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Ahead of the RBA’s meeting this afternoon and with fears of a global recession, Money Management journalist, Alexandra Vanags, reflects on her own ‘Lehman moment’ 14 year...

Funds management

Investors are likely to remain risk-averse in the short-term until inflation starts to decline, according to State Street, with an aversion to growth companies with uncer...

Policy & Regulation

Governor Phil Lowe has admitted that the Reserve Bank of Australia made mistakes in its expectations that interest rates would be lower for longer....

Policy & Regulation

The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has lifted interest rates by 0.5 percentage points, taking the cash rate target up to 2.35%....

Funds management

The March quarter national accounts do not suggest the Reserve Bank of Australia should be contemplating a more aggressive path, according to GSFM....

Financial planning

The Reserve Bank of Australia has offered insight into its decision to raise rates by 0.25% at the last meeting, revealing there were three possible options on the table....

Financial planning

Reserve Bank of Australia governor, Philip Lowe, says people have saved $240 billion over the last two years to prepare for rate rises while commentators predict they cou...

Funds management

The Reserve Bank of Australia’s decision to raise the official cash rate by 25 basis points to 0.35% will put the big four banks under pressure in the month ahead, accord...

Funds management

Central banks are on a path to normalisation with the cash rate expected to be at 3.4% in two to three years, according to BMIS....

Funds management

The idea that interest rates would remain low forever was ‘blue pill thinking’ by the market, according to Spheria, and lacked focus on the fundamentals. ...

Funds management

Morgan Stanley believes Australia is well placed to outperform most developed markets and is forecasting Australia’s gross domestic product to grow 4.5% this calendar yea...

Funds management

Diversified income portfolios offer an alternative to traditional term deposits, and complement listed shares and property trusts during periods of low interest rates and...

Funds management

The US Federal Reserve looks set to start raising interest rates in the coming months, but investors could be unprepared for the effect this might have on markets....

Funds management

As central banks make moves to change their monetary policies, which Australian bond funds have performed best over the past year?...

Funds management

The hurdle rate for the Munro Global Growth fund has risen to 6%, the firm said, in light of the persistent ‘lower for longer’ interest rate environment. ...

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