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Showing 381 - 390 of 2020 results for "RBA"

SMSFA adds to board

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JUL 2021
... panel set up by Allianz Retire+. Ralston is also a non-executive director at Kaplan Australia, SuperEd and a member of the RBA payments system board. "Deborah proved an invaluable Board member during her last stint, playing an important role in the public ...

Looking beyond high-dividend stocks

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JUL 2021
... the past," he said. Cappetta said bank dividends are returning but not at the pace investors would expect. "Government and RBA support has meant that earnings and debt provisions have not been as bad as expected, but new lockdowns are cause for concern," ...

VanEck launches active ETF with Sydney boutique

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 12 JUL 2021
... subordinated debt securities. Bentham Asset Management will be the portfolio manager. The ETF targets after-fees returns of 3% over RBA cash rate over the long term, with monthly dividends. VanEck said it is the only global capital securities exchange ...

Active Super returns 23%

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 12 JUL 2021
... to think that raising interest rates." He said a higher cash rate probably won't happen for a while but pointed to the RBA trimming its bond-buying program last week. "Slowly that will have an impact on the fixed income market and maybe even the ...

Economic recap: Week to July 9

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 JUL 2021
At its July 6 meeting, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) kept the cash rate unchanged at 0.1% and retained the April 2024 bond as "the bond for the yield target" - against speculation that it would roll this over to the November 2024 bond. At the ...

Economic recap: Week to July 2

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 JUL 2021
Australian economic and survey releases over the past week continued to paint a picture of a strengthening recovery. However, the rosy results preceded the outbreak of the Delta variant that prompted lockdowns and/or tightened restrictions in major ...

Milford lowers fees

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUL 2021
... Australian Absolute Growth Fund is an Australian equities fund that aims to generate investment returns 5% higher than the RBA cash rate per annum over rolling three-year periods by investing in a portfolio of predominately Australian equities, complemented ...

Chief economist update: Local and foreign love affair with Australian property

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUN 2021
... recovery that's underscored by the improvement in the domestic labour market and the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) continued accommodative monetary policy.

Chief economist update: Delta variant infects Australian economy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUN 2021
... just can't kill the beast." - The Eagles, 'Hotel California' Only a few days after the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) kept monetary policy settings unchanged and repeated its assurance that interest rates will remain at the record low 0.1% ...

Chief economist update: It's raining jobs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUN 2021
... must fall". Australia's "jobs full" recovery brings with it that horrible thought that the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) and/or the federal government withdrawing their policy largesse. Que horror! Monetary and fiscal accommodation no more! We ...