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Economic Wrap

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 AUG 2016
Another stimulus package for Japan Japan has announced a stimulus package containing a raft of infrastructure and welfare measures in yet another attempt to jolt the nation's economy back to life. The package, headlined at A$350 billion if you include ...

Economic wrap

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUL 2016
... international demand, Australian grainfed beef exports were assisted by a lower Australian dollar for most of the year. Against the USD the AUD averaged US 0.728 cents for the year and was 13% lower than 2014-15. The AUD followed a similar trend against ...

Global bond funds underinvested in EMD

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUN 2016
... First, it can more easily avoid local-currencies which are the most vulnerable to global risks, and instead be invested in USD-denominated emerging market debt. Second, many emerging markets' sovereign and corporate bonds are "both high-yielding and ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 APR 2016
... comprised of Treasury bonds and 7% comprised of indexed bonds. The overwhelming proportion of this debt is denominated is USD - which means the market value of this debt can vary from its face value as the currency fluctuates. AOFM figures confirm that ...

Blue Sky takes alternatives to the next level

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 8 APR 2016
... Capital Venture has invested in US plus-size fashion brand ELOQUII as part of a $19.8m series B funding round. The $19.8m ($15m USD) Series B funding is financed by Blue Sky Venture Capital, Wildcat Capital Management, Greycroft Partners, Daher Capital ...

Deflation and China pose biggest risks: PIMCO

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2016
... modest uptick in inflation, and that the yuan's depreciation will be contained to the mid to high single digits versus the USD, while oil prices move higher from current levels," the company said. "The most obvious risk to the downside is the one the ...

Sydney in top 10 financial centres

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 DEC 2015

Super fund returns fall again in September

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 NOV 2015
... by international equities that returned 19.5% in the year to September 2015 buoyed by the 20% drop in the AUD against the USD. The impact of currency on this aspect of the results is highlighted by the fact that the return from the international equity ...

Magellan doubles profit, boosts FUM

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2015
... volatility later this year," he said. "It has contributed to our returns because we invested all our cash in US dollars and the USD has appreciated markedly since August last year. It has been a good of investment," he explained, and added that "reporting ...

Long term super fund returns approach record levels

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2015
... +20% respectively. It's worth noting too that over the same period the Australian dollar depreciated about 20% against the USD meaning potentially 80% of the international returns may be due to currency effects, thus rewarding funds with high unhedged ...