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easyMarkets launches SMSF tool, appoints MD

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 31 JUL 2017
... officer and has since pioneered the company's Active Traders Group. He holds more than a decade of experience in markets trading and trading education, having previously managed premium accounts at multinational FX brokerage firms GFT Markets and AxiTrader ...

Cheaper imports

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUL 2017
... from -0.6% in March - one that according to the ABS is due to the "depreciation of the Australian dollar against major trading currencies". All good. But these are June quarter numbers. This year to date, the Australian dollar is 10% higher than the ...

Boutique manager selects A-REIT and small-cap specialists

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUL 2017
... "companies pertaining a competitive advantage, with recurring earnings, run by capable management, and can grow whilst trading at a reasonable price." Alpha portfolio manager Julien Brodie said: "We selected the IML Small Cap Fund because of the quality ...

ASIC advances towards telecommunication intercept powers

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUL 2017
... given enhanced powers to receive interception materials, seized by another government agency, in cases of alleged insider trading, market manipulation and financial services fraud. The new powers, outlined in the ASIC Enforcement Review Taskforce position ...

The problem with currency extrapolation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUL 2017
... so long ago now that a "bag the Aussie dollar" campaign was what we read in financial media. The Australian dollar was trading at about US$0.75 then, it closed at US$0.7832 on 14 July and is currently trading at US$0.78. It's exactly two months and a ...

Is the Fed the victim of its own success?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 JUL 2017
... Inflation-Protected Securities (TIPS) of the same maturity. The yield differential has fallen to 1.75% at the close of last Friday's trading - down from this year's high of 2.07% posted in January. This could also be due to higher real US interest rates. ...

Vanguard global chief executive steps down

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUL 2017
... Asia Pacific and was a director of Vanguard Investments Australia. He joined the firm in 1999 in portfolio management and trading. Davis' experience as a portfolio manager and leader of investment management teams makes him an excellent steward of clients' ...

BlackRock hires new executives

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUL 2017
... She will also help institutional investors tackle issues when it comes to portfolio construction and risk management, trading and liquidity management, and regulatory change. For the last 13 years Petering led the private investor product group at Goldman ...

Business conditions return to pre-GFC levels

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUL 2017
... the highest reading since January 2008 (pre-GFC) boosted by increased profitability (to 15 in June from 10 in May) and trading conditions/sales (to 21 from 15). Profitability I could understand because labour costs - businesses' biggest expenditure - ...

Low inflation exporter

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUL 2017
... US Census Bureau had US imports of goods and services from China at 17.1% of total - more than its historical biggest trading partners Canada (14.5%) and Mexico (12.0%). The Federal Reserve Board was correct (back then), the correlation between US and ...