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Why the RBA should not cut rates

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 18 FEB 2025
Barrenjoey chief economist Jo Masters believes the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) should hold off on making an interest rate cut today. Speaking at the Financial Standard Chief Economists Forum in Sydney, Masters said that while the market is pricing ...

Australian GDP growth 'steady but not solid': La Trobe

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 18 FEB 2025
... those policies. Further, the strong employment numbers also fed into the heightened inflation figures, as the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) continues its effort to tame inflation by holding off the interest rate since November 2023. While he doesn't ...

Economist calls for 35bps rate cut

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2025
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) is expected to deliver its first interest rate cut since November 2020 when the board meets tomorrow. However, while most of the market is expecting a regular 0.25% cut, Betashares chief economist David Bassanese ...

CBA's 'Cinderella story' over: Analysts

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2025
Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) delivered another strong half yearly result this week, reporting net profit after tax of $5.14 billion. Yet, despite the continued strong performance, analysts are highly conscious of how overvalued the bank might ...

MLC Life names chief risk officer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 10 FEB 2025
... manager, integration to lead the team tasked with ensuring a smooth transition to the merged entity. He was most recently at Bank of Queensland and previously held transformation and change roles with Telstra and BHP. The merger is expected to complete ...

MLC Life recruits merger specialist

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2025
... year. Moutsatsos brings extensive experience managing large transformation and integration programs, most recently at the Bank of Queensland. He led the lenders remedial action plan, a 4-year program to improve financial resilience, operational resilience ...

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 ...

ASX taps Westpac NZ chief risk officer

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2025
... Zealand and the US. Prior to Westpac New Zealand, he was the general manager in management assurance and control at the Bank of New Zealand between 2018 and 2020. Before that he was based in Sydney and held senior titles in NAB and Westpac for over 12 ...