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BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 JUL 2017
... of the 4 July RBA meeting - particularly, the minutes' reference to a 3.5% neutral cash rate - reversing the Australian dollar's upward run. "...the current (nominal) cash rate setting of 11/2% today is not as expansionary as a cash rate of 11/2% would ...

Jump goes the Aussie

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUL 2017
... extrapolating as we go. After projected to fall to US$0.70 (or less) only last month, the tide has turned for the Australian dollar after it jumped to a 26-month high versus the greenback to US$0.7933. It's now extrapolated to keep on rising to US$0.80 ...

The problem with currency extrapolation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUL 2017
It seemed so long ago now that a "bag the Aussie dollar" campaign was what we read in financial media. The Australian dollar was trading at about US$0.75 then, it closed at US$0.7832 on 14 July and is currently trading at US$0.78. It's exactly two months ...

EOFY: Super funds to hit double digit returns

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUN 2017
... high compared to lowering returns being delivered by bond markets in a rising interest rate environment. The 3% Australian dollar movement and difficulty investment managers have in accessing index returns will detract from these headline index outcomes ...

Currency and managing volatility: Financial Standard spot poll

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 26 JUN 2017
... enough to implement quick changes across client bases. The State Street Global Equity Fund is optimised from an Australian dollar investor base through its Dynamic Strategic Hedging programme (DSH). Rather than choosing the fund to be unhedged or fully ...

BlackRock lists cash ETFs

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUN 2017
... ISEC) both provide access to a diversified portfolio of highly rated money market and short term fixed interest Australian dollar securities. The iShares Core Cash ETF is part of the Australian Core series of iShares ETFs, a range of low cost, broad ...

Just what the doctor ordered

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUN 2017
You've all heard, read and googled the news - the Australian dollar is taking a battering and is headed down, down. I first came across this when I read Michael Wilson's piece on Bloomberg, "The Australian Dollar's Outlook Darkens" (16 May). Back then ...

Which part of the elephant are you holding?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAY 2017
... And so far, latest data show global growth had been holding up or gaining momentum. This, along with the cheap Australian dollar, should continue to underpin export growth. This is in line with the IMF's World Economic Outlook report update last month ...

BetaShares expands to Victoria

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAY 2017
... management and, in 2017, have launched the BetaShares Global Sustainability Leader ETF (ETHI), the BetaShares Strong Australian Dollar Fund (AUDS) and the BetaShares Strong US Dollar Fund (YANK), and the Australian Small Companies Select Fund (SMLL). ...

Unclear disclosure costs bank $5m

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 3 APR 2017
... card international transaction fees. Citibank began charging international transaction fees in early 2016 for Australian dollar transactions made with merchants located overseas, or if the merchants used a foreign bank or entity to process transactions. ...