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Chief economist update: The RBA capitulates

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 FEB 2019
... point. Points, that we're now witnesses to immediately after yesterday's RBA's shift to neutral. The Aussie dollar exchange rate is down (1.6% versus the greenback) and longer term interest rates are lower: two-year notes fell by nine basis ...

Labour and housing drive rate sentiment

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 29 JAN 2019
... consumer sentiment, and the US Federal Reserve's reaction amid global trade concerns. Both think being short the Aussie dollar is a good hedge. Up, down or sideways, if the rate moves, how can advisers and investors structure their portfolios to ...

Industry Super Australia forecasts a rate cut

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 24 JAN 2019
... Anthony noted. He sees the Australian dollar weakening to 0.65 against the US dollar over one to two years, making an Aussie dollar short a good hedge. Anthony is quick to point out that he is forecasting a rate cut, not inserting any sort of policy. ...

Chief economist update: Bring on Aussie dollar depreciation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 JAN 2019
"Capital Economics sees the local currency falling to US60c this year and hovering there through 2020; it previously forecast it at US65c for 2019 and US70c for 2020." (Australian Financial Review) That's a whopping 15%-16% drop from A$/US$ exchange ...

Insurer awards $80m mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 10 DEC 2018
... recommended two-year investment period through investments in fixed income and currency markets. It recently created an Aussie dollar share class. H2O Asset Management chief executive Bruno Crastes said: "The share class was created for Australian wholesale ...

Aussie companies drop dividends

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 19 NOV 2018
... Insurance payouts were also flat," according to the latest Global Dividend Index from Janus Henderson. The weakening Aussie dollar further tightened the already slim payouts. There was much better news from the ASX's oil and mining sectors. BHP Billiton ...

Scott Morrison becomes Prime Minister, markets react

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2018
... of 6244. The stock market index has since come down slightly but is holding its gains, at 6260 as of 2.14pm. The Aussie dollar was up 0.46% to 73 cents. JP Morgan Asset Management global market strategist Kerry Craig said unless there is assumed to be ...

New fund to invest in "clean disruption" tech

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 14 AUG 2018
An investment platform led by former Macquarie bankers has launched a new thematic fund that will invest in listed companies that produce and utilise clean disruption technology. AtlasTrends was founded in 2015. Since then, two of its three funds have ...

Cryptocurrencies on radar but not priority: RBA

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUN 2018
... in broad money markets, Richards said. A digital dollar? Richards also ruled out the possibility of an electronic Aussie dollar, at least for the time being. "Our current thinking is that there would not necessarily be all that much demand for an additional ...

BetaShares launches fixed-rate corporate bond ETF

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUN 2018
Australia's fourth largest exchange traded product manager has listed a new ETF that will invest in up to 35 fixed-rate corporate bonds. BetaShares has launched CRED, an ETF that will invest in investment grade securities denominated in Aussie dollars ...