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Base rate lifts to 4.35%

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 NOV 2023
... it will revert to a more acceptable range of 2%-3%. HSBC chief economist for Australia and New Zealand and global commodities Paul Bloxham said the RBA is now in "calibration mode" and less likely to move its cash rate setting as quickly as when it was ...

Bell FG announces leadership shakeup

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 27 OCT 2023
... chair-elect Brian Wilson said for over 40 years, Provan has been "instrumental in transforming the group from a small commodities business to the prominent diversified financial services business that it is today." "These changes represent an exciting ...

Australian farmland values in decline: Report

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 24 OCT 2023
... farmland purchases, it said. Lower commodity prices from a year earlier were widespread across major agricultural commodities, most notably in the livestock sector. As a result, a smaller pool of buyers is expected to continue producing weaker competition ...

How will the Israel-Hamas conflict impact Australia?

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 10 OCT 2023
... concern remains the price of oil. Speaking to Financial Standard, Commonwealth Bank director of mining and energy commodities research Vivek Dhar, said that geopolitical risk in the Middle East mainly triggers volatility in oil prices, which tend to ...

Bullock keeps cash rate at 4.10%

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 OCT 2023
... rate is only good for reducing demand-side pressures like consumer demand." HSBC chief economist for ANZ and global commodities Paul Bloxham predicts a 0.25% hike in the last quarter of 2023, potentially in the November meeting. "We expect that next ...

CFA Institute launches private markets, alternatives certificate

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 18 SEP 2023
... self-paced online certificate consists of courses covering private equity, private credit, real estate, infrastructure, commodities, and hedge funds. The program starts with an introductory course and progresses through specialised modules in each asset ...

RBA holds cash rate at 4.1%

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 SEP 2023
... times to ensure that inflation falls back into the 2% to 3% band." HSBC economists Australia, New Zealand and global commodities Paul Bloxham and Jamie Culling agreed that the RBA judged its tightening has been sufficient to get the economy to head in ...

Returns from agriculture a perfect storm of demographics, demand

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 1 SEP 2023
... attraction for investing in Australian agriculture. "One hundred years of history has shown that farmland and agriculture commodities are one of the true inflation hedges showing very, very low correlation with other mainstream macro influences and investable ...

Latest CPI data provides case for rate pause

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 31 AUG 2023
... (food, fuel and holidays) prices remain stickier," she said. HSBC chief economist Australia, New Zealand and global commodities Jamie Culling agreed. While dis-inflation is evident across a range of areas, including food, and recreation and culture prices ...

Veteran adviser cops permanent ban

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 15 AUG 2023
... promotes trading courses that train traders "how to use our specialised trading robots to trade foreign exchange, commodities and international shares". "I decided to became [sic] a financial adviser in 1989. Since then I have been applying quantitative ...