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Currency and managing volatility: Financial Standard spot poll

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 26 JUN 2017
... Street Global Equity Fund is optimised from an Australian dollar investor base through its Dynamic Strategic Hedging programme (DSH). Rather than choosing the fund to be unhedged or fully hedged, SSGA adjusts the hedge ratio for each currency in the ...

Eurozone gaining momentum

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUN 2017
... are reasons enough to justify market expectations that the ECB would soon announce forward guidance on tapering its QE programme, at the very least. But although the ECB dropped its reference to further interest rate cuts "if warranted", it did not provide ...

Australia ranks fifth for financial literacy

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAY 2017
... performance is strongly above average, ranking fifth from 15 countries. According to a statement released by ASIC, the 2015 Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) study evaluated the financial literacy of 15-year-olds from 15 countries ...

Women in Super names 2017 scholarship winners

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAY 2017
... its advocacy for better female representation on superannuation boards and leadership roles through its scholarship programme, now in its third year running. The national advocacy and networking group has collaborated with the Australian Graduate School ...

SIV Asset Management slams bill claim

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAY 2017
... originally known as Aurora Funds Limited, before rebranding in 2016 to focus the business on the significant investor visa programme. Aurora Funds Management is also currently embroiled in ASIC dispute regarding its call, alongside Keybridge, to appoint ...

The prescience of Super Mario

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 APR 2017
... in the Eurozone economy have triggered speculations that the European Central Bank (ECB) would not only taper its QE programme soon but also lift interest rates by the first quarter of 2018. The problem with this is that stronger economic growth has ...

Financial Standard wins prestigious award

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 6 APR 2017
... country head, David Livingstone said: "Now in its 25th year in Australia, the Citi Journalism Awards for Excellence programme encourages and recognises outstanding business and finance reporting. The quality of submissions this year was excellent, befitting ...

Low-flation at the core

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAR 2017
... further progress towards a sustained adjustment in the path of inflation, we stand ready to increase our asset purchase programme in terms of size and/or duration." The March 2017 ECB staff macroeconomic projections for the euro area foresees annual ...

Tax breaks drive China car sales

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 JAN 2017
... purchase tax on vehicles with 1.6-liter engines or smaller - is having the same impact as the US' 'cash for clunkers' programme back in July 2009, it's sending car purchases in a frenzy. Data released by the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers ...

Asia driving infrastructure deal activity

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 6 JAN 2017
... become home to a diverse range of firms and institutional investors," he said. "Moreover, Donald Trump's infrastructure programme could spur a wave of private investment in the US as participants look to capitalise on the potential for subsidised ownership. ...