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Magellan eyes 'exponential growth' from second machine age

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 2 AUG 2016
... June in the immediate aftermath of the UK referendum on EU membership, while the pound fell 10% against the Australian dollar. The combined impact on the fund's performance was a detraction of 1.2% during this period. The falls contributed to the Magellan ...

Economic wrap

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUL 2016
... they added. Coupled with strong international demand, Australian grainfed beef exports were assisted by a lower Australian dollar for most of the year. Against the USD the AUD averaged US 0.728 cents for the year and was 13% lower than 2014-15. The AUD ...

Absolute returns no longer the domain of instos

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 25 JUL 2016
... have been significant market changes over the past three years, from large declines in commodity prices and the Australian dollar, to the continued flight to yield by many investors. In this environment capital preservation has become a key theme," Rosenbloom ...

Morningstar introduces global risk model

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUL 2016
... Americas, emerging Asia-Pacific, emerging Europe and emerging Middle-East. Finally, the currency factors are the Australian dollar, British pound, Canadian dollar, euro, yen, New Zealand dollar and Swiss franc. Commenting on the launch, Morningstar head ...

T. Rowe Price strengthens global offering

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUN 2016
T. Rowe Price has launched an Australian dollar hedged version of its flagship global equity fund, the T. Rowe Price global equity (hedged) fund. The new fund is designed to minimise the impact of a rising Australian dollar on international investments ...

Brexit - the Australian connection

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 JUN 2016
... Britain's eventual departure from the EU brings. But is it all that bad for Australia? The depreciation in the Australian dollar following the UK's shock referendum outcome suggests that perhaps, not necessarily so. Instead, Australia's goods and services ...

BetaShares rolls out global sector ETF suite

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUN 2016
... global sector ETF suite. The Global Energy Companies ETF, trading under the ASX code FUEL and hedged to the Australian dollar, provides exposure to the largest international energy companies, including Exxon, Chevron, Royal Dutch Shell, BP and Total. ...

Small-caps can improve investment trade-offs

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAY 2016
... Australian equities (large-caps) with marginally more volatility. In recent years, the sharp decline in the Australian dollar has enhanced the returns of global developed market equities in both large and small-caps." The paper also goes on to say that ...

BetaShares launches hedged Europe and Japan ETFs

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 16 MAY 2016
BetaShares has launched Australia's first currency-hedged European and Japanese equity ETFs on the ASX. BetaShares WisdomTree Europe ETF - Currency Hedged (ASX: HEUR) and BetaShares WisdomTree Japan ETF - Currency Hedged (ASX: HJPN) provide access to ...

RBA envy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 MAY 2016
... higher yields. But more importantly, lower interest rates and the potential for further reductions have taken the Australian dollar down. My Bloomberg screen shows the A$ currently fetching US$0.7366 - a two month low - down from US$0.7667 on 2 May (the ...