The Bloomberg Australia Podcast

Dec 11 2024 13 ep. 14 mins 23

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Each week, Rebecca Jones and Bloomberg's team of reporters lift the lid on the biggest stories shaping Australia's place in global business.

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What You Need to Know About ANZ’s New CEO Nuno Matos

Dec 11 2024 18 mins

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 fo

How Much Further Will Sydney and Melbourne House Prices Fall?

Dec 04 2024 16 mins

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 ho

Inside CSL’s Empire of Blood and Iron

Nov 27 2024 17 mins

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

Will Australia’s Social Media Ban for Kids Actually Work?

Nov 20 2024 16 mins

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 righ

How Trump's Second Term Will Impact Australian Investors

Nov 13 2024 14 mins

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,

Trump, China and What Trade War 2.0 Will Mean for Australia

Nov 06 2024 12 mins

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

How Much Do CEO Scandals Matter to Investors?

Oct 30 2024 16 mins

As shareholders await the outcomes of probes at WiseTech and Mineral Resources in the wake of damaging allegations about their founder CEOs, Rebecca Jones asks Bloomberg reporter Angus Whitley: how much do these types of scandals actually matter to investors in the long run? In this week’s podcast, we also ask what controversies like these mean for a country fast losing its reput

Where Exactly Are Our Super Trillions Invested?

Oct 23 2024 16 mins

Australia is still waiting for that rate cut and everything still seems to cost too much. But it’s not all bad. This week, Melbourne Bureau Chief Chris Bourke chats to Bloomberg reporter Amy Bainbridge about why Australians have at least one item in the pro column, when most things are in the con - superannuation. And why understanding where this massive bucket of cash is being i

What the US Election Means for Australia’s Crypto Obsession

Oct 16 2024 16 mins

The US election is just weeks away and among the many issues dividing Donald Trump and Kamala Harris is the thorny topic of cryptocurrency regulation. This week, Rebecca Jones talks to Sunil Jagtiani, who covers all things crypto for Bloomberg, about the candidates’ policies on digital assets and why crypto-mad Australians should be watching the race especially closely.See omnyst

Why Our Miners Need More Than Iron Ore (And What They're Doing About It)

Oct 09 2024 13 mins

Shares of Australia’s biggest mining companies have been bouncing back in the past couple of weeks off the back of fresh stimulus in China, but the big players are already looking beyond our biggest export, iron ore. Rebecca Jones talks to Bloomberg’s mining reporter Paul Hunt, who explains what BHP and Rio Tinto are doing to get the commodities they want - and need - for the y