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Steve Campbell
Head of Cash StrategiesAbout Steve
With a background in cash and dealing, Steve brings over 20 years’ financial markets experience to our Institutional Managed Cash portfolio. During his time at Pendal Group, Steve has managed numerous New Zealand cash portfolios and has been active in portfolio positioning while executing domestic and international credit and bond funds. Steve previously worked at Tullett and Tokyo as a corporate bond broker, and holds a Bachelor’s degree in Commerce from the Australian National University.
Income & Fixed Interest Team
Recent articles by Steve
- Steve Campbell: RBA passes rate cut surprise
- Steve Campbell: RBA ‘well-positioned’ to ease rates more aggressively
- Pendal profile: Meet our head of cash strategies Steve Campbell
- Steve Campbell: Labour data will determine timing of next RBA rate cut
- Steve Campbell: Shouldn’t the RBA be following suit?
- Steve Campbell: The RBA isn’t yet convinced inflation is a thing of the past. Here’s why
- Steve Campbell: It doesn’t look like the RBA is planning to join the global rate-cuts club soon
- Steve Campbell: Aussies aren’t likely to see another rate change this year
- Steve Campbell: The call for rate cuts appears premature
- Steve Campbell: Rate cuts unlikely before November
- Steve Campbell: A straight bat from the RBA
- Steve Campbell: No rate cuts – or rises – in 2024?
- Inflation won’t go down without a fight, but markets expect extended rate-hike pause
- Steve Campbell: Expect rates to stay unchanged til 2024
- Steve Campbell: Rates still on hold but no victory declaration yet
- Steve Campbell: Bias towards higher interest rates remains for now
- What’s behind the RBA’s surprise rate hike
- Steve Campbell: RBA likely to wait for April data before a move in May
- Steve Campbell: Is it time to get into TDs? I say no, no, no
- Steve Campbell: Inflation remains top priority for hawkish RBA
- Steve Campbell: RBA likely to move to quarterly tightening in 2023
- Interest rates: RBA still ahead of the Fed, but another 25-point hike likely before a slow-down in 2023
- What the latest inflation numbers mean for interest rates
- Fixed Interest: What’s next for rates and inflation
- What’s next after today’s 50bp rates hike
- What today’s inflation data means for interest rates
- What the Reserve Bank’s 0.5% rate rise means for investors
- What this week’s rate rise means for cash investors
- Cash strategies: what we learned from the RBA this week

Melissa Ridley
Key Account Manager NSW NSW
Agnieszka Cochrane
Head of Responsible InvestmentIncome & Fixed Interest Team
