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NAB Super eases hedging as dollar soars

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 7 OCT 2010
NAB Super has increased its currency exposure and lowered its international shares currency hedge, as the Aussie dollar continues to defy gravity. NAB Super reduced its international shares currency hedge from 30 per cent to 20 per cent late last month. ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 SEP 2010
... telco were about one cent weaker, at $2.71. "The market has a very firm tone to it, especially considering where the Aussie dollar is, which will have to start to impact on the exporters," Mr Anderson said. At 1200 AEST, the Commonwealth Bank was 12 ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 AUG 2010
... assets. "People want to hold stock in a domestic currency which is appreciating," Mr Weston said. "Now that the Aussie dollar is above 90 US cents and looks like it is on its way up to 91 US cents, we are very likely to get some foreign money coming ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAY 2010
... much volatility globally that a lot of people on the sidelines are waiting to find support levels," he said. "The Aussie dollar is taking a tumble today tending to undermine sentiment." The Australian dollar opened more than one US cent lower on Thursday. ...

Aussie dollar rises to restore equilibrium

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 SEP 2009
... growing economy would appreciate faster than a slowing one. To invest in Australia, investors buy Australian dollars. Aussie dollar up. Interest rate differential. Australian interest rates are headed higher while other central banks continue to nurse ...

Pengana Asian Equities up 20pc

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2009
... and hedged against the swift (and record) fall of the Australian dollar well before Asian equity stocks (and the Aussie dollar at one point) practically went on freefall. "We generated positive returns by managing the volatility well, particularly through ...

Currency cushions GFC hangover

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2009
... constructing its investment strategy. This includes currency momentum, where the manager predicts the movement of the Aussie dollar. "Last year that worked very well," said Bracken. Another factor is the correlation between the currency and equity markets ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2008
... resources sector because of the number of the countries going into recession around the world. "The weakness of the Aussie dollar helps them a little bit but demand cutbacks are of major concern." At 1216 AEDT, resource giant BHP Billiton and its rival ...

First Quadrant taps global macro trends to gain 12pc

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 18 NOV 2008
Fund manager First Quadrant returned 12 per cent in the three months to September by taking a contrarian view on how to exploit volatility in equities, debt and currency markets. The California-based manager, represented locally by Affiliated Managers ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2008
... 5.14 per cent to $33.20 (at 1208 AEDT)," Ms Simpson said. "Energy stocks are down by about seven per cent. "But the Aussie dollar got close to 80 US cents on better than expected unemployment figures." Mining giant BHP Billiton was down $2.19, or 6.93 ...