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Fed holds rates steady despite concerns over inflation
29 Oct 2026
The Federal Reserve voted Wednesday to keep benchmark interest rates on hold, opting to take a patient approach in its fight against inflation despite mounting evidence that price pressures are proving more nettlesome than policymakers…
Read moreASX to lift after Fed rates call
29 Oct 2026
Australian shares are set to tick higher after the US Federal Reserve held interest rates steady. S&P/ASX 200 futures were up 22 points, or 0.3 per cent, to 8882 near 6am (AEDT). Fed chairman Kevin…
Read moreAmerica’s data center fight is a preview of what’s to come for the rest of the world
As the AI boom becomes a major part of political debate, the public backlash against data centers in the U.S. is spreading to Europe and Asia — raising risks for investors. Across the Atlantic, negative…
Orora on spill alert as investors blast bonus plans, share price crash
Major investors are threatening to spill the board of Orora with growing frustration over bonuses paid to chief executive Brian Lowe despite a long stretch of underperformance and disquiet over a strategy that has included…
RBA rate relief more than a year away, leaving family budgets squeezed
Interest rates are unlikely to fall for more than a year, piling pressure on the federal government to restrain spending as family budgets stretch to accommodate four interest rate increases since February. That was the…
ASX to rise despite investors on ‘red alert’ over bond market meltdown
The Australian sharemarket is set to rise on Monday despite investors on high alert for any contagion spreading from a volatile global bond market into equities. Futures indicate the S&P/ASX 200 will open 0.3 per…
G7 nations to release diesel stocks as wars in Europe and Middle East constrain fuel supplies
The Group of Seven nations agreed Friday to release 100 million barrels of reserves to address surging diesel fuel prices, after the Trump administration pushed Europe to deploy their stocks. The G7 leaders said the…
Hedge funds hold a record share of the $30 trillion Treasury market. What could go wrong?
Hedge funds are becoming a force to be reckoned with in the roughly $30 trillion U.S. Treasury market, stepping in at a time when some traditional long-term investors have been looking at other options. The…
Transurban throws spanner in works for La Caisse’s WestConnex exit
How much did Transurban pay to climb to 60.5 per cent ownership of WestConnex, the country’s most valuable privately owned toll road? That was the question doing the rounds in infrastructure circles on Thursday morning…
The tax-free investment perk you probably didn’t know existed
High-income earners have poured billions into early-stage venture capital funds lured by the promise of CGT-free high returns. And they just got more generous. Many investors hope they will be prescient – or lucky –…
ASX to rise, US bond yields drop from two-decade highs, oil surges
Australian shares are set to rally on positive sentiment from Wall Street as the sell-off in global bonds at least temporarily reversed, and bets on US interest rate rises plunged. Oil surged back above $US102…
The U.S. just made it much easier for retail investors to access private markets
The Securities and Exchange Commission has greenlit sweeping plans to widen access to private markets to individual investors — just as the industry’s rush into retail faces sharper scrutiny. SEC chairman Paul Atkins said investor…