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CBA appoints head of Australian economics

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 26 AUG 2025
... leverage CBA's internal data assets to derive insights on the Australian economy. Allen has been serving as a senior economist within CBA's Global Economic and Markets Research (GEMR) team, having joined the bank in 2017. CBA said Allen has a long track ...

Special feature: Hunting for value

LACHLAN COLQUHOUN  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2025
... their portfolios," says Murfin. Fiscal tensions Katharine Neiss, the deputy head of global economics and chief European economist at PGIM Fixed Income, is also concerned about fiscal risk and how it is pushing long term bond yields higher. While the ...

Unemployment falls, more women enter the workforce

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 15 AUG 2025
... flexible working arrangements, are also delivering better pay and work from home arrangements," the ACTU said. KPMG chief economist Brendan Rynne said the data shows a continued resilience with the Australian labour market which would be positive news ...

Former Kerr Neilson staffer pleads guilty to insider trading

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2025
... includes roles as an institutional broker at MA Financial, head of the finance unit for NSW at Coles Group and senior economist for transfer pricing at Ernst & Young. ASIC said it detected Forrest's insider trading activity via its surveillance technology ...

RBA cuts rates, experts debate next moves

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2025
... particularly given the heightened level of uncertainty about both aggregate demand and potential supply." Betashares chief economist Davd Bassanese said more interest rate cuts are likely given the current trajectory of the Australian economy. "Inflation ...

RBA cut 'highly likely', but caution remains

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 11 AUG 2025
... that. But alternating between signaling and the live approach risks creating confusion," he said. Likewise, HSBC chief economist Paul Bloxham said he believes another cut is on the cards this month. "With core inflation continuing to fall and guidance ...

AustralianSuper, ASFA, Macquarie chiefs invited to Roundtable

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2025
The chief executives of AustralianSuper, the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) and Macquarie have received session-specific invitations to the government's Economic Reform Roundtable. Treasurer Jim Chalmers issued the invitations ...

RBA cut all but certain: Experts

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUL 2025
... quarter." With inflation now well and truly within the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) target range of 2-3%, KPMG chief economist Brendan Rynne said there is "nothing stopping the RBA from cutting rates now". "The fall in headline inflation from 2.4% ...

Former CBA chief economist joins UniSuper

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUL 2025
UniSuper has announced that former Commonwealth Bank (CBA) chief economist Stephen Halmarick will join its investment committee as an independent (non-director) member. The $149 billion super fund said Halmarick will commence his tenure on 1 August ...

American Century cuts US outlook amid tariff impacts

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUL 2025
... down from 6.40% in last year's medium-term outlook," Weiss added. Additionally, MFS Investment Management chief economist Erik Weisman said the Federal Reserve's meeting this week should provide some economic updates on topics surrounding interest ...