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Yuan stable (for now)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 SEP 2015
... yuan. That statement was immediately followed with action yesterday when the PBOC issued a circular commanding the country's banks to set aside US dollar reserves when selling foreign currency in the forwards market. China Money also reported that the ...

Australian hedge funds on course to reach $100bn

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2015
... strategies coming to market, from alternative beta to strategies that target the capital lending functions once dominated by banks, we expect the number and types of hedge fund strategies to grow significantly." Chadwick's comments come ahead of the ...

Super funds need to compete globally

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2015
... was not helped by a concentrated market and a part of members' contributions will always likely end up in the "big four banks, two miners and a telco" because your benchmark relative managers aren't going to blow their risk budgets. As a large portion ...

Industry funds attack banks on super

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2015
... their profits...my staff want to be with an industry super fund, I mean they're run only to profit members - where do the banks' profits go?," the employer says in one advertisement. "It's not rocket science. Of course I knew banks run their super funds ...

Member activism could hurt super returns

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2015
... be left to invest in Australia?" he asked, adding that a "purist" position would also involve divesting from the big four banks, which fund coal developments. Activists "are putting the pressure in the wrong place. To expect that the superannuation industry ...

Feds still in a hole at the Jackson

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2015
... the 70th anniversary commemoration of its victory against Japan - which it cannot threaten with a head roll, what more its banks, businesses and consumers?

The man with the golden jawbone

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2015
... dropped another 1.3% yesterday despite the PBOC's easing announcement -- 25bp cut in interest rates and 50bp reduction in banks' reserve requirements. 'twas Bill -- New York Fed Bank president and FOMC vice-chairman William Dudley - and his jawbone that ...

Asia: Between fortune and fate

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2015
... (ASX) lack of diversification across a large number of sectors. "We've got little in technology, little in healthcare, our banks are expensive... at the same time, the technology sector in Asia includes thousands of listed companies," he explains. "You ...

Four pillars policy is killing innovation: research

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 25 AUG 2015
... protection of domestic players with little or no benefit to consumers," he continued. The CIFR report found that "the four major banks are protected by an implicit government guarantee that impacts market operation with little observable benefit to consumer ...

China trade deal must not be delayed: FSC

ANDREW BRAGG, DIRECTOR OF POLICY, FINANCIAL SERVICES COUNCIL  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2015
... is our number one trading partner. Australia is the sixth largest offshore renminbi centre and our regulators and central banks have strong relationships. CHAFTA provides Australian fund managers with a significant advantage which is not enjoyed by large ...