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AQR receives strong ratings

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 DEC 2009
... minimising exposure to more traditional betas, such as equity and credit markets. As at September 30, 2009, AQR had approximately USD$23 billion under management globally. (Includes assets managed by CNH Partners, LLC, a US investment adviser of which ...

Doom dollar

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2009
... interest rates could be helping America's domestic economy but is simultaneously reducing the foreign investment returns on USD denominated assets. At the same time, the Fed could not raise interest rates - despite its threat - anytime soon to attract ...

The shrinking big dollar

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 OCT 2009
... commodity-related currencies - the US dollar's weakness could be taken to mean that safe-haven buying has slowed. But is the USD still a safe-haven currency? Maybe. Maybe not. Because the US dollar's downward spiral will cause dislocations elsewhere. ...

Investors eager for more bonds

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2009
... there were 30 new issues valued at around US$18.4 billion, but these originated primarily from PRC (15 issues valued near USD$10 billion) and Japan (6 issues valued near USD$5.8billion). In the past year, at least 26 companies have said that they are ...

Slippery - watch your step

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2009
... cap on output. In the past, members try to improve their individual revenues by producing beyond their allocated quotas. The USD. The depreciation of the US dollar and expectations of further declines in the greenback are pushing oil prices higher. This ...

AMP awards $43m mandate

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2009
AMP Capital Investors has awarded a $43.5 million mandate to Man Investment's part-owned manager, Nephila Capital. Nephila Capital is an alternative investment manager specialising in catastrophe reinsurance. The firm invests across the range of insurance-linked ...

Acronyms pull down USD

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2009
... (TALF). However, the flipside of all these billion dollars worth of acronyms - PPIP, TARP, TALF - is a decline in another, the USD. The US dollar fell to a near five-month low against most major currencies overnight. Improving eco-finance conditions ...

HFA regains Lonsec rating

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 APR 2009
... fund posted a positive 0.36 per cent return over a three-month period to February while the MSCI World ex Aust Gross Index (USD) lost more than 15 per cent. The fund lost more than 2.5 per cent over a one-year period to February against the same index ...

Three wise economists

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 OCT 2008
... only a basis point above the fed funds rate. This is encouraging, particularly given that only 10 days ago, the overnight USD Libor rate was trading at 388 basis points above the Fed's target rate. While overnight lending rates have cheapened, the USD ...

Iron Ore price jumps 85 pct

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUN 2008
... applies to iron ore exported from Australia, matches the oil price rise that Australia complains about if the 108 per cent USD price increase over the past year is adjusted for the collapse in the US dollar. Meanwhile, Australia's energy minister Martin ...