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Revolution private credit trust to launch on ASX

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 AUG 2025
... BBSW benchmark rate of 536 basis points. The average credit rating of the portfolio is BB+. REV targets a return of RBA cash rate + 4% p.a. net of fees. It charges a 0.95% management fee and no performance fees. Equity Trustees acts as the responsible ...

CBA appoints head of Australian economics

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 26 AUG 2025
... will be responsible for developing the bank's Australian economic forecasts, views on the Reserve Bank of Australia cash rate, while continuing to leverage CBA's internal data assets to derive insights on the Australian economy. Allen has been serving ...

Special feature: Hunting for value

LACHLAN COLQUHOUN  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2025
Markets have all but recovered from when 'Liberation Day' threatened a meltdown, and asset classes of all flavours are pushing to new highs. But with valuations ahead of fundamentals amid uncertainty, fixed income is in focus as investors look ...

Unemployment falls, more women enter the workforce

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 15 AUG 2025
... said. "These results will please the RBA, which recognised a stable employment market as being a factor in dropping the cash rate down by 25bp and enabling a continued orderly wind down of contractionary monetary policy settings over the coming six to ...

RBA cuts rates, experts debate next moves

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2025
... the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) delivered a 0.25% interest rate cut at the August meeting, bringing the official cash rate down to 3.6%. The RBA board noted that the easing in inflation alongside a softening in the labour market led to the decision ...

RBA cut 'highly likely', but caution remains

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 11 AUG 2025
... guidance from the RBA last month that the surprise pause in July was about the 'timing not direction' of the cash rate trajectory, a cut this week seems highly likely," Bloxham said. "That said, growth is in an upswing, and very weak productivity ...

Betashares launches equity high yield ETF

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 AUG 2025
... sustainability related screens," Betashares chief executive Alex Vynokur said. "Right now, the ASX dividend yield and RBA cash rate are both below 4%. Outside of the COVID dip, these are market conditions we have not seen at any other time in the last ...

RBA cut all but certain: Experts

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUL 2025
... 2.5% on a sustainable basis," Rynne said. "Since the RBA's last board meeting, it seems the arguments for lowering the cash rate have now materialised more than the arguments put forward to maintain the more restrictive monetary policy settings." Rynne ...

Private debt leads fixed income returns: Research

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUL 2025
The Morningstar Fixed Income Sector Wrap found the fixed income sector has seen a robust 12 months across the board. Morningstar's qualitative research assessments currently cover 79 fixed-income strategies available to Australian investors. "It was ...

Unemployment data throws 'curveball' at RBA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUL 2025
... CPI data later this month we think there will be a reasonable possibility for a larger rate cut. We still expect the cash rate to hit 3.10% by the end of this year."