RBA

Expert Analysis

Are the RBA’s interest rate cuts doing more harm than good?

Anthony Doyle finds that lowering interest rates does not always increase spending on consumption....

People & Products

NAB appoints non-executive director

Kathryn Fagg has been appointed as non-executive director, effective from mid-December 2019....

Funds management

Look to infrastructure to navigate ‘late cycle’ markets

Global markets are entering a ‘late cycle’ phase, as demonstrated by interest rate cuts, according to RARE Infrastructure....

Financial planning

Retiree income impacted by rate cut

Retirees living off cash-linked income will have their income further “crimped” by the RBA’s latest rate cut....

Financial planning

RBA makes third rate cut to 0.75%

The Reserve Bank of Australia has cut interest rates for the third time this year, falling 25bps to 0.75%. ...

Financial planning

Defensive stance urged against market turbulence

Investors are being encouraged to increase their defensive assets as protection against the US/China trade war and Chinese debt issues....

Funds management

Plato IM: Hold rates at 1%

Monetary policy in Australia is less effective than it was, according to Plato Investment Management’s managing director Don Hamson, and the Reserve Bank of Australia wou...

Funds management

Rate cut beneficial for Aussie equities

The interest rate cut by the Reserve Bank of Australia to 1.25 per cent is positive for the Australian equity market, particularly real assets, according to Martin Currie...

Features

A new dawn for financial markets

As the new financial year is upon us, Laura Dew examines what we can expect from markets in the year ahead as interest rates fall to historic lows and the world watches t...

Financial planning

Call for deeming rate cuts as interest rate drops

The stagnation of deeming for the last four years is under scrutiny as the Reserve Bank’s second interest rate cut means that some pensioners are now facing a one-third r...

Financial planning

Economic conditions ripe for personal finance review

The start of a new financial year and two rate cuts from the Reserve Bank of Australia make this the ideal time for Australians to review their finances, according to Dix...

Financial planning

Rate cut prompts review of income assets

Retirees should review their income-generating strategies in light of the Reserve Bank of Australia’s second rate cut as it will mean they receive less income from their ...

Funds management

Responsible investing lead to better performance

The funds that have incorporated responsible investing principles outperformed most mainstream Australian and international peers, according to a report by the Responsibl...