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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 ...

Trump's tariff implications for Australian investors

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 FEB 2025
... why 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 ...

Trump orders creation of US sovereign wealth fund

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 4 FEB 2025
US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order calling for the creation of a sovereign wealth fund. The executive order directs US secretary of the treasury Scott Bessent, who was sworn in last week by Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh ...

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
... with 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 ...

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
... and that makes it around a third of what it was at the time of the election." Chalmers' comments come as the US Federal Reserve kept interest rates steady overnight at 4.25-4.5%. It was the first time since August 2024 the FOMC left policy unchanged. ...

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

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2025
... 0.4% 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 ...

GAM boosts local sales team

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 16 JAN 2025
Following the recent appointment of Eric Finnell as managing director for Australia and New Zealand, GAM Investments has hired a new business development manager to look after wholesale clients. Reporting directly to Finnell, Malcolm Kazal brings with ...

Legalsuper hunts for CIO

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 16 JAN 2025
... and 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 ...