Newspaper icon
The latest issue of Financial Standard now available as an e-newspaper
READ NOW

Search Results

Showing 451 - 460 of 1463 results for "Australian Dollar"

Australia's largest banks join ASX OTC clearing service

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2014
... participants. Collectively, this group accounts for approximately 80-90% market share of the $15 trillion per annum Australian dollar OTC derivatives market. Peter Hiom, deputy chief executive of ASX, said: "ASX has been working closely with all our ...

ETFs pass $10 billion milestone

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2014
... exchange-traded funds (ETFs), which have performed strongly. Growth in equity market activity and the recent fall in the Australian dollar have also had a positive effect on ETPs that provide international exposure. "ASX is committed to providing an ...

"Boring" hedge funds shake gung-ho reputation

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 9 DEC 2013
... figures. According to Rainmaker data, the average return from the hedge funds the researcher tracks was 21.34% in Australian dollar terms in the 12 months to 31 October 2013, while the MSCI World ex Australia (Net Dividend) Index was up 38.16%. It's ...

Franking credits hindering corporate bond market: AMP

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2013
... franking credits, there are other things that can be done. "I think we need to encourage Asia to come down. The Australian dollar is a heavily traded currency. There's an opportunity there to link Asia's need to have some diversification in their reserves ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 5 DEC 2013
... that meant an end to its money printing program. Meanwhile, commodity prices are higher led by iron ore and the Australian dollar is lower, which is good for more Australian stocks than it is bad. "Miners are leading the way and perhaps there is some ...

International shares pose barriers to entry

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 5 DEC 2013
... top performing asset classes of 2013 with the MSCI World ex Australia (Net Dividend) Index rising 45.04% in Australian dollar terms versus 23.26% from the S&P/ASX 200 Accumulation Index. The report also revealed that the majority of retail investors ...

Investors unwise to flee emerging markets

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 NOV 2013
... - In the 12 months to 31 October, the MSCI Emerging Market (Net Dividend) Index has returned just 16.66% in Australian dollar terms versus 37.72% from the MSCI World (Net Dividend) Index. However, AllianceBernstein's Emerging Markets Multi-Asset team ...

Henderson set for first fund launch in Australia

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2013
... In the 10 months following Beesley's overhaul of the portfolio, the fund has returned 41.3% gross of fees in Australian dollar terms. This compares to 31.2% from the benchmark MSCI All Country World Index. Henderson manages $123 billion (as at 30 September ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 21 NOV 2013
... economic news on Thursday, Reserve Bank of Australia governor Glenn Stevens is slated to give a speech called The Australian Dollar: Thirty Years of Floating at the Australian Business Economists (ABE) Annual Dinner. In equities news, BHP Billiton, Sonic ...

Fund manager warns of 'Japanification' of Europe

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 NOV 2013
... what the European nominal growth rate will be over the next five to ten years." Shanta said he believes the Australian dollar will see a rapid fall to 80 cents to the US dollar, linked primarily to a slowdown in China, where he expects a "growth recession" ...