Quarterly Macro Outlook - April 2025

Australia is relatively well placed compared to international peers, thanks to comparatively strong domestic data and the ability for the RBA to cut rates if needed should the data weaken.

Benefits of being a Wholesale Client - Ratings

Being a Wholesale Client can impact the choices you can make as a bond investor. We feel it is an important classification to be aware of as it significantly improves your choice of available bonds, and so we are going back through the Benefits of being a Wholesale Client series as a recap.

Where to after Hybrids

The bank hybrid market is very large: there’s consistently been between $A35bn and $A40bn on issue for the last five years. In December last year, APRA confirmed that Australian banks would no longer be able to use so-called “Hybrid Capital” or “AT1s” as part of their capital structure.

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