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Economists hit back at RBA guidance

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 27 AUG 2024
... guidance would mean that if the economic data over the near term evolves in line with the banks central forecasts, the cash rate would be left on hold until 2025 - something he disagrees with. "We continue to side with market pricing and think it more ...

BlackRock launches new bond ETF

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 26 AUG 2024
BlackRock Australia has announced it will launch the iShares 20+ year US Treasury Bond ETF (ASX: ULTB) with a management fee of 0.15%. The addition of the ETF extends the local iShares fixed income range, which it said offers Australian advisers and ...

What does the RBNZ rate cut mean to Australia?

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 15 AUG 2024
... year from the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA). RBA governor Michele Bullock insisted "that a near-term reduction in the cash rate doesn't align with the board's current thinking". Bullock's statement was echoed by deputy governor Andrew Hauser ...

Wages grow 0.7% in June quarter

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 AUG 2024
... seen since the peak of 91.6% in the June 2023 quarter. This reflects fewer rises in the Reserve Bank of Australia's cash rate in the last 12 months and a slowing in the rollover of expired fixed rate mortgages to higher variable rate mortgages," ...

EQT wins RE mandate from Woodbridge

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 12 AUG 2024
... replaced AGP Investment Management from August 1. The Woodbridge Private Credit Fund aims to provide a return of the RBA cash rate plus 5% to 7% per annum net of fees and expenses. The fund invests in first mortgage, senior secured Australian and New ...

RBA on hold: Experts split on 2024 cut

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 AUG 2024
... scenario. "Based on what I know today and what the board knows today, what we can say is that a near-term reduction in the cash rate doesn't align with the board's current thinking," Bullock said. "I understand that this is not what people want to hear. ...

Markets melt down over 'premature' recession fears

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 6 AUG 2024
... positive for traders out of Monday's carnage: it is now almost certain the Reserve Bank board will not raise the cash rate at today's meeting," Ho said. Echoing this sentiment, most experts (81%, 29/36) from Finder's RBA Cash Rate Survey ...

ANZ, Blackstone launch HNWI fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2024
... fund, which is a Cayman Islands-exempted limited partnership. The fund aims to achieve returns above the Australian RBA Cash Rate Target Index + 400bps over a rolling five-year period. ANZ Private chief investment officer Lakshman Anantakrishnan said ...

RBA minutes confirm potential August rate hike

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2024
... inflation to target in 2026, while preserving as many of the gains in employment as possible'," Allen said. "Leaving the cash rate on hold in June saw the board still convinced the evidence was there that inflation could return to target in a reasonable ...

Rest's MySuper option returns 8.67% in FY24

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2024
Rest's core strategy default MySuper investment option, where most of its two million members are invested, delivered a one-year return of 8.67% over the last financial year. This exceeds its long-term average annual return of 8.29% since July 1988. ...