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Four themes driving 2023: Iggo

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 24 JAN 2023
... Federal Reserve's fed funds rate; 3.25% to 3.5% for the European Central Bank's deposit rate; and 4.5% for the Bank of England's bank rate. "Further declines in inflation rates in the months ahead should be a positive driver of returns in both bonds ...

QIC sees changes in private debt, liquid markets

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2022
... and liquid markets. She has been with the Queensland state government investor for 20 years, joining from the Bank of England, where she worked as an economist. Before that, in 1997, she was an economist at the Queensland Treasury. Meanwhile, Alison ...

Susan Buckley to leave QIC

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2022
... and economist at National Australia Bank. For her part, Morris has been with QIC for 20 years, joining from the Bank of England where she worked as an economist. Before that, in 1997, she was an economist at the Queensland Treasury. This story first ...

RBA anticipated to lift the cash rate

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 6 SEP 2022
... adjustable rate mortgages in Australia, the Bank is in a position to be more agile than the US Fed or the UK's Bank of England, where long-term fixed rate mortgages slow the transmission effect of rate hikes to consumers. "These short, sharp shocks ...

Brookfield names leadership for asset management business

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2022
Former Bank of England governor Mark Carney will become chair of Brookfield Asset Management when it lists separately in November. Carney will take on the role in addition to his other responsibilities as head of transition investing. He is currently ...

TIP Group launches first UK fund

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 5 AUG 2022
... investors, the Sterling Debt Fund aims to generate a target fixed income interest rate return of 7% above the Bank of England's base rate (currently 1.25%). Also, interest distributions will be made quarterly to investors. TIP UK head Malcolm Rutherford ...

Wayne Byres to stand down

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUL 2022
... supervision. He previously worked at the Reserve Bank of Australia for more than a decade, including a secondment to the Bank of England. He has been chair since July 2014 and was reappointed to another five-year term in 2019 but has decided to cut that ...

Treasurer announces RBA review

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUL 2022
... independent experts from Australia and overseas have been appointed to conduct the review. The panel members are Bank of England Financial Policy Committee external member Carolyn Wilkins, ANU interim director of the Crawford School of Public Policy ...

Reserve Bank shocks with hawkish 50bp increase

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUN 2022
... rise had on inflation. By contrast, the US Federal Reserve, the European central bank, the Bank of Japan and the Bank of England, all have access to data within weeks of making a decision." Ord added that current indicators pointed toward inflation having ...

US, UK hike interest rates

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAR 2022
The US Federal Reserve and the Bank of England have increased interest rates - with the US pulling the trigger on rates for the first time since 2018. Effective from March 17, the US Federal Reserve increased interest rates by 0.25% to 0.40%. The US ...