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ASIC updates super calculator relief instrument

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 16 SEP 2024
... federal government's 2023 Intergenerational Report (IGR), Retirement Income Review, and current midpoint of the Reserve Bank of Australia's target range for consumer price inflation. ASIC said it will review the default inflation rates and amend ASIC ...

RBA lays down the law on interest rates

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 6 SEP 2024
Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) governor Michele Bullock has doubled down on keeping interest rates on hold for the remainder of this year, despite market expectations for a cut before Christmas. Speaking at the Anika Foundation Fundraising Lunch, Bullock ...

Fitzpatricks appoints new chief

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2024
... The Trust Company, which was acquired by Perpetual in December 2013. Blackledge also held strategy roles with AMP and Bank of America Merrill Lynch. "I commend Jodie for her strong leadership, which has helped bring the group to where it is today - a ...

Zurich appoints chief risk officer

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2024
... Prior to that, Wainwright has held various risk management and leadership roles at Zurich UK, Nomura Securities, Halifax Bank of Scotland (HBOS) and Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC) Global Banking and Markets. Zurich chief executive Justin ...

Economists hit back at RBA guidance

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 27 AUG 2024
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has indicated that there will not be any short-term cutting of interest rates, but the market is pricing in a cut before the end of the year. RBA governor Michele Bullock pushed back against the market pricing, stating ...

Regulators given new powers to protect financial markets in crises

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2024
... recommendations of the Council of Financial Regulators - a coordinating body that comprises APRA, ASIC, Treasury, and the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA). "The RBA now has powers to step in and promptly resolve a crisis at a domestic clearing and settlement ...

Zenith increases defensive investment as recession risk looms

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 AUG 2024
... fickle nature of sentiment," Hennessy said. "Headlines have attributed this volatility to various factors including the Bank of Japan's rate hike, the weak July US jobs report and talk of recession. "We should also remember that markets had moved ...

QIC promotes key private equity staff

ELIZABETH FRY  |  MONDAY, 19 AUG 2024
... executive at CDC Group, an investment firm focused on growth markets. She began her investment banking career at the Royal Bank of Canada in London. Tom Le Brocq moves from analyst to associate. Le Brocq has been with QIC since 2022. He previously worked ...

ART appoints chief financial officer, promotes managers

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 16 AUG 2024
... a long-serving ART investment professional. He came across from QSuper 13 years ago and earlier worked at the Reserve Bank of Australia as an economist and portfolio analyst. The third new leader, Zoe McHugh, joined Sunsuper just before it merged with ...

What does the RBNZ rate cut mean to Australia?

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 15 AUG 2024
On Wednesday, the Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) trimmed its interest rate by 25 basis points to 5.25% after holding a decades-high rate of 5.50% since May 2023. The central bank pointed to inflation converging to its target range as the core reason ...