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Fed's rate hike exacerbates Australia's outlook

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2026
... 2027." Exacerbating outlook in Australia Domestically, the trimmed mean inflation (3.6%), a measure utilised by the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA), remains outside of the RBA's targeted range (2-3%), with most of the Australian market (77%) sharing ...

ECB hikes rates, economists expect RBA might be next

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2026
... There's a lot to like about the Australian economy, but we have one big problem and that's inflation," Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) deputy governor Andrew Hauser told the ABC this week. "Inflation is too high, and that's why we raise interest ...

RBA consults on settlement infrastructure following Project Acacia

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2026
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) is consulting on its Reserve Bank Information and Transfer System's role (RITS) to support settlement in a tokenised ecosystem that was explored through Project Acacia. The central bank said the project unearthed ...

Equity Trustees super exit sparks Hejaz Islamic Super and Pension closure

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2026
... "Through Hejaz B.S.C., we have been granted a Category 1 Investment Business Licence (Asset Management) by the Central Bank of Bahrain, providing Hejaz with an important, regulated platform from which to develop investment products and services for the ...

ASIC, APRA urge finance sector to demonstrate AI threat response

VINNY VUCAGO  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2026
... across the financial system. The discussions, supported by the Australian Signals Directorate and involving the Reserve Bank of Australia, Treasury and the ACCC, found frontier AI is accelerating existing cyber, technology and operational risks while ...

FSC raises the bar for PC managers with fresh standards

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2026
... good faith to ASIC's call for enhanced industry standards, to help address the legitimate concerns ASIC and the Reserve Bank of Australia have towards the private credit market." The standard and guidance were developed in collaboration with leading ...

RBA on hold but keeps door open for more hikes

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2026
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) determined to keep interest rates on hold at 4.35% at the August meeting but left the door open to further hikes down the road. The central bank felt the economy has been broadly evolving as it expected, with three ...

ASX shareholder looks to sue directors, officers over CHESS

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2026
... last year affecting its clearing and settling system. It was advised to have "considerable work to do" by the Reserve Bank of Australia to meet the central bank's expectations for an operator of critical market infrastructure. To rectify the underlying ...

A tough year for high-duration bond investors: Morningstar

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2026
... 12 months to June end. Morningstar's Fixed Income Sector Wrap 2026 highlighted the hawkish stance from the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) with three interest rate hikes in FY26 have placed investors of high-duration bonds on the back foot, while ...

Special Feature: Beyond safekeeping

BRENDAN SWIFT  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2026
... Citigroup, State Street, Northern Trust, BNP Paribas and HSBC. A handful of others, including Clearstream, BNY Mellon, and Bank of America, serve different niches. The result is ever-larger funds served by an ever-smaller pool of providers. "We're ...