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Super members want free advice: Survey

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAY 2023
... their members. "As every working Australian looks down the barrel of economically challenging times with rising interest rates and inflation, the Otivo Superannuation report confirms that we need to be equipped with the ability to make informed decisions ...

Reserve Bank is done at 3.85%: CBA

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAY 2023
... determination to do "what is required" to bring inflation back to target. "Members also agreed that further increases in interest rates may still be required, but that this would depend on how the economy and inflation evolve," it said. The admission ...

Absolute-return bond funds fail ambitious returns: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAY 2023
... typically less constrained by benchmarks and maintain a structurally lower level of duration risk and sensitivity to interest rates compared to other fixed income strategies. However, Morningstar found that the PM Capital Enhanced Yield, with a goal ...

AFCA tallies up COVID-19 complaints

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAY 2023
... consumers talk to each other. We hope financial firms have a similar mindset as we face new challenges amid rising interest rates and cost of living pressures."

What you need to know about the 2023-24 budget

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2023
... delivered the 2023-24 federal budget against a backdrop of the local economy grappling with soaring inflation, rising interest rates, together with geopolitical tensions and the risk of global financial systems collapsing. "Outside of the pandemic and ...

Australia's enviable debt levels

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2023
... markets, and the nation's superannuation funds that would normally be expected to be major buyers. Note that if interest rates fall in the next few years, as the budget papers project, Australian issued government bonds could represent a significant ...

Budget delivers surplus, with a catch

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2023
... budget documents noted that global growth is set to slow considerably in 2023 due to high inflation, sharply rising interest rates, and tightening financial conditions associated with recent banking sector strains. "The Australian economy is not immune ...

US Federal Reserve hikes interest rates

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAY 2023
In a widely anticipated move, the US Federal Reserve has raised interest rates by 25 basis points, elevating the target range to 5% - 5.25%, marking the highest level in 16 years. The central bank's decision comes as part of its ongoing commitment ...

Reserve Bank raises cash rate to 3.85%

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAY 2023
... importance of returning inflation to target within a reasonable timeframe, the Board judged that a further increase in interest rates was warranted today," it said. "... the central forecast remains that it takes a couple of years before inflation returns ...

JPMorgan among banks to bid in First Republic sale

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 1 MAY 2023
... business model, and a reliance on uninsured deposits-left SVB acutely exposed to the specific combination of rising interest rates and slowing activity in the technology sector that materialised in 2022 and early 2023," it said. Holding up its own hands ...