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FEATURE: Investing in a world on hold

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2015
The US Federal Reserve's decision to postpone the rate rise is keeping the world on hold. With volatility set to increase ahead of the rate hike, Laura Millan looks at the global investment opportunities. Just when everyone thought it would happen ...

Lift-off off

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2015
... have to lift some time, what is uncertain is when. Or could they? When mere mention of a lift sometime soon sends the US dollar rising, sending commodity prices lower and hurting commodity exporting countries, making US dollar denominated debt more expensive ...

ETF inflows defy choppy markets

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2015
... and the iShares UBS Composite Bond ETF which both had inflows of $50 million. In the Currency sector the BetaShares US Dollar ETF had net inflows of $38 million (7%). Dyall said this shows investors are expecting further weakness of the Australian dollar. ...

Inflation expectations says no

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2015
... balls are - that showed the odds of a lift-off in October at 7% and December at 36% (yup, not even a coin flip). The US dollar's fall to three-week low overnight -- down 5.4% from its March peak - supports this. But with the financial markets getting ...

Reversal of fortunes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 OCT 2015
... (http://www.financialstandard.com.au/news/view/52582223). "...we are barking at the wrong tree." I was referring to China. "The tree is the rise and rise of the US dollar and the root is expectations of a Fed lift-off." The yuan devaluation is borne ...

Bond King Gross files $200m suit against PIMCO

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 9 OCT 2015
... attracted just under $1 billion. In the 12 months since the star manager's move, the PIMCO fund has returned some 1.7% in US dollar return while the Janus fund has lost 2.5%. PIMCO said the claims are without merit and it will respond fully "in due c ...

Super returns fall sharply in August

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 OCT 2015
... international equities that returned 28% in the year to August 2015 buoyed by the 31% drop in the Australian Dollar against the US dollar. That return from the SelectingSuper international equities index is significantly below the benchmark MSCI All ...

China puts another one in the bag

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 OCT 2015
... Chinese yuan accounted for 2.79% of global payments in value terms last August - up from 2.3% in the previous month. The US dollar - as could be expected - remains on top accounting for 44.8% of global payments, followed by the euro 27.2% and the British ...

Nikko downgrades equities stance

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2015
... regional economic growth being the main factors," Vail said. "Even though the euro in our forecast weakens against the US dollar, we expect a 2.9% unannualised return in US dollar terms through December and 5.1% through March so we will move to an overweight ...

ETF flows up despite market underperformance

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2015
... iShares Global 100 AUD Hedged which more than doubled in size as the Australian dollar reached its recent lows against the US dollar.