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RBA hikes rates, suggests more to come

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2026
... the Middle East conflict, the economy was operating beyond its full capacity, with a tight jobs market and underlying inflation that is well above its 2.5% target midpoint." The RBA also updated its forecasts for the Australian economy, now seeing growth ...

Budget to overhaul negative gearing, CGT discount, family trusts

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2026
... delivery and the Budget will begin a year of more ambitious reform. Reform, which is made more, not less urgent, by global inflation and global economic uncertainty," he said. "The Budget will be calibrated for the conditions, but it will also still ...

FEATURE: Fixed income | Adjusting the lens

PENNY PRYOR  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2026
... investing in that, while watching credit and not chasing the credit widening," Grotzinger says. While there will be headline inflation from oil, markets are in a very different place to where they were in 2022 which means different reactions from central ...

Future Fund gains nearly $2bn in March quarter despite market volatility

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2026
... helped protect the fund over the quarter, with the value of the fund rising modestly, even as markets fell based on inflation concerns stemming from the closure of the Strait of Hormuz and the potential for a stagflationary global environment," Arndt ...

Australia averts recession but not slowdown: JPMAM

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2026
... "data starting to soften." This is seen in the housing market and household spending numbers. On top of this, recent inflation numbers show a 4.6% year on year increase to March - close to the 5% headline figure many were anticipating. "That's going ...

Inflation skyrockets in March, RBA hike almost certain

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2026
... Index (CPI) rose 4.6% in the 12 months to March 2026, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). "March CPI inflation of 4.6% is up from the 3.7% annual inflation to February. Annual CPI inflation is the highest it's been since September ...

Treasury to abolish CGT discount: Reports

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2026
... 50% capital gains tax (CGT) discount and revert to the pre-1999 system where the cost base of an asset is adjusted for inflation, according to reports. Major news outlets report that Treasury will announce the change in the Budget, which will take place ...

arcpoint OCIO wins three mandates

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2026
... Jacqueline Fernley said the disruption in the Strait of Hormuz has markets oscillating between risk-on reflation and risk-off inflation, with geopolitics setting the tempo and regime transitions compressing the time practices have to respond. "After ...

More M&A amid AI buildouts, heightened costs: Fidelity International

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2026
M&A activity will continue to ramp up across most sectors as businesses look to capitalise on artificial intelligence (AI) buildouts while sustaining higher operational costs, a new survey found. Fidelity International's annual Analyst Survey 2026 ...

Global economy 'drifting' to adverse scenario: IMF

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 APR 2026
... scenario with larger and more persistent increases in energy prices, global growth would slow further to 2.5% in 2026 and inflation would reach 5.4%, IMF said. An even more severe scenario with further damage to energy infrastructure in conflict regions ...