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PROFILE: Blue Sky managing director Mark Sowerby

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2015
... Business Administration at the University of Queensland. After travelling a bit, Sowerby eventually set about becoming a commodities trader and fired off around 100 CVs to trading houses all over the world. By his own admission he got very lucky. One ...

FEATURE: Investing in a world on hold

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2015
... thinks the process has already started. "This volatility in markets globally, be it equities, bonds, currencies or commodities should have come as no surprise given that a period of central bank policy divergence is approaching." Allen signals that "this ...

Reversal of fortunes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 OCT 2015
... priced in America's currency. The stronger the greenback, the fewer dollars required to purchase the same quantity of commodities. Lower commodity prices, in turn, negatively affect commodity-producing countries, decreasing overall global demand, limiting ...

Equity Trustees appoints new CFO

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 9 OCT 2015
... than 25 years' experience in leadership positions at financial services, property, agribusiness, international trade, commodities and logistics businesses. The hire follows the permanent appointment of Geoff Walsh as chief risk officer in August, following ...

Gloom and doom news is good news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2015
... are putting downward pressure on global demand for commodity prices at the same time that there's a supply glut in commodities which, by extension, dampens the growth outlook for commodity exporting countries - Australia, Canada, Brazil, Russia, the ...

Should the Fed re-launch QE?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2015
... priced in America's currency. The stronger the greenback, the fewer dollars required to purchase the same quantity of commodities. Lower commodity prices, in turn, negatively affect commodity-producing countries, decreasing overall global demand, limiting ...

Five minutes of commodity sunshine?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2015
... with?) Yes, yes, yo. The prospect of more stimuli that would stimulate the economy of one of the biggest consumers of commodities sent commodity prices - gold, oil, copper, nickel, aluminium, lead, zinc, tin, wheat, corn, cotton and cattle, to name a ...

Market to open lower

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2015
... the Chinese government will pull back on support measures that have stabilised the market the last three weeks. Key commodities, including oil and copper, also fell. LONDON - European stock markets fell as investors reacted to the biggest one-day plunge ...

Gold's no longer gold

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2015
... propose that the greenback be replaced by a multi-reserve currency system. When faith in the fiat currency is lost, hard commodities such as gold provide a safer haven. Explanation two. Because of this distrust for the US currency, central banks are ...

Australia stocks tumble on commodity falls

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2015
The Australian share market has tumbled more than one per cent amid concerns about a continued fall in commodities and a weak lead from Wall Street. Iron ore prices in China plunged to a fresh six-year low overnight, falling more than 10 per cent to ...