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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 ...

Hedge funds expect more USD rallies: Greenwich-Van

Recent volatility in the S&P 500 and in global currency markets has made hedge fund managers even more upbeat about the USD. According to the Greenwich-Van Macro Sentiment Index, the proportion of hedge fund managers upbeat on the USD has jumped from ...

Australian consumption spending now top 5 in the region

... China. We expect this growth rate to continue, bringing the region's total [consumption spending] closer to that of Europe." In USD terms, Asia Pacific spent US$15.0 trillion in 2005 according to Visa estimates, with the US spending US$16.3 trillion ...

World markets getting risk averse: State Street

... market." Illustrating this, Shea also suggests that as soon as the US Fed stops tightening US interest rates that demand for the USD is likely to come off very quickly and this may trigger other factors. Says Shea, "From a medium term you have to be ...

Platypus enters the long-short pond

... top 150 Australian stocks, with a gross exposure maximum of 100 per cent and a "Cayman" structure with share classes in AUD, USD, EUR and JPY.