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Challenger launches new alternatives fund

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 28 OCT 2022
... asset classes such as equities, fixed income, currencies, and commodities. The fund is benchmarked against the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) cash rate total return index and uses a combination of risk premia and cash strategies to provide additional ...

RBA downplays exchange rate inflationary impacts

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 25 OCT 2022
At the Commonwealth Bank Global Markets conference, Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) assistant governor Christopher Kent said inflation is too high in most economies, reflecting disruptions to supply coupled with strong demand. In his presentation, Kent ...

QIC sees changes in private debt, liquid markets

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2022
... fixed-income and liquid markets. She has been with the Queensland state government investor for 20 years, joining from the Bank of England, where she worked as an economist. Before that, in 1997, she was an economist at the Queensland Treasury. Meanwhile ...

Financial stability risks escalate: RBA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 10 OCT 2022
... Financial stability risks have increased as global financial conditions continue to tighten, according to the Reserve Bank of Australia's Financial Stability Review. The RBA cited a further tightening of financial conditions, an increase of debt-servicing ...

Regulators to face committee scrutiny

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 10 OCT 2022
... Cass-Gottlieb, APRA chair Wayne Byres, and ASIC chair Joe Longo in that order. This follows the hearing into the Reserve Bank of Australia last month.

RBA lifts rates, lifts markets

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 OCT 2022
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) board increased the cash rate target by 25 basis points to 2.6%, driving domestic markets higher. Committed to returning inflation to the 2-3% range over time, the board affirmed that yesterday's increase in interest ...

RBA tipped for another rate rise

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 4 OCT 2022
For a fifth consecutive month, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) is expected to lift its rates, according to experts from T.Rowe Price, HSBC, and Janus Henderson. "Last month, we predicted the RBA would again hike 50 basis points (bps) at the October ...

Dexus Funds Management chair resigns

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 29 SEP 2022
... and Singapore. Negus is also chair of Pengana Capital and a non-executive director of Washington H. Soul Pattinson and Bank of Queensland. On Sheppard's exit, Negus said: "Richard Sheppard leaves Dexus well positioned for the future, and we thank him ...

RBA progresses digital currency project

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 27 SEP 2022
The Digital Finance Cooperative Research Centre (DFCRC) and the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) have released joint research report, providing an update on the possible central bank digital currency (CBDC) the two are exploring. The report titled Australian ...

Federal Reserve bumps interest rate by 0.75%

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2022
... peaking at 4.50-4.75% in Q1 23." Providing an outlook for Australia, McCormack added that VanEck anticipates the Reserve Bank of Australia will raise rates by 0.25% at each of its next three meetings, expecting a cash rate of 3.10% in December.