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SMSFs need more investment diversity: FinaMetrica

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2015
... markets, SMSFs are missing out on these opportunities given their huge bias towards local shares. Moreover, if the Australian dollar continues to fall, investors could see even greater gains from holding offshore investments. That's because a falling ...

The recesssion we longed to have

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2015
... recession) and was saved from a recession (1999 and 2009) by RBA rate cuts and the consequent dropped in the Australian dollar. However, this time the Australian dollar remains stubbornly high despite interest rates - both short and long - at record ...

Shares lower at lunch time

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2015
... fell 4.4% in the March quarter, a much larger fall than the median market forecast of 2.4%. Heffernan said the Australian dollar was weaker after the release of the capex figures, which should also be beneficial for the equities market. Among the big ...

Falling AUD offsets dividend growth

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2015
Australia had the fastest dividend growth in Asia Pacific for the year to March 2015, but the falling Australian dollar made the increase modest relative to its counterparts in the region, the Henderson Global Dividend Index found. Australia made up ...

Morphic added to Macquarie platforms

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2015
Morphic Asset Management's Global Opportunities Fund (MGOF) has been added to the Macquarie Wrap Super and Pension Platform. The MGOF was already available on the Macquarie Wrap Investment service, BT wrap and Netwealth, and the fund manager said it ...

No downing the dollar-A

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2015
... accelerated depreciation on their investment spend. But as is always the case, there's a fly in the ointment. The Australian dollar jumped from US$0.7937 before the Budget to US$0.7977 yesterday... and jumped some more to a high of US$0.8124 overnight. ...

Budget for uncertainty

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2015
... points (0.2%) from its pre-"Mother's Day" closing level. Yes Virginia, what the "F" indeed? It couldn't be the Australian dollar, it traded down to below US$0.79 compared with Friday's close of US$79.10 - a result of the RBA's afterthought of putting ...

Pengana partners with queen of small caps

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2015
Pengana Capital has announced a joint venture with global small caps specialist Lizard Investors to run the Pengana Global Small Companies Fund. Lizard Investors is owned and run by the so called 'queen of small caps', Leah Zell. Prior to establishing ...

RBA cuts as expected, A$ does the unexpected

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2015
... a high of US$0.7947 in overnight trade and is currently fetching US$0.7937. Currency market experts put the Australian dollar's opposite reaction to the RBA's rate cut action to the deletion of the phrase "Further easing of policy may be appropriate ...

ASIC says AUD spike "not misconduct"

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2015
ASIC has provided an update on its investigation into the suspicious spike in the Australian dollar that occurred seconds before the RBA announced it was keeping cash rates on hold at 2.25% on April 7, finding that so far it has been linked to automated ...