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Global private equity firms invest in OzForex

JOHN MCDULING  |  TUESDAY, 23 NOV 2010
... equity firm Carlyle Group, which has links to some influential world leaders, has invested in OzForex, the retail foreign exchange provider part-owned by Macquarie Private Wealth. The size of the investment was not disclosed however Carlyle Group will ...

Investors lose $7m in Qld scam

ASIC RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 18 NOV 2010
... Norman Bates Hatchett, between December 2005 and December 2007. Hatchett was to use the funds for an alleged foreign exchange and commodities trading system. ASIC's investigation into Miller's conduct specifically focused on eight investors to whom she ...

Amigos para siempre

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 NOV 2010
... who are still wondering why America can't force China to kowtow to its demands, here's Schaeuble's take on US foreign exchange policy. " It's not right when the Americans accuse China of manipulating exchange rates and then push the dollar exchange rate ...

The hidden costs hurting returns

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 29 OCT 2010
... global regulatory body and no time stamping of trades, it is especially difficult to work out embedded costs on foreign exchange transactions. Other areas highlighted by Moore are turnover costs and research costs built into bid offer spreads for actively ...

Meaning to the meaningless

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 OCT 2010
... with China. What's new here? Absolutely nothing! This was literally yesterday's news when reports on Chinese foreign exchange reserves and trade numbers were released. And what was Wall Street's response yesterday? It closed higher. Foreclosure investigations. ...

Fed bearing gift of QE2

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 OCT 2010
... year-over-year earnings increases, according to Thomson Reuters data." And then there's China. The country's foreign exchange reserves soared by a record US$194 billion to US$2.65 trillion as at the end of last month. That's mo' money for China to deploy ...

Gotta love gold

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 SEP 2010
... health of their respective economies. China refuses to revalue its currency. Japan recently intervened in the foreign exchange market to devalue the yen and promised more - an action that only encourages China to stay the course. Both actions are causing ...

One voice

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 SEP 2010
... scares - that had even forced the hands of US authorities into more stimulus and Japan into intervention in the foreign exchange market - investors have been given all the excuse in the world to dump stocks and stock up on bonds. And no other government ...

Competing to devalue

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 SEP 2010
... happens in America. Japan's economy strengthens to the detriment of the US. The problem is that similar to its foreign exchange dealings with China, it cannot tell Japan what to do. Or more accurately, the US can tell them what to do. China - and now ...

A "race to the bottom" in currencies

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 17 SEP 2010
... concern that what we saw from Japan will set off a precedent for other countries to follow" said Tim Waterer, foreign exchange dealer at CMC markets. And with the US Federal Reserve pondering the merits of a second round of quantitative easing the prospects ...