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RBA hikes rates, suggests more to come

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2026
... major global central banks, with all of the major central banks - including the US Fed, ECB, Bank of Japan and Bank of England - all holding their policy rates steady at their meetings last week," Bloxham said. "Largely, this reflects the starting point ...

Hostplus extends Citi mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2026
... $150 billion in funds under management and 1.9 million members. Citi Australia and New Zealand co-head of services Mark England said: "As Australia's $4.5 trillion superannuation sector continues to grow and faces greater regulatory obligations and ...

Bullock in 'full solidarity' with Powell

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JAN 2026
... president of the European Central Bank on behalf of the ECB Governing Council; Andrew Bailey, governor of the Bank of England; Erik Thedéen, governor of Sveriges Riksbank; Christian Kettel Thomsen, chair of the board of governors of the Danmarks Nationalbank ...

IFM Investors, Nest complete first UK investments

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 20 OCT 2025
... $82.6 million (£40m) to support the rollout of rural fibre broadband infrastructure across Scotland and the North of England, and a further $93 million (£45m) backing an Energy-from-Waste and decarbonisation business in the Midlands and North of England. ...

Australia, UK regulators exchange insights

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2025
... Treasury Gwyneth Nurse and Australian Treasury deputy secretary James Kelly, accompanied by representatives from the Bank of England, the Financial Conduct Authority, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission, the Reserve Bank of Australia ...

New Forests beefs up local landscapes fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 25 AUG 2025
... and Europe earlier this year. McPhee Beef Farms is the fourth Australian investment by the fund, this time in the New England region of New South Wales. McPhee Beef Farms is home to the Maria River Cattle Company Angus herd which is bred with full-blood ...

How will Trump's tariffs impact the RBA?

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUL 2025
... the RBA might be a little less challenging than that confronting the US Federal Reserve (Fed) and certainly the Bank of England (BoE)," Miller said. "Australia's eschewal of retaliatory measures against US tariff impositions will mitigate any inflation ...

Lower interest rates conducive for bigger risk appetite, small caps

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2025
... global easing cycle. The European Central Bank (ECB) cut its interest rate to 2% this month, for example, while the Bank of England cut to 4.25% in May. "Interest rates reducing are good for small caps, because small companies tend to borrow shorter ...

ECB drops interest rates by 0.25%

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2025
... move closer towards the ECB's 2% target as wage pressures continue to ease," Shah said. In early May, the Bank of England (BOE) lowered its key interest rate by 0.25 percentage points to 4.25% on the back of progress on disinflation over the last ...

Super moves: TCorp, ESSSuper, Funds SA, Team Super

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2025
... international leadership positions in public and private sectors. Pearson currently serves as chancellor at the University of New England while maintaining board positions, including the Foreign Investment Review Board and advisory roles with Impact ...
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