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Lower interest rates conducive for bigger risk appetite, small caps

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2025
... to their large-cap brethren. Looking at the top seven companies in the US, the "discrepancy is even wider." Most central banks around the world are now more dovish and find themselves in a global easing cycle. The European Central Bank (ECB) cut its ...

Bullock hushes rate cut expectations

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 11 APR 2025
... 30bp cut in May. Bullock said the RBA is engaging closely with other financial regulators in Australia and other central banks around the world. "We are carefully considering several factors including the response of our trading partners, additional ...

RBA flags concerns over 'geopolitical uncertainties'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2025
... delay expenditures pending greater clarity on the outlook. "Inflation, however, could move in either direction. Many central banks have eased monetary policy since the start of the year, but they have become increasingly attentive to the evolving risks ...

RBA forecasting has been 'terrible': Yarra Capital Management

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2025
... RBA should have lowered the interest rate as early as August last year. Despite a later rate cut comparing to most central banks around the world, Australia is positioned "bang in the middle" amongst other developed countries in reaching its inflation ...

Monetary policy not the only game in town: Brian Redican

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2025
... El-Erian, who was chief executive of Harvard's endowment and PIMCO, published The Only Game in Town in 2016, presenting central banks as the key driver of the economic agenda. But now it's governments in the driver's seat, NSW Treasury Corporation chief ...

Monetary policy to underscore 2025 allocations

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 10 JAN 2025
... specialist Lukasz de Pourbaix expects a soft-landing scenario, with inflation moderating and growth holding steady as central banks ease policy. "However, with financial conditions easing and the global economy, notably in the US, continuing to show ...

Bull market buoys super funds' 2024 returns

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JAN 2025
... Singh said. "Global share markets were standout performers - especially the US - during the past year. With several central banks moving to ease monetary policy and markets responding positively, we anticipate this should continue in 2025. "Equity valuations ...

Boutique global asset management firms' investment outlook

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 20 DEC 2024
... developments," he said. Lastly, liquidity remains a critical but underappreciated driver of asset prices. "Despite central banks pausing balance sheet expansion and a strong USD signalling tighter conditions, markets are counteracting with heightened ...

RBA to meet for final 2024 rate decision

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 10 DEC 2024
... today, with a hold predicted by most experts. The RBA has kept rates on hold at 4.35% all year, despite other global central banks having begun a rate cutting cycle. But the RBA has been undeterred from holding rates steady with governor Michele Bullock ...

World on the brink: Frontier Advisors

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2024
... expected to narrow soon." It said recent higher interest rates have "materially raised the cost of debt," and while central banks' transition to cutting interest rates, which should start to reduce some of the burden of debt servicing, "persistent spending ...