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BetaShares introduces gold ETF

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAY 2011
ETF provider BetaShares Capital has launched a hedged gold bullion product on the ASX, which aims to protect investors from fluctuations on the Australian and US dollar exchange rate. "In the last 2 years to April 2011, the S&P/ASX 200 delivered an ...

Cashed-up China eyes US investments

Since the GFC, the investment traffic flow has been all one way from Europe and the US into Asia, but signs are emerging that US investment opportunities are attracting Asian interest. Stirring the most interest appears to be US infrastructure, said ...

China, Russia dump USD for bilateral trade

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 25 NOV 2010
China and Russia will cease using the US dollar as the basis of their intercountry trade in reaction to the greenback's instability and sliding relevance. "About trade settlement, we have decided to use our own currencies," Russian president Vladimir ...

Western Asset seeks ops in volatile markets

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAY 2010
One of the world's largest fixed-income managers, Western Asset Management, has launched a new absolute return credit fund aimed at exploiting credit opportunities amid volatile markets. Speaking at the Legg Mason Investment Symposium in Sydney yesterday ...

Doom dollar

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2009
Just a day after this space commented on the risky proposition of holding US dollars, Bloomberg reports overnight that world central banks are diversifying out of the greenback. Data compiled by Bloomberg revealed that central banks have backed up their ...

The shrinking big dollar

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 OCT 2009
Falling US dollar equals increasing risk appetite? Hmmm...seems strange. The greenback fell to 14-month lows against major currencies last week before Big Ben Bernanke wagged his finger -- warning that, "The time will come when we have to tighten...We ...

Investors eager for more bonds

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2009
There have been 13 new convertible bond issuances in the Asia Pacific since last September and as the financial markets recover, investors remain eager for more, according to dealReporter. Comparatively, before the credit crunch, there were 30 new issues ...

Three wise economists

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 OCT 2008
Hopeful signs that the squeeze on the credit markets is beginning to loosen gave Wall Street another leg up overnight. The Dow closed 4.7 per cent higher, the S&P 500 ended 4.8 per cent up and the Nasdaq rose by 3.4 per cent at the finish. It was the ...

Iron Ore price jumps 85 pct

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUN 2008
For a country that complains about paying record high oil prices, Australia is set to enjoy an export revenue bonanza as it exploits shortages in world food, commodities and resources. Yesterday the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics ...

AUD hits 24 year high against greenback

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 19 MAY 2008
The Australian dollar this morning hit a 24 year high against the US greenback. The AUD was trading at 95.5 cents, up 2 per cent since the beginning of the month and up a staggering 16.2 per cent since this time last year. Against the Euro and the Chinese ...