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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 moreStock futures slip after winning week on Wall Street: Live updates
Stock futures fell slightly on Sunday night following a winning week despite Treasury yields spiking to multiyear highs. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures pulled back 97 points, or 0.2%. S&P 500 futures lost 0.2% along…
INVESTMENT COMMITTEE INSIGHTS – Navigating Higher Yields: Resilience, Implementation and Governance [September 2026]
Meeting Date: 18 & 21 september 2026 “NAVIGATING HIGHER YIELDS: RESILIENCE, IMPLEMENTATION AND GOVERNANCE” We are pleased to share a high-level summary of our September Investment Committee Meeting. It was held across two sessions to…
Oracle sends ‘force majeure’ notice about data center project — stock drops 3%
Oracle shares fell more than 3% on Thursday following news that the company sent a “force majeure” notice tied to its New Mexico data center project to protect itself from higher expenses. “Project Jupiter remains…
Santos CEO wants gas reserve rules set, but with key changes
Santos chief executive Kevin Gallagher is set to call for timely decisions on the federal government’s planned gas reservation system to clear the way for billions of dollars of potential investment to develop production in…
Another day, another bond market bloodbath
Make no mistake: there is pain in the bond market. Traders are being smacked around and wiped out as record-high bond yields surge ever higher, triggering stop losses and desk closures around the world. If…
ASX set to fall as oil rises, bond yields surge
Australian shares are poised to open lower. The yield on the US 10-year note rose 8 basis points to 5.2 per cent during New York’s trading day. Oil topped $US107 a barrel amid conflicting headlines…
Stock futures are little changed as Dow heads for fourth straight losing week
U.S. equity futures are little changed Thursday evening as Treasury yields continued their climb. Futures tied to the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 34 points, or 0.06%. S&P 500 futures were down 0.05%, and Nasdaq-100…
Market sees next Fed hike in October, following Barr comments and hot inflation reading
An October interest rate hike is very much on the table after a top Federal Reserve official Wednesday expressed support for one, and as fresh economic readings showed intensifying inflation pressures. In remarks prepared for…
Want to really fix Australia? Here are five big ideas
Nothing quite focuses your mind like the threat of losing your house. Just ask Greg Boorer, the co-founder of pioneering CDC Data Centres, who was helping Australian customers get into cloud computing and artificial intelligence…
Australia’s five most powerful people in consulting for 2026
What a difference a year makes. Last year, KPMG chief executive Andrew Yates topped The Australian Financial Review Magazine’s consulting power list. Yates had helped the firm win a series of big audits and managed…