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Housing market outlook as RBA delivers eighth straight rate hike
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Housing market outlook as RBA delivers eighth straight rate hike
Lazard Asset Management portfolio manager Philipp Hofflin explains how rapidly rising interest rates are impacting the housing market, and why New...
Sarah Dowling | 06 December 2022
How fund managers are bracing for inflation
Funds
How fund managers are bracing for inflation
UK inflation is now above the Bank of England's 2 per cent target. What does that mean for investment portfolios? We asked these fund managers.
Sunniva Kolostyak | 18 June 2021
Neobanks take the savings fight to the big four
Personal Finance
Neobanks take the savings fight to the big four
Online lenders offer ease and alluring rates but is it enough for you to close your account with a big four bank?
Emma Rapaport | 05 February 2020
Pound dives as May fights for Brexit deal
Stocks
Pound dives as May fights for Brexit deal
The sterling has tumbled after a series of resignations rocked British PM Theresa May's government and threw into doubt her long-awaited Brexit...
AAP | 15 November 2018
Mixed emotions as Fed hikes rates again
Markets
Mixed emotions as Fed hikes rates again
There are varying views on what the latest rate rise says about the Fed's thinking on domestic economics, the timing of further increases and the...
Glenn Freeman with AAP | 27 September 2018
Industry woes weigh on Ramsay
Stocks
Industry woes weigh on Ramsay
The relatively flat $579.3 million profit result from Australia's largest private hospital operator reflects tougher industry-wide conditions, says...
Glenn Freeman with AAP | 30 August 2018
Westpac blinks first amid loan funding pressure
Stocks
Westpac blinks first amid loan funding pressure
Westpac has become the first of the big four banks to raise interest rates, staging a 14-basis point rise, amid a record period of inertia by the...
Glenn Freeman with AAP | 29 August 2018