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Fund managers: Tide turning in emerging markets

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 19 AUG 2014
... return of just 3.88% in the three years to 30 June including dividends and in spite of favourable move in the Australian dollar. However, David Semple, who manages Van Eck Global's emerging markets equity investment team, believes A investors are beginning ...

Australian Ethical launches country's first ethical bond fund

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 11 AUG 2014
... with the launch of a new fund. The Australian Ethical Fixed Interest Trust comprises a diversified portfolio of Australian dollar-denominated fixed rate investments that meet the group's ethical standards as laid out in the Australian Ethical Charter. ...

RBA leaves interest rates on hold

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 5 AUG 2014
... target even with lower levels of the exchange rate," he said. HSBC chief economist Paul Bloxham said while the Australian dollar remains high, it is mostly due to overseas factors beyond the Reserve Bank's control. "The RBA would clearly like a lower ...

Governor Glenn lets his jaw drop

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 JUL 2014
... housing market as warranting higher interest rates than the ones we have had, in the current circumstances". Australian Dollar. What's in an adjective? "There seems to have been a very strong focus on whether the adjective 'uncomfortable' would be put ...

Wagging the giant doggie

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUN 2014
... ore prices have slid below US$90 per tonne implying that China's headed for cactusville. But look ma... the Australian dollar's still holding around US$0.94! Now that's really something to write home to mother about 'eh! More so, given historical dictates ...

Aussie, Aussie, Aussie, Oi, Oi, Oi

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 JUN 2014
... escalating tensions in Iraq. There's also the price of iron ore dropping to near two-year lows. And yet... the Australian dollar did a peek-a-boo above the US$0.94 level - a level it hasn't seen since last April (when the Fed promised to go slow and ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2014
... and European stocks rose. However a fall in the iron ore price, weak consumer sentiment and a stubbornly high Australian dollar were hurting the market, CMC Markets chief analyst Ric Spooner said. Two consumer confidence indexes released on Wednesday ...

Nothing's good enough

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2014
... economy contracted, the eurozone and most of Asia slowed -and that we achieved this without sharply debasing the Australian dollar (down on average by 2.7% in the March quarter on the trade weighted index) and even with the price of one of our major ...

Kerr Neilson: Against the grain

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAY 2014
... annum since it was conceived 19 years ago. That compares to 5.5% per annum from the MSCI AC World Net Index in Australian dollar terms. "You have to respect the crowds, but you have to veer away from them from time to time and that takes a lot of discipline," ...

Masseurs Tony and Joey

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAY 2014
... words, massaging expectations. The financial markets liked what they heard and read. I, for one, watched the Australian dollar's reaction while watching Joey speak last week. After closing at US$0.9362 in overnight trade, the A$ dropped to US$0.9336 ...