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No other way but up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 MAR 2017
... further Fed rate hikes. But continued growth and higher interest rates would, at the same time, put upward pressure on the US dollar. A strong US dollar would play into Trump's protectionist policies - threatening a trade war - and erode America's export ...

Traded goods inflation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAR 2017
... supplies and materials increased. The price of imports increased at the fastest rate in five years despite the strength in US dollar (up 3.0% between February 2016 and February 2017) and a decline in imported fuel, suggesting that gains in import prices ...

Steady as she grows

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAR 2017
... bank's confidence over the strength in the American economy and its outlook. A lift in the fed funds rate would underpin US dollar strength or the flipside, A$/US$ weakness that would support growth in the Australian economy. According to the RBA statement ...

Buying American

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 FEB 2017
... increase since September 2012 - in December following a 0.2% dip in the previous month. This, despite the rally in the US dollar post-Trump's victory. The US dollar index gained 5.0% between 8 November 2016 and the end of December last year. Imports ...

Dwindling reserves

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 FEB 2017
... war against capital outflows and impressing on speculators that the yuan is not a one-way bet. Or is this instead a US dollar story. Over the same period that the yuan has strengthened, the US dollar has weakened - the US dollar index declined by 2.8%. ...

RBA joins the bulls in central bank shop

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 FEB 2017
... appreciating exchange rate would complicate this adjustment." To date, the Australian dollar has gained 11.6% versus the US dollar and on the trade weighted exchange from its 2016 lows. As for inflation, the RBA says that it remains quite and low and ...

Heading the ECB's way

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2017
... for "tapering" from the ECB. More worrying, this would strengthen President Trump's disquiet about the "too strong" US dollar. Trump's trade advisor Peter Navarro has reportedly taken aim at the euro recently saying that the euro is "grossly underval ...

Future Fund cautious on risk and return

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 31 JAN 2017
... "Our cash allocation (19.7% or $25.2 billion) has reduced largely due to the fall in the Australian dollar against the US dollar over the period. We also reached financial close on the Port of Melbourne transaction during the quarter, which is reflected ...

New hedge funds for BetaShares

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 30 JAN 2017
... today. The ETP manager has made available the BetaShares Strong Australian Dollar Fund (AUDS) and the BetaShares Strong US Dollar Fund (YANK). AUDS provides investors with magnified long Australian dollar exposure to the change in valuations of the AUD ...

One week delivery

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 JAN 2017
... update for the services sector yet but if the trade-exposed manufacturing sector remained upbeat in spite of the strong US dollar, what more the domestically-orientated service industry - one that's underscored by the jumped in the NFIB small business ...

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Invesco launches new equity fund

ELIZA BAVIN  |   12:13PM
Invesco said the new fund will give Australian investors access to a systematic global equity strategy with a 20-year track record.

FCA pursues Neil Woodford again

KARREN VERGARA  |   12:05PM
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is going after failed fund manager Neil Woodford again, this time for allegedly providing unauthorised investment advice via W4.0, his Dubai-based investment platform.

Former APRA deputy chair launches retirement solutions startup

KARREN VERGARA  |   12:03PM
A former APRA deputy chair has launched CipherIQ, a new venture that provides retirement solutions via account-based pensions in partnership with superannuation funds, financial advisers and retirees.

Global X launches space tech ETF

MATTHEW WAI  |   11:12AM
Global X has now launched the space tech ETF (ASX: MOON).

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