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Hedging strategies protecting members' assets: NAB

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 15 AUG 2017
... asset manager or bank to provide this service, while 15% look to an independent provider. NAB director of fixed income currencies and commodities Emma Lawson said: "The environment in which funds operate is evolving quickly, incorporating more regulation ...

Cheaper imports

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUL 2017
... 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 US dollar and ...

BlackRock snares share of robo-adviser

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JUN 2017
... about 6000 private customers in Great Britain and Germany. Its platform is already geared to multiple languages and currencies, and can be modified to comply with various tax and regulatory systems. Despite BlackRock's involvement, Scalable Capital remains ...

Latin America on institutional investment radar

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAY 2017
... telecoms. Both countries' main trading partner is the US. "Mix in the proceeds of this diversification - exposure of the currencies and correlation of the currencies - you have an overall region that is very efficient in terms of relationship between ...

Financial advisers should consider bitcoin as an asset class: Dunworth

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 8 MAY 2017
... to understand blockchain technology than to invest in bitcoins, a digital currency that has outperformed traditional currencies in recent years, according to an industry expert. This week the cryptocurrency broke record-highs when it started trading ...

BT Panorama lists sovereign bond fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 27 APR 2017
... actively managed and aims to generate income by investing in a globally diversified portfolio of government bonds and currencies, with a recommended five to seven years investment timeframe. Morningstar recently awarded it a 'silver' analyst rating ...

Standard Life marks Australian real estate as top performer

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 20 MAR 2017
... tenant demand may improve because of the recovering economy, supported by stronger ties with China. Weaker regional currencies because of the strong US dollar and low interest rates may attract renewed interest and investment volumes may improve," the ...

Legg Mason bond funds receive Zenith tick

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAR 2017
... structure, wherein a global investment strategy committee oversees decisions on duration, yield curve, sector selection and currencies, and specialist teams implement targeted exposures. The Macro Opportunities Fund, which was only recently launched ...

Buying American

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 FEB 2017
... the previous month. Despite these, expect Trump to step up his rhetoric over currency manipulation and undervalued currencies. This is because as at December, the US remains in deficit relative to its major trading partners: China (US$27.8 billion deficit) ...

New hedge funds for BetaShares

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 30 JAN 2017
... dollar relative to the Australian dollar. BetaShares managing director Alex Vynokur said the future direction of the two currencies has been brought into the open by the election of Donald Trump, with investors interested in "expressing their view in ...