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Chief economist update: Caught in the crossfire

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2018
... reality. There'll be no place to hide if this happens. But one thing going for this 'Lucky Country' is that the Australian dollar is once again starting to rise to the occasion, the same thing it did during the Asian financial crisis of 1997/1998 and ...

Chief economist update: RBA to lift rates after 2018

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 FEB 2018
... left would likely be spent on reducing record high household debt levels and on cheaper imports, thanks to the Australian dollar's higher exchange rate. This is underscored by the deterioration in the country's trade balance from a A$36 million surplus ...

Chief economist update: RBA stuck in slow inflation lane

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 1 FEB 2018
... Not only this, whatever household spending is left would be likely be spent on cheaper imports, thanks to the Australian dollar's higher exchange rate. Looks like it'll be "plus c'est la meme chose" for the RBA for a little longer. Ben Ong is the Director ...

Chief economist update: Red light on greenback

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 JAN 2018
... vis-a-vis the yen. This is on top of the dollar's depreciation in 2017 of 3.0%, 4.9% and 1.5%, respectively. The Australian dollar has risen by 3.2% against the big dollar this year to date following an 8.0% appreciation in 2017. The rationales put behind ...

Aussie currency drives fund launch

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JAN 2018
A $600 billion global asset manager is running its first Australian dollar money market fund, responding to institutional and wholesale investor demand from across Asia Pacific. HSBC Global Asset Management launched its first Australian Dollar Liquidity ...

Janus Henderson wins global mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 DEC 2017
... securities and secured loans. It has an unconstrained, total return focus and is largely hedged back to the Australian dollar with a duration profile of up to six years. Alpha Fund Manager portfolio manager Julien Brodie said the fund was chosen because ...

Ho ho hum MYEFO

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 DEC 2017
... from the May Budget. Australian financial markets showed little, if at all, reaction to the MYEFO reveal. The Australian dollar rose by a mere 0.3% to US$0.7665 and the yield on 10-year Australian bonds ticked up to 2.53% from 2.52%. It could be because ...

Magellan research head departs following restructure

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 11 DEC 2017
... familiar with these names because we use their products and services all the time," he said. Given the fairly high Australian dollar, it makes sense to invest in global equities and Australian investors should have a meaningful portion allocated to this ...

Thinning trade surplus shaves A$

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 DEC 2017
... appears to be stronger overall, the pick-up in imports is also partly due to higher import costs following the Australian dollar's depreciation over the month. The A$ fell by 2.3% to US$0.7668 at the end of October from US$0.7847 at end-September. The ...

Fixed income specialist wins mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 7 DEC 2017
... invests in a diversified portfolio of high yielding global fixed interest securities and actively hedged to the Australian dollar. Premium China executive director and chief investment specialist Jonathan Wu said: "By not taking into account the credit ...