced the appointment of Jennifer Abraham as executive manager ...

Unemployment edges up despite jobs added

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 16 JAN 2025
... and 1.6 percentage points higher than March 2020." Despite the slight uptick in unemployment - something that the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) would want to see - VanEck portfolio manager Cameron McCormack said an RBA rate cut would still be a tight ...

ANZ, Macquarie bring forward rate cut expectations

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2025
... rose 2.3% in the 12 months to November 2024, but trimmed mean inflation came in at 3.2% - still tracking above the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) target range of 2-3%. Similarly optimistic about the figures was Treasurer Jim Chalmers. Speaking at ...

Australian economy on the up in 2025: Vanguard

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 10 JAN 2025
... elevated interest rates. Additionally, it predicts the core inflation rate will fall to 2.5% during 2025, and that the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) cash rate will be lowered to 3.5% from the current 4.35% level by year end. Pointing to Wednesday's ...