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Chief economist update: Red light on greenback

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 JAN 2018
Down, down, the US dollar is down (again). Bloomberg's USD index shows that the US dollar dropped 1.0% overnight - taking its 2018-to-date decline to minus 3.2% -- on the back of US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin's comments At the World Economic ...

SG Hiscock wins small cap mandate

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 23 JAN 2018
... collateralised loan obligations. It has returned 6.5% per annum over the five years to 31 December 2017 and is benchmarked to the Bloomberg AusBond Bank Bill Index, which returned 4% over the same period. Brodie explained the choice to invest in the ...

Supervised Investments wins global fixed income mandate

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 22 JAN 2018
... collateralised loan obligations. It has returned 6.5% per annum over the five years to 31 December 2017 and is benchmarked to the Bloomberg AusBond Bank Bill Index, which returned 4% over the same period. "Supervised Investments has a long track record ...

The darling buds of inflation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 JAN 2018
... delivering bonuses to employees, capitalizing on the U.S. tax overhaul to stay competitive in a tightening labor market" (Bloomberg) starting next month. And then, there's also the US dollar's weakness - the US dollar index (relative to major currencies) ...

Chief economist update: Bond sell bomb shell

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 JAN 2018
... the so-called bond king, said he left the Japanese government bond market alone." "Mr Gross pointed to a report from Bloomberg that China plans to either slow or halt its purchases of Treasuries for one reason behind his negative view." CNBC completes ...

Chief economist update: A prelude to taper?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JAN 2018
... sent the Japanese yen 0.5% higher against the US dollar to ¥112.43 after it sparked renewed taper speculations. While Bloomberg points out that this was merely a "minor tweak" and that "the actual increase was only around 58 trillion last year" - less ...

Majority ready for MiFID II: Spot poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 8 JAN 2018
... transparency of financial transactions across Europe. A large cohort (45%) of local firms however, are still not ready. Bloomberg head of regulatory and market structure strategy for APAC, Drew Brick, said one important change that must be embraced is ...

AMP names new chief risk officer

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 12 DEC 2017
... the Hedged Global Fixed Interest Index Fund. They track the MSCI ACWI ex-Tobacco Index, the S&P/NZX 50 Index and the Bloomberg Barclays Global Aggregate Bond Index respectively. "The new funds complement our diverse range of actively-managed funds available ...

AMP Capital launches NZ index products

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 1 DEC 2017
... the Hedged Global Fixed Interest Index Fund. They track the MSCI ACWI ex-Tobacco Index, the S&P/NZX 50 Index and the Bloomberg Barclays Global Aggregate Bond Index respectively. AMP Capital has also reduced the minimum initial investment for these products ...

Financial Standard journalist recognised in press awards

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 23 NOV 2017
... independent panel of six industry professionals led by William Mellor, a former senior writer and Asia correspondent with Bloomberg News and a current independent writer, producer and consultant. The panel of judges also included: Professor Anthony Fung ...