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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 ...

VanEck global infrastructure ETF goes live

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2016
VanEck has provided further details around its launch of Australia's first global infrastructure ETF on the Australian Securities Exchange today. The VanEck Vectors FTSE Global Infrastructure (Hedged) ETF tracks the FTSE Developed Core Infrastructure ...

Down, down prices are down

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2016
... reported that, "The US Treasury has aired a complaint that the Reserve Bank of Australia's discussion of the Australian dollar could be out of line". "The Office of the US Executive Director at the IMF (OUSED) expressed concern over the [Australian] ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 APR 2016
... the currency's appreciation... "The rise in commodity prices had been accompanied by an appreciation of the Australian dollar, which also partly reflected the expectation that US monetary policy would be more accommodative over the coming year than had ...

Janet's words stronger than BOJ and ECB bazookas

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 APR 2016
... this year. Perhaps now The Office of the US Executive Director at the IMF (OUSED) would stop whinging about the Australian dollar. Last month, SBS reported that "The US Treasury has aired a complaint that the Reserve Bank of Australia's discussion of ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2016
... in new orders to 61.7, portending even stronger activity going forward. But, as AiG noted in its report, "the Australian dollar has recently appreciated and if this appreciation continues the current expansion may be limited". South Korean inflation ...