Reserve Bank

Financial planning

RBA: Low rates could last for three years

Reserve Bank of Australia governor Philip Lowe has said the central bank is trying to “build a bridge to recovery” for the Australian economy but low rates could last for...

Policy & Regulation

Climate change an APRA supervisory priority in 2020

The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority will be imposing a climate change stress test on banks, insurers and superannuation funds....

Funds management

Central banks’ push for cheaper money raises key question

The prospect of central banks globally cutting rates – as our own Reserve Bank has done twice already – has seen equities stocks rise and bond yields do the reverse, rais...

Funds management

van Eyk’s January predictions hold good

Money Management last January asked key investment specialists to predict how things would roll out in 2018, with Stephen van Eyk emerging closest to the market with his ...

Financial planning

Data not portraying retirees’ lived experience

Research firm Milliman claims the newly revamped Australian Bureau of Statistics consumer price index data is not necessarily portraying the reality being lived by retire...