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RBA lifts the cash rate for first time since 2023

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 3 FEB 2026
... RBA had either cut or kept the cash rate on hold for the past 17 consecutive meetings. In announcing the decision, RBA governor Michele Bullock said persistent inflation concerns led to the rise. "While inflation has fallen substantially since its peak ...

ASIC welcomes new chair

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 3 FEB 2026
... the top role after serving as deputy chair. Treasurer Jim Chlamer said the Albanese Government will recommend to the Governor-General that Court be appointed as the next chair of ASIC. "Ms Court has been an excellent deputy and she'll be an outstanding ...

Trump taps Kevin Warsh as new Fed chair

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 2 FEB 2026
... and acquisitions team, was an economic advisor to the Bush Administration, and was the youngest-ever Federal Reserve Governor, serving from 2006 to 2011. Warsh was a finalist for the job in 2017, when Trump instead appointed Powell. Commonwealth Bank ...

Bullock in 'full solidarity' with Powell

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JAN 2026
Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) governor Michele Bullock has joined 11 other central bank leaders around the world in showing support for US Federal Reserve (Fed) chair Jerome Powell. This week, the US Department of Justice served the Fed with grand ...

RBA opts to keep cash rate on hold

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 DEC 2025
... the persistence of underlying inflation as its reason for withholding a cash rate change. Following the decision, RBA governor Michele Bullock said: "I don't think there are interest rate cuts on the horizon for the foreseeable future." "I couldn't ...

ASX suffers another outage

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 1 DEC 2025
... infrastructure. Resilient and secure CS facilities are crucial to the stability of the Australian financial system," RBA assistant governor (financial system) Brad Jones said at the time. "We are expecting meaningful progress over the coming year and ...

APRA stress tests for potential ASX failure

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2025
... Australia (RBA) and ASIC lambasted the ASX over concerns around its management of operational risk. In March 2025, RBA governor Michele Bullock said it was "deeply disappointing". "ASX operates critical infrastructure that plays a central role in the ...

Super good for financial stability, for now: RBA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2025
RBA assistant governor (financial system) Brad Jones has told the ASFA Conference 2025 that the size of Australia's superannuation system is a "national asset" but warned that funds need to take proper measures to protect it. "Historically, the super ...

ASX names chief compliance officer

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 11 NOV 2025
... strengthen our efforts to uphold high standards of market conduct." Philip Lowe - former Reserve Bank of Australia's governor - was appointed last week to chair the AGCG.

RBA on hold but 'not as hawkish as feared'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2025
... decision to keep rates on hold was expected, the accompanying statement "wasn't as hawkish as feared". "If anything, [RBA] governor [Michele] Bullock and her colleagues left the door ajar for rate cuts next year and possibly several more through mid-2027. ...