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Major instos hit with cartel class action

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR | MONDAY, 27 MAY 2019

... said. As of September 2013, the Australian foreign exchange market was the eighth largest in the world and the Australian dollar was the fifth most traded currency - the AUD/USD was the fourth most traded currency pair.

Chief economist update: Like Britney Spears, Financial Standard's done it again

BENJAMIN ONG | THURSDAY, 23 MAY 2019

"Chief economist update: Cash rate should be 1%"! This was my piece published on 7 March 2019, based on the 'Taylor Rule' and plugging in Australia's growth and inflation parameters at the time. It took two months and a few days before Reserve ...

Industry responds to election outcome

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR | MONDAY, 20 MAY 2019

... particularly as fears around changes to franking credits and negative gearing evaporate. She also predicts the Australian dollar will find relief, and property and housing related stocks will find support - however, this may be short lived as the housing ...

Chief economist update: Fairy tales can come true

BENJAMIN ONG | MONDAY, 20 MAY 2019

... political uncertainty surrounding the elections (with a government majority at that), the recent depreciation in the Australian dollar and - working in the background - the rise and rise in iron ore prices makes this time's promise of a Budget surplus ...

Chief economist update: RBA May cut, May not

BENJAMIN ONG | FRIDAY, 3 MAY 2019

... by these fresh developments give the RBA every reason to cut interest rates if it so decides. Then again, the Australian dollar has dropped since its April 2 meeting - down 1.7% versus the greenback and down 0.7% on the trade weighted index (TWI) - which ...

Chief economist update: AUD misdirection

BENJAMIN ONG | MONDAY, 15 APR 2019

Early New Year predictions the Australian dollar would depreciate by the end of 2019 have been given a boost by the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) 'World Economic Outlook, April' report where it shaved its world GDP growth forecast ...

Melbourne boutique hires portfolio manager

KANIKA SOOD | WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2019

A $2.5 billion Melbourne-based boutique has hired a new portfolio manager from a family office as it builds out its global capability. Ben Wang will work on Jamieson Coote Bonds' Global Bond Fund which opened to Aussie investors earlier this month ...

VanEck launches hedged version of $520m ETF

KANIKA SOOD | MONDAY, 25 MAR 2019

... flows offshore, the hedging decision, which can depend on an investor's risk profile and the level of the Australian dollar, is becoming increasingly important," VanEck managing director and head of APAC Arian Neiron said. "We are listening to what ...

Chief economist update: The AUD's resilience

BENJAMIN ONG | TUESDAY, 19 MAR 2019

The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) will release the minutes of its March 5 board meeting - when it decided to keep interest rates unchanged at a record low 1.5% - today. I imagine that the men and women of the RBA board would have discussed the slowing ...

Jamieson Coote Bonds introduces global fund

DARREN SNYDER | WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2019

... on an unhedged basis, in a year of low to negative returns for most asset classes," he said. "Recently, the Australian dollar has been performing as a risk proxy against roughly 70% of emerging markets currencies and seems deeply intertwined with the ...

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Apostle taps former Platinum AM chief

MATTHEW WAI

Apostle Funds Management has appointed a new chief executive following the departure of managing director Mitchell Gunman earlier this year.

LRBA ban raises questions as new details emerge

MATTHEW WAI

New data indicates the impact of the LRBAs ban for SMSFs may have been underestimated, which will affect a market significantly larger than what officials suggested, with major implications for housing supply and competition in the mortgage market.

IFM acquires shopping centre portfolio for $300m

RIDDHIMA TALWANI

IFM Investors has acquired a shopping centre portfolio to be developed and built by Australian-owned developer-builder Oreana with a value of approximately $300 million, as it seeks to harness a surge in convenience-based shopping.

VanEck targets tech thematics with trifecta launch

MATTHEW WAI

VanEck is bringing three ETFs to life for local investors to access thematic investments across several emerging technology sectors, including what it says is "Australia's first dedicated quantum computing ETF."

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