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Bear killer

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 OCT 2011
It was so predictably predictable. What is? The Greek-IMF-EU-ECB and Germany tragedy currently showing at your nearest screens. Greece will meet its budget target, until it doesn't. The country's Finance Ministry revealed that Greece will not, will ...

Going nowhere fast

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUN 2010
... bank is thinking of diversifying its foreign reserves to include the Australian dollar. It has already added the Canadian dollar to its international reserves. Where do these leave us? They leave us with the same old trading pattern witnessed over the ...

Joined at the hip

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2009
... because beside the benign inflation outlook, the BoC is also worried about the negative economic impact of the Canadian dollar's sharp appreciation versus the US dollar in recent months. Like the Australian dollar, the Canadian currency has been boosted ...

Canadian pensions stage Q3 recovery

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 26 OCT 2009
Canadian pensions have bounced back in the third quarter of this year, with local bonds and global shares the major contributors to the recovery. According to a RBC Dexia Investor Services survey, which monitors Canadian pension plans and money managers ...

Good news in inaction

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2009
Is this the beginning of the end? Gauging from last week's actions - rather inactions - by four of the world's major central banks, it appears that this is so. It had been a awhile since financial markets witnessed the kind of central bank activity ...

US dollar slips after Federal Reserve cuts key interest rate

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAY 2008
The US dollar slipped today after the Federal Reserve announced it cut a key interest rate by a quarter-point, a move that investors had anticipated. Markets had also expected the Fed to signal a pause in its rate-cutting campaign to combat the growing ...

Canadian pensions down again

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 21 APR 2008
... are taken into account," said Don McDougall, director of advisory services for RBC Dexia. Over the period, the Canadian dollar depreciated a hefty 7 per cent against a basket of world currencies, including 2.7 per cent against the US dollar, 10 per cent ...

Subprime wipes 500bp off loonie pension

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 21 JAN 2008
... cent). "Again in 2007, currency was a critical factor for Canadian-based investors," said McDougall. "The loonie's (Canadian dollar) remarkable ascent against major currencies prevented most pension plans from benefiting from rising foreign stock markets," ...

Canadian pension fund returns topping 14 per cent

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2007
... by 1.3 per cent. Foreign stocks also did their part, pushing the four-year MSCI World Index to 14.2 per cent in Canadian dollar terms. Canadian pension funds also boosted returns by limiting their exposure to the underperforming US market. RBC Dexia ...

Currency managers pray for Cruise antics

... market that there were only two extreme positions during the period being the New Zealand dollar (long) and the Canadian dollar (short). "This is the lowest number of extreme positions since June 2004," said State Street. Hence it said currency managers ...