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AI to outweigh inflation fears in fixed income markets: Allspring

VINNY VUCAGO  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2026
... interest rates under incoming Federal Reserve chair Kevin Warsh. While investors are currently pricing limited scope for rate cuts, Wise said he expects future monetary policy to rely less on balance sheet expansion and more on traditional rate settings. ...

FEATURE: Fixed income | Adjusting the lens

PENNY PRYOR  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2026
... Asset Management chief investment officer and principal Richard Quin 02 says the market has priced out the two or three rate cuts it had priced in at the beginning of the year. "In Australia it is different, we've had two rate hikes and priced in ...

Fixed income becoming an ETP staple: Rainmaker

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2026
... strongest acceleration of any major asset class, up 24% month on month. "But investors are not positioning for aggressive rate cuts or chasing duration. Floating rate ETFs surged 55% month on month to $239 million, and corporate credit plus subordinated ...

ASX loses $100bn as Iran war escalates

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2026
... Bassanese said. "In the US, 10-year bond yields rose 0.2% to 4.14% as investors all but fully priced out one of the two Fed rate cuts expected this year. Along with safe haven flows, this shift in policy expectation also pushed up the US dollar, which ...

US and Israel strike Iran: What it means for investors

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2026
... increases in oil prices could generate a global inflationary scare, which in turn may reduce the likelihood of interest rate cuts by the US Federal Reserve, currently expected for later this year," he said. Principal Asset Management chief global strategist ...

Global pension assets near $90tn: Research

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2026
... delivering positive returns. Equities performed especially well, while fixed income also posted gains in light of global rate cuts and narrowing credit spreads," Gao said. "Looking ahead, the 2026 outlook is likely to be shaped by policy decisions, technological ...

Rest returns 'healthy' 9.22% to members

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 8 JAN 2026
... both in Australia and the US. The weakening labour market in the US has allowed the Federal Reserve to consider further rate cuts. In contrast, recent data in Australia has indicated a broad-based rise in price pressures," Clancy said. "With household ...

Inflation pulls back in November

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JAN 2026
... to keep the rate hike wolves at bay for now, but the outlook over 2026 is far from certain." Hannah said after three rate cuts last year, the best-case scenario is for the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) to keep rates on hold, but there are still expectations ...

Rate hikes expected in 2026

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 5 JAN 2026
... evident in the September quarter, the RBA is expected to leave interest rates steady in the first half of 2026, with two rate cuts still expected, albeit delayed to August and November."

RBA opts to keep cash rate on hold

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 DEC 2025
... a cash rate change. Following the decision, RBA governor Michele Bullock said: "I don't think there are interest rate cuts on the horizon for the foreseeable future." "I couldn't put a probability on those..." Steady economic recovery due to ...
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