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Jobs data surprises on the upside, rate hike on the cards

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2026
... unemployment rate both increased in the month, indicating jobs remain on a loosening pathway. "We expect that although they [Reserve Bank of Australia] will assess that the jobs market is gradually loosening, they will also say it is still 'a little ...

Middle East conflict, inflation continues to weigh on confidence

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2026
... inflation expectations." Angala also remains cautious with the development around interest rate, highlighting that the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) might place a hike in the upcoming meeting to tame further inflation. "While our base case remains ...

Equities lead as Australian managed funds attract $13bn in H1

VINNY VUCAGO  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2026
... data from Calastone. The global funds network said investors added capital in every month except March, when the Reserve Bank of Australia delivered its third consecutive interest rate rise and concerns over conflict and energy supply disruptions in ...

Special Feature: Rewarding patient capital

PENNY PRYOR  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUL 2026
... businesses, a new private equity landscape began to take shape. The shift is reflected in the numbers. According to the Reserve Bank of Australia's March 2026 Financial Stability Review, global private equity assets under management reached US$10.9 trillion ...

IMF downgrades Australian outlook

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2026
... downgraded the growth forecast for Australia from 2% to 1.9% in its latest World Economic Outlook. This comes as Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) assistant governor Sarah Hunter hinted to the Australian Conference of Economists another cash rate hike ...

Global concentration risks to reorient investors: JBWere

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 6 JUL 2026
... underlying sticky inflation pressures, is keeping interest rates relatively high and keeping the pressure on the Reserve Bank. This is a relatively attractive backdrop for, against an environment of ongoing uncertainty," he said. "We expect more investors ...

Team Super welcomes new chief of staff

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 6 JUL 2026
... effectiveness across research, education, and commercialisation initiatives. The research facility partnered with the Reserve Bank of Australia for Project Acacia - which was finalised in May, indicating the tokenisation of domestic financial infrastructures ...

ASIC pushes to bolster competitiveness

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUN 2026
... on promoting dynamism in Australia's public and private markets. The corporate regulator is working alongside the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) in supervising transformation in Australia's critical national markets infrastructure. ASIC is leading the ...

Former Brighter Super investment lead plots return

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2026
... institutions, including as chief investment officer at Christian Super, and executive capacities at ANZ, UBS, and the Reserve Bank of Australia earlier in his career. Commenting, Prime Super chief executive Raelene Seales said the appointment reflects ...

Inflation cools, RBA facing 'uncomfortable trade-off'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2026
... trimmed mean inflation lifting from 3.4% to 3.6%. That is moving in the wrong direction and further away from the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) 2% to 3% target band," Chesler said. "The RBA now faces an increasingly uncomfortable trade-off. We do ...
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