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US Fed hints rates holiday may be over

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2007
... is warning that the US Fed won't artificially hold down rates for any longer than necessary then downward pressure on the USD may relax, the AUD will settle back to the mid-high 80 cent level, oil prices will calm down and the doomsayers may go back ...

Perfect storm

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 29 NOV 2007
... one of the major presenters seems to have only recently woken up to the idea that countries that peg their currency to the USD end up tying their monetary policy to the US economy regardless of how much - or how little - actual trade and other interaction ...

Euro PE due for bull run: Adveq

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2007
... Asia pacific region and the continuing expansion of Adveq's business," Raschle said. Adveq currently manages approximately USD 3 billion of assets for its clients. These clients consist mostly of international institutional investors including pension ...

Currency hedging key to international returns

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 OCT 2007
... relations at nabCapital, said with the Australian Dollar's sharp rise against the major currencies [88 per cent against the USD since April 2001 and 85 per cent against the Yen since October 2000], increasing currency hedge levels could mean the difference ...

Singapore's wealthy to defy global downturn

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 9 OCT 2007
... titled "Wealth Management in Singapore 2007", forecasts the number of wealthy individuals, categorised as individuals holding USD$60,000 or more in onshore liquid assets, including cash and deposits, equities, bonds and unit trusts, will rise from around ...

Dollar for dollar

SUZY MAC  |  TUESDAY, 2 OCT 2007
... 18-year record after rising to as much as US89.5 cents, and the Research team at nabCapital said, " We remain bullish on AUD/USD reflecting a widening yield advantage, much improved investor risk-appetite and prospects for higher commodity prices." In ...

Sub-prime currency fall-out

SUZY MAC IS ON LEAVE  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2007
... dollar comes under even more selling pressure. While we can dismiss this as just their problem, a major spin-off is that the USD denominated oil price goes through the roof. Today it is trading into the US$84-plus zone. Prices like these are way beyond ...

Rate hike to launch dollar?

SUZY MAC  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 AUG 2007
... from150bp a month ago, NabCapital believes that if risk-appetite recovers, this wider yield advantage would be consistent with AUD/USD trading up to around 0.8750. Jim Stening, Managing Director of fixed income specialist FIIG Securities said this mornings ...

Economic round-up: Another day, another record

SUZY MAC  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUL 2007
... in the past year, from US72c to just under US862. But in fairness this run has been fuelled by a marked depreciation in the USD, which has slumped against most major currencies. Figures released yesterday showed a fall in retail sales for May of 0.1 ...

Super returns climb back driven by global shares, property

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUN 2007
... cent, and property climbing up from 21.9 per cent to 25.3 per cent. And all this was despite a 2.6 per cent surge in the AUD/USD exchange rate. Not-for-profit funds have continued their dominance among diversified investment choices taking out seven ...