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Bullock hints at no rate cut in 2025

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2024
... time. Indeed, over the past year, part of the decline in headline inflation has been due to temporary factors such as electricity rebates and declining fuel prices. "While these temporary factors have undoubtedly helped many Australians, our approach ...

BlackRock, State Street, Vanguard sued over climate stance

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 28 NOV 2024
... Managers Initiative to "signal their mutual intent" to depress the output of thermal coal, increasing the cost of electricity for US residents. State Street left the Climate Action 100 group at the beginning of this year, while BlackRock transferred ...

Inflation remains in RBA's target range

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 NOV 2024
... (+6%). Annual CPI inflation has fallen from 3.8% in June to 2.1% in October due, in part, to significant price falls in electricity and automotive fuel. Electricity fell 35.6% in the 12 months to October, which is the largest annual fall in the electricity ...

CFS awards equity, infrastructure mandates

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 26 NOV 2024
... the ClearBridge RARE Infrastructure Value Fund - Hedged, which invests in listed infrastructure securities in gas, electricity and water utilities, renewables, toll-roads, airports, rail, and communication infrastructure in developed and emerging markets. ...

Link between super and banking major priority in 2025: APRA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2024
... over entities' capability to proactively manage the risks that arise from operating a business, whether that be an electricity blackout, industrial dispute or building fire. McCarthy Hockey pointed to the CrowdStrike outage, which impacted millions of ...

Household spending drops in September: CBA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 15 OCT 2024
... spending was unexpectedly up 1.3%, which reflected the impact of rising local council and strata management fees, even as electricity costs declined off the back of government rebates. There was a notable decline in spending on transport, impacted by ...

Inflation debate: Albo says rebates will keep inflation down

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 26 SEP 2024
... impact of Commonwealth Energy Bill Relief rebates and state government rebates drove a 17.9% drop - the largest fall in electricity prices on record. "The falls in electricity and fuel had a significant impact on the annual CPI measure this month. When ...

Inflation cools but RBA unlikely to budge

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 SEP 2024
... 3.5% in July, according to the latest data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). Falls in fuel (-7.6%) and electricity (-17.9%) were significant moderators of annual inflation for the month as a result of Commonwealth Energy Bill Relief Fund ...

ASIC slaps Macquarie with record $5m fine

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 SEP 2024
ASIC imposed a record $5 million fine on Macquarie Bank for its failure to curb suspicious order transactions on electricity futures. ASIC's Markets Disciplinary Panel (MDP) found Macquarie breached market integrity rules on 50 occasions between January ...

Lazard AM brings Japanese equities fund to Australia

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 12 SEP 2024
... active ETF enter the local market. The Global Listed Infrastructure Active ETF eyes investments in operators across electricity networks, toll roads, and related assets and services.