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RBA lifts the cash rate for first time since 2023

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 3 FEB 2026
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has lifted the official cash rate by 25 basis points to 3.85% at its board first meeting in 2026. The RBA had either cut or kept the cash rate on hold for the past 17 consecutive meetings. In announcing the decision ...

Australian managed funds up $35.9bn in 2025: Calastone

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  TUESDAY, 3 FEB 2026
... of $17.3 billion were recorded for fixed income strategies in Australian portfolios, coinciding with strong demands for yield and capital preservation. Against a backdrop of unpredictable tariff policies, greater momentum in trading fixed income funds ...

Blackwattle launches fund, mandates Equity Trustees

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2026
... has lower volatility equities portfolio to smooth investor experience. The fund offers daily liquidity and target a 2.5% yield above the ASX equity market dividend yield. Blackwattle managing director and chief investment officer Michael Skinner said ...

Gold soars over Trump's Greenland rhetoric

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2026
Safe-haven assets are being favoured by investors with gold prices skyrocketing off the back of US President Donald Trump's rhetoric around Greenland. Global X ETFs said it has seen average weekly flows into its suite of gold ETFs increase in 2026 as ...

AOFM names lead managers for 2037 Treasury Bond

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2026
... as joint lead managers. Initial price guidance for the issue is a spread of five to seven basis points to the implied bid yield for the primary 10-year Treasury Bond futures contract. The issue is expected to be priced on Wednesday, 21 January 2026 and ...

Active fund managers endure fee pressures, dominate mandates: Study

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2026
... weakness was most evident among core-plus fixed income managers, as well as US small-to-mid, small, micro-cap equity, and high-yield/bank loan strategies. In the financial year to 2025, superannuation funds spent more than $1.9 billion on external fund ...

Robust demand keeps SDA, PBSA assets firmly on investors' radar

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2026
... Specifically, he explained the opportunities arising from SDA assets. "Opportunities such as SDA, which offer defensive yield with inflation-linked growth and exposure to additional equity upside as the sector matures, are a good addition to most portfolios ...

GDG awards Hackett big pay day

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2026
... more than four years. Prior to that he worked in senior roles at Credit Suisse for 20 years, including as director of high yield bond and convertible bond trading.

Financing the technological revolution: AI issuance in credit

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JAN 2026
... and communications sectors underperform, with spreads widening on a relative basis, in both US investment grade and high yield, so capex-related issuance is already having an impact at the margin." In his article, De Silva explained that US yields have ...

Betashares launches retirement income SMAs on CFS Edge

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JAN 2026
... SMAs will also avoid relying on concentrated positions in low-growth sectors or non-investment-grade credit to generate yield. The launch complements Betashares' Dynamic Managed Accounts suite, Betashares said, which includes six risk profiles spanning ...