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Global tariffs to spike under Trump: Economist

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2025
... means you might be getting rate cuts at the short end, but there's a limit to how much longer-term interest rates can go down, because they are going to be held up and anchored by the US." Masters warned investors of the high degree of uncertainty ...

RBA delivers 'cautious' cut, road ahead unclear

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2025
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) cut the cash rate by 25 basis points, bringing the official interest rate down to 4.1%. While the cut was widely expected, the RBA was quick to diffuse any hopes of a quick cutting cycle. "A range of indicators suggest ...

Challenger profits up, share price falls

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 18 FEB 2025
... representing 10% growth on the prior year. Challenger's share price, nevertheless, dropped 10.6% at the time of writing and is down 22.9% over the past year.

CSC sells down data centre holdings to Future Fund, Infratil

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 18 FEB 2025
The Future Fund and Infratil will up their stakes in a local data centre services provider as the Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation (CSC) sheds some of its holdings. CSC has agreed to offload 12.04% of the ordinary shares it holds in Canberra ...

Why the RBA should not cut rates

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 18 FEB 2025
... to do a lot more harm to the economy to get inflation under control." Masters acknowledged that while inflation has come down, there are still some areas of the economy where inflation remains sticky and global uncertainty may add to concerns for the ...

Australian GDP growth 'steady but not solid': La Trobe

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 18 FEB 2025
... over our top trading partners this century... given the aggregate growth patterns, you can see it is quite a distinct step down each decade." To improve circumstances, Tagg believes the mantra of "doing less with more" needs to be emphasised. "Productivity ...

Economist calls for 35bps rate cut

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2025
... regular 0.25% cut, Betashares chief economist David Bassanese is calling for a 0.35% cut to bring the official interest rate down to 4%. "To my mind, the case for a rate cut this month has been clear ever since release of the Q4 CPI report. In short ...

Foreign investors banned from buying homes

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2025
... Albanese government has announced it will ban foreign investors from buying established homes for at least two years and crack down on foreign land banking. Treasurer Jim Chalmers said the move is aimed at easing pressure on the Australian housing market ...

Centaur goes self-licensed, appoints former dealer group head

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2025
... it." With all the headwinds the advice industry has faced over the last decade, Robertson said it's been easy to get bogged down in compliance, regulation, staffing, and the demands of being an investment guru. Even so, he remains optimistic about the ...

Senate calls to overhaul super fund boards

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2025
... interim report and the chair's recommendations," it said. "The key recommendation of this interim report is to water down existing statutory requirements for profit to member ('industry') funds that provide equal representation of employee ...