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A$ rising on China slowing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2014
... Glen Stevens won't be a happy little Vegemite this morning. No Virginia... not with headlines proclaiming the Australian dollar's comeback - as in, it's again on the rise against the US dollar. My Bloomberg screen shows the A$ fetched as much as US0.9150 ...

Super is now an economic driver

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2014
Industry Super Australia (ISA) will argue to the Financial System Inquiry (FSI) that superannuation is now a mature contributor to the Australian economy and should be integrated into the nation's economy's macro management infrastructure. The ISA claim ...

GSAM global bond fund receives Zenith rating

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2014
... Global Strategic Bond Fund has received a 'Recommended' rating from research and ratings provider Zenith. The Australian dollar-based strategy is designed to provide income and total return through exposure to a broadly diversified portfolio of fixed ...

A-dollar zero point six six

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2014
... Bank's chief economist for Australia Adam Boyton has made the headlines with his fearless forecast that the Australian dollar would be worth 0.66 dollar-US by the end of next year. The Sydney Morning Herald (SMH) even reproduced the charts Adam used ...

FEATURE: The cost of cash

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2014
... consumer confidence, a risk-free rate near zero means savings are going sideways. The next factor is the falling Australian dollar. It's no secret that the Government wants the currency to weaken to help prop up the troubled resources sector and other ...

Blame it on the boogie

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2014
... boogie after all. Well, that is if the May Federal Budget doesn't contain nasty surprises. And oh, also if the Australian dollar drops to around US$0.80-US$0.85 as the IMF prescribes.

US Congress votes to raise debt ceiling

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2014
... needs to fall by another 10 US cents to USD 0.80, a level it believes is the long term sustainable level for the Australian dollar. These comments should be a filip to Australian superannuation funds with above average global asset weightings, strengthening ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2014
... straight days of losses, rising by more than one per cent as international investors were encouraged by a rising Australian dollar. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 61.1 points, or 1.21 per cent, at 5,131.4. The broader All Ordinaries index was ...

Australia's pension pool fastest growing in the world

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2014
... of growth slowed considerably compared to last year, adding just US$9 billion over 2013, in a year when the Australian dollar fell considerably against the US dollar. The study also showed that Australia remained the fourth largest pool of pension assets ...

I swear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 FEB 2014
... soon, the Japanese economy and soon, offset the BOJ and Abe's fight against deflation. And don't look ma... the Australian dollar is starting to strengthen again and that's even in the midst of speculation (again) of a China bust. Did someone just mention ...