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Low rates signify opportunity for reinvesting

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2016
... education "for the citizens of the world to take advantage of", and a bolstered tourism industry due to the low Australian dollar. Though, these alone cannot fill the commodity void. "Unfortunately, those three industries aren't as large as what's been ...

Future Generation marks first year with strong performance

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 1 SEP 2016
... was attributed to a number of FGG's global equity fund managers being impacted by the renewed strength of the Australian dollar and the underperformance of Asian markets throughout the year. "While FGG's fund managers faced a challenging global investment ...

GBST profits down in "year of transformation"

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 22 AUG 2016
... - to June's Brexit outcome. "Had it not been impacted by a decline in the value of sterling compared to the Australian dollar caused by Brexit, on a constant currency basis, operating EBITDA for the second half would have been $12.5 million, in line ...

Austock expands investment menu

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 18 AUG 2016
... (Hedged) Index which is exposed to the fluctuations of the currencies its holdings are denominated in versus the Australian dollar. At Austock Life's investment portfolio level, the new diversified Indexed options will operate on a reduced 0.65% p.a. ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 AUG 2016
... developments in the commodity markets and the outlook for US interest rates are likely to take some pressure off the Australian dollar allowing the Reserve Bank to be patient." Australia wage price index The bad news - the annual growth rate in Australian ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2016
... from the Melbourne Institute's survey of consumer inflationary expectations, along with the resurgence in the Australian dollar, would strengthen speculation for further RBA rate cuts. The Melbourne Institute's survey of consumer inflation expectations ...

Magellan full year profits up 14%

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 11 AUG 2016
... management for at least three to five years. The Magellan Global Fund lost 0.1% in the 12 months to 30 June in Australian dollar terms after fees, next to a 0.4% from the benchmark. Over the past three and five-year periods, however, performance remains ...

K2 hurt by Brexit call

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2016
... funds' non-UK positions as, in local currency terms, financials were down 6.1% in June. The sharp rise in the Australian dollar versus the GBP of 13% in June also had an impact on K2's performance. Neal said K2 expected the US Federal Reserve to lift ...

BetaShares grows suite with two new sector ETFs

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2016
BetaShares has launched two new exchange traded funds to give investors low-cost diversified exposure to global healthcare and agriculture stocks. The new funds are BetaShares Global Healthcare ETF - Currency Hedged (ASX: DRUG) and the BetaShares Global ...

BetaShares launches new sector ETFs

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 AUG 2016
... miners. The fact that MNRS is currency hedged is, in our view, very important for Australian investors, as the Australian dollar has tended to be positively correlated with the $US gold price over time. That means in periods when the gold price is rising ...