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The problem with currency extrapolation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUL 2017
... US$0.7832 on 14 July and is currently trading at US$0.78. It's exactly two months and a couple of days (16 May) since Bloomberg published Michael Wilson's piece "The Australian Dollar's Outlook Darkens". Wilson talked about leveraged long A$ positions ...

HESTA stands up to all-male boards

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUL 2017
... analysis of diversity disclosure at listed companies found few in the S&P/ASX 200 disclosed numerical diversity targets. Bloomberg data as at April 2017 indicates that just 10 companies in the S&P/ASX 200 have a female chief executive and, on average ...

Brexit endangers EU asset manager passport

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 10 JUL 2017
... passports to the EU market - and several of these are Australian financial services firms, says Sarah Jane Mahmud, a Bloomberg LP senior policy analyst in financial services for Europe. In the event of a 'hard Brexit' scenario, financial services companies ...

VanEck launches floating rate ETF

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 20 JUN 2017
... notes (FRNs), or short-term bonds with variable coupons tied to an interest-rate benchmark. The ETF is derived from the Bloomberg AusBond Credit FRN 0+ Yr Index, which comprises about 200 FRNs from 80 issuers. It has a running yield of 2.74% as at 31 ...

May the force's not with her

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUN 2017
... of a "soft Brexit" - where the country would remain in the European Union's (EU) single market and customs union. As Bloomberg put it, "May wouldn't have enough votes in Parliament to support her vision of a hard Brexit, and would find it very difficult ...

Cloudy skies in the land of the rising sun

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUN 2017
... 0.3% -- and making it harder/longer for the Japanese central bank to hit its targeted 2.0% inflation rate. This is why Bloomberg's report that the BOJ is "re-calibrating its communications to acknowledge it's thinking about how to handle a withdrawal ...

Just what the doctor ordered

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUN 2017
... dollar is taking a battering and is headed down, down. I first came across this when I read Michael Wilson's piece on Bloomberg, "The Australian Dollar's Outlook Darkens" (16 May). Back then Michael talked about leveraged long A$ positions for the 6th ...

Decidedly undecided

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 APR 2017
... plans to go to Brussels to re-negotiate France's status in the EU and to hold a referendum on reintroducing the Franc. (Bloomberg). She's Trump and Brexit put together. Certainly, the best outcome for financial markets is for a Macron win on the 7 May ...

Good for now worrying for later

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAR 2017
... far this year. Oster is also on the money regarding the RBA's "emphasis on financial stability". Just yesterday at the Bloomberg Breakfast conference, RBA Assistant Governor (Financial System) Michele Bullock underscored the Australian central bank's ...

RBA zeroes in on balance sheets

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAR 2017
... rising house prices - are a key focus for the RBA, assistant governor Michele Bullock said. Bullock told this morning's Bloomberg address on the risks facing Australia's economy since the global financial crisis that she personally would not speculate ...