The Bloomberg Australia Podcast

It was supposed to be a long summer break for Aussie executives. Instead, for the C-suite of one of Australia’s biggest wealth and superannuation providers, Insignia Financial, the holiday period was interrupted by a flurry of takeover offers from overseas players Bain Capital and CC Capital Partners. Host Rebecca Jones and Bloomberg finance reporter Harry Brumpton take a look at this bidding war, what it reveals about the growing importance of Australian wealth firms on the global stage, and the implications for 2025 deal activity.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Australia has an election due by May, stubbornly high interest rates, and twin cost-of-living, and housing affordability crises. Away from home, a second Trump administration begins and China’s economy is struggling. Rebecca Jones asks economist James McIntyre from Bloomberg Economics, what this all means for Australia in the year ahead.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Our biggest banks appear to be shunning it, many of our shops have stopped using it, but can we survive without cash? In this week’s podcast, Rebecca Jones asks Bloomberg News finance editor Adam Haigh if Australia could ever become a cashless nation.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Aussie stocks have rallied this year, buoyed by unwavering gains in banks and a global AI-fueled tech surge. In this week’s podcast, Rebecca Jones asks Bloomberg News stocks reporter Georgina McKay who the biggest winners and losers were on the ASX in 2024, and what lies ahead in 2025.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

ANZ has a new CEO, making it the third of Australia's Big Four banks to appoint a new leader this year. But who exactly is Nuno Matos? In this week’s podcast, Rebecca Jones asks Bloomberg News finance editor Adam Haigh what we need to know about the former HSBC executive and what this new chapter means for the country’s fourth biggest bank.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

High interest rates, a shortage of homes and a booming population have triggered a housing crisis around Australia. But in Sydney, one of the world’s most expensive markets, the price of buying a house is finally starting to fall.In this week’s podcast, Rebecca Jones asks Bloomberg News reporter Swati Pandey if there’s evidence of a  longer downturn in Australia’s hottest housing markets. And just when are the country’s homeowners likely to get long-awaited relief from an RBA interest rate cut?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

CSL is an Australian biotech company with a market cap of more than A$130 billion dollars, making it the country’s third biggest listed company, behind BHP and Commonwealth Bank.In this week’s podcast, Rebecca Jones asks Bloomberg News reporter Amy Bainbridge and senior editor Jason Gale how CSL became a market favorite and about the headwinds it’s facing in the post-pandemic era.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this week’s podcast, Chris Bourke and Bloomberg News reporter Ben Westcott discuss the government's plan to ban kids under the age of 16 from some social media. Does it stand a chance of being effective, or is Australia just setting itself up for a massive scrap with the tech giants, and potentially the US government, especially under a re-elected Donald Trump and his new right-hand man Elon Musk?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What investments are going to be the winners and losers from Donald Trump’s second term? Markets have already gone into overdrive following the US election result, and that’s with weeks to go before the President-elect even returns to the White House.In this week’s podcast, Rebecca Jones asks Bloomberg cross-asset reporter Richard Henderson about the implications for stocks, bonds, crypto and - yes - Australians' mortgages.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Donald Trump is back. With him comes renewed vows to take on China and reclaim America's position atop the global world order. And he's vowing to pick up where he left off on his trade war with China. In this week’s podcast, Rebecca Jones asks Bloomberg senior editor Malcolm Scott about the big implications that has for Australia and its ties with its largest trading partner.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.