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RBA outlines next phase of bond purchase program

ANDREW MCKEAN | MONDAY, 23 MAY 2022

Having raised the cash rate earlier this month, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) board has decided not to reinvest the proceeds from bonds as they mature from the bank's portfolio. This decision by the RBA is indicative of a new quantitative tightening ...

Risk asset volatility guaranteed: Western Asset

ANDREW MCKEAN | FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2022

Geopolitical developments and central bank tightening have made risk asset volatility a surety this year, according to Franklin Templeton's specialised investment managers Western Asset. However, Western Asset has said that despite geopolitical turbulence ...

US inflation wavers near a 40-year high

ANDREW MCKEAN | THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2022

The US inflation rate has fallen to 8.3%, but the Consumer Price Index continues to flirt with catastrophic 40-year highs. The index also revealed that costs had risen by a monthly rate of 0.3% in April after having risen 1.2% in March. This decline ...

US Federal Reserve enacts biggest rate hike in 22 years

ANDREW MCKEAN | THURSDAY, 5 MAY 2022

... debate over whether the Fed is already in the realm of a policy mistake." "It is now engaged in the most delicate of central bank high-wire acts." Miller added that the Fed may have let inflationary expectations escape the realm of being within its ability ...

ANZ stablecoin amplifies changing operating models

ANDREW MCKEAN | WEDNESDAY, 4 MAY 2022

... opportunities. "As a bank, we're comfortable dealing with supply chain automation and digitisation opportunities." From a central bank and regulatory standpoint, Dobson concluded: "We're not altering the money supply. We're just enabling ...

Reserve Bank lifts cash rate target

JAMIE WILLIAMSON | TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2022

... very low level of interest rates, it is appropriate to start the process of normalising monetary conditions." The central bank has also increased the interest rate on Exchange Settlement balances from 0% to 0.25%. Lowe said Australia's economic resilience ...

RBA eyes an early rate hike

ANDREW MCKEAN | WEDNESDAY, 20 APR 2022

... uncertainty created by Russia's war against Ukraine, the COVID-19 pandemic and heightened stock market volatility, the central bank may choose to wait until June to raise interest rates." "Following that, bond markets are pricing in an increase in ...

Aussie government debt to double: Janus Henderson

JAMIE WILLIAMSON | WEDNESDAY, 6 APR 2022

... Sovereign Debt Index shows Australia is expected to owe $68,806 per person in government debt by 2025. The report shows central bank holdings of government debt rose 9% in 2021, with the Reserve Bank of Australia one of the main drivers. "Australian ...

RBA names new deputy governor

JAMIE WILLIAMSON | MONDAY, 4 APR 2022

... Michele Bullock has become the first female deputy governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia. Bullock has been with the central bank since 1985 and served as an assistant governor since 2010. Bullock is currently assistant governor, financial system ...

Credit market outlook strong: ABDO

CHLOE WALKER | WEDNESDAY, 30 MAR 2022

... interest rates will have on the global economy," he said. "Investors should expect inflation to remain well above the central bank target of 2-3% and active management is very important to managing this challenge. "Growth assets remain an integral part ...

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Future Group marks new successor fund transfer

KARREN VERGARA

Future Group announced its Smart Future Trust will take on the GuildSuper and Child Care Super brands as the group continues to expand with another successor fund transfer.

HUB24 expands C-suite with innovation role

VINNY VUCAGO

HUB24 has strengthened its executive leadership team with the creation of a new chief operating and innovation officer role, bringing technology, innovation and strategy implementation under a broader remit.

Former director jailed for misuse of $1.75m

VINNY VUCAGO

Former Equitable Financial Solutions director Usman Siddiqui has been sentenced to six years and six months' imprisonment for dishonestly using his position as a director and misappropriating company funds.

PE giants partner with Nvidia for $709bn AI platform

MATTHEW WAI

Apollo, BlackRock, Blackstone, Brookfield, Goldman Sachs and KKR have signed memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Nvidia to mobilise half a trillion US dollars ($709bn) of third-party capital to further accelerate the buildout of AI infrastructure.

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