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Market Wrap- Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2011
... hit a peak of 110.81 US cents on July 27, its highest level since its float in December 1983. Velocity Trade foreign exchange dealer Jeremy Jukes said the Australian dollar had suffered overnight, as poor US economic data compounded European fears over ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 16 AUG 2011
... July 27, its highest level since the fixed exchange rate era ended with its float in December 1983. CMC markets foreign exchange dealer Tim Waterer said the Australian dollar was mirroring a sluggish day on the local equities market but would liven up ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 15 AUG 2011
... Friday. Since 0700 AEST on Monday, the local unit traded between 103.57 US cents and 104.34 cents. CMC Markets foreign exchange dealer Tim Waterer said the Australian dollar was tracking higher, buoyed by positive leads from equity markets. "Spurred ...

HSBC adds China region exposure to retail market

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 11 AUG 2011
... iShares FTSE A50 China Index ETF. Capital protection is a key selling point of the product, which also features no foreign exchange risk as the investment return is calculated and paid in Australian dollars. This is a repeat product that HSBC had launched ...

JP Morgan appoints new head, casts eyes to Japan

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 4 AUG 2011
... operation expanded to include oversight of the firm's clearance and collateral management, transition management and foreign exchange solutions. Jane Perry, chief executive of JP Morgan Treasury & Security Services for Australia and New Zealand, told ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2011
... decision by Standard & Poor's to further downgrade Greece's credit rating weighed on sentiment, especially on the foreign exchange market. Italy came under fire amid signs of government infighting and fears the eurozone's third biggest economy could ...

Qantas signs up Russell for FX trades

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUL 2011
Qantas Superannuation has outsourced its foreign exchange trades for active global equities and alternatives to Russell Implementation Services (RIS). Qantas Super, the trustee of the airlines $6 billion fund, has appointed RIS to provide agency foreign ...

Funds ignoring foreign exchange risk

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUN 2011
... According to Troy Rieck, managing director, capital markets, QIC, sectors of the industry are guilty of treating foreign exchange as an administration function and as a result risking their fiduciary duty. "A lot of people still outsource all foreign ...

China surprise

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2011
... from February. Add the 16.6 per cent increase in money supply in the year to March, and the expansion of its foreign exchange holdings to a record US$3 trillion-plus, and the surprise would be if today's growth and inflation numbers do not surprise on ...

Advisers must justify complex products: ASIC

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 14 MAR 2011
... pretense of an MDA, whereby a broker buys and sells financial products such as shares, contracts for difference and foreign exchange contracts at their discretion on behalf of the investor.