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Managed fund inflows jump over 20x: Report

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2025
... as uncertainty brewed and US exceptionalism faded. Demand for bonds also remained quite soft as central banks delayed rate cuts, sending yields higher. Investors however have been duly rewarded for leaning into the volatility as equity and bond markets ...

US-Iran tensions send markets into panic mode

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2025
... through to global inflation, which remains elevated and/or sticky in many regions. Market participants had been pricing in rate cuts from central banks including the Federal Reserve in the second half of the year. That is now in question," Green said. ...

Resilient job market reduces rate cut probability: Experts

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2025
... While the Australian unemployment rate remained unchanged, experts are becoming less optimistic we'll see many more rate cuts this year. The Australian labour market remained robust in May, with the unemployment rate sitting at 4.1%, Australian Bureau ...

Cost-of-living, unaffordable advice fuels financial stress: Surveys

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 26 MAY 2025
Even with more potential interest rate cuts in the works, Australians feel as though their financial situation is in dire straits as many struggle with the cost-of-living crisis and do not know the best place to seek financial advice, new surveys reveal. ...

Inflation figures point to May rate cut

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 APR 2025
... longer run of the trimmed mean being within the RBA's target 2-3% range before we start sharpening the knife for further rate cuts." Chesler added that global events continue to be an ongoing risk to the Australian economy. "Obviously, the elephant in ...

WA takes the economic crown: CBA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 29 APR 2025
... economic sentiment in the mortgage-sensitive states of New South Wales and Victoria, while the interplay between interest rate cuts, federal election outcomes, and global trade dynamics will be crucial in shaping the economic outlook," he said. The State ...

RBA opens door to May rate cut

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 APR 2025
... global economy. The RBA board minutes from the April meeting acknowledged that the market was pricing in a number of rate cuts before the end of the year. "Members noted that market pricing at the time was for further cuts in the cash rate totalling ...

VanEck to intro RMBS, India ETFs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 15 APR 2025
... have never experienced principal losses," he said. "In the current market environment, with the market anticipating rate cuts by the Reserve Bank, residential mortgage-backed securities will be more compelling because of the yield premium over cash products ...

Market turmoil hits portfolios

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2025
... complexity to the policy outlook." Betashares chief economist David Bassanese said this could impact the outlook for interest rate cuts at home as the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) monitors how Australia will be impacted by the hit to global growth. ...

RBA flags concerns over 'geopolitical uncertainties'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2025
... uncertainty. " Although a slowdown in global growth is plausible, Australia's accelerating recovery is a barrier for more rate cuts this year," Bhimavarapu said. "The United States Trade Representative's Trade Estimate report... mentioned 'Australia' ...