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RBA delivers 'hawkish hold'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 OCT 2025
... statement released by the central bank. "Recent data, while partial and volatile, suggest that inflation in the September quarter may be higher than expected at the time of the August Statement on Monetary Policy," the RBA said. Betashares chief economist ...

Inflation rises 3% in August

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 SEP 2025
... a rate cut next week. But a cut in November - on Melbourne Cup day - is still a firm favourite assuming the September quarter CPI in late October confirms that annual trimmed mean inflation has edged down from 2.7% to at least 2.6% or a bit less. Today's ...

GQG FUM rises $1bn in face of continued outflows

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 11 SEP 2025
GQG has seen funds under management (FUM) rise $1 billion from $166.6 billion in July to $167.6 billion in August. This comes despite outflows of $1.8 billion during the month - of which $1.4 billion was a result of investments in US equities. In July ...

Inflation hits highest level in over a year

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 AUG 2025
... CPI report due in late October," he said. "If annual trimmed mean inflation only holds steady at 2.7% in the September quarter report, a Melbourne Cup rate cut could be a long shot. My expectation that annual trimmed mean inflation will drop to 2.5% ...

RBA delivers 'confounding' rates decision

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUL 2025
... on August 12. I expect they will then follow up with a rate cut at the November policy meeting following the September quarter CPI report," he said. However, head of Deloitte Access Economics Pradeep Philip questioned the RBA's decision to hold. ...

Life insurance premiums edge lower

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2025
... However, new lump sum sales edged up 1.3% in the December quarter to $203 million. This was up slightly from the September quarter, but still down 5.3% from the same quarter a year earlier. The attrition rate for individual lump sum policies rose to ...

Cost to maintain comfortable retirement increases

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2025
... goods and services have slowed down in the December quarter, including food prices from 3.3% increase in the September quarter to a 3% increase in the December quarter. ASFA chief executive Mary Delahunty said inflation remains an obstacle for retirees ...

GDP edges higher, but for how long?

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2025
... in the December quarter. Household spending rose 0.4% in the December quarter, up from a flat result in the September quarter. The household savings ratio rose modestly to 3.8% in the December quarter, up from 3.6% in the September quarter. Gross disposable ...

Perpetual delivers 'mixed' performance in Q2

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2025
... performance fees are attributed to JO Hambro strategies. JO Hambro AUM was $37.1 billion - down 0.9% compared to the September quarter, driven by net outflows of $2.1 billion and negative market movements of $900 million, but were mostly offset but positive ...

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

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2025
... partially offsetting the rise. It has also improved from the previous corresponding period, dropping 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 ...