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US foreign exchange group sets up in Australia

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 AUG 2013
... Sydney, recognising the increasing importance of the local currency. Cambridge said a strong economy has seen the Australian dollar quickly become one of the world's top five traded currencies, therefore establishing a headquarters in Sydney has been ...

Super fund fortunes shift on FX exposure

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 AUG 2013
Unhedged foreign currency exposure may be the way to go for super funds after a fall in the Australian dollar contributed 8.8% to unhedged portfolios in the last financial year. This bucks the trend of recent years. According to the NAB Superannuation ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JUL 2013
... previous rate cuts were helping the economy, but not enough to prevent further cuts; a statement which saw the Australian dollar drop sharply. CommSec market analyst Juliana Roadley said the futures market was now pricing in a 92 per cent chance of a ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUL 2013
... lower, dropping $1.21 to $44.41, despite the investment bank saying it expected profits to rise thanks to a lower Australian dollar. "I think it's a little bit short of what the market is expecting," Mr Esho said. However, the big four banks were mixed ...

The good, the good and the dollar-A

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUL 2013
... saying (especially those planning their overseas trips) but...the casualty of all these good developments is the Australian dollar. It has started appreciating again. So much for those predicted dive to US$0.80-0.85 'ey? The Reserve Bank of Australia ...

UBS fined $30,000 for decimal point mistake

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUL 2013
... integrity rules. On 16 December 2011, UBS submitted an order on behalf of a client to sell 1,800 units in the Australian dollar hedged BetaShares Gold Bullion ETF on the ASX. Though the ETF had closed trading the previous day at $15.75, the MDP found ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUL 2013
... market has taken that in its stride," he said. Mr Shamu said he believed slower growth in China was helping the Australian dollar. "China has been a bit of a mixed bag recently. "But we're now getting accustomed to getting disappointing data from China." ...

Limbo of uncertainty

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUL 2013
... Eurozone. And oh, as far as the domestic economy is concerned...it coincided with the beginning of the fall...of the Australian dollar that is. This, along with the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) cut in the official cash rate to a record low 2.75% ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 15 JUL 2013
... are for gross domestic growth (GDP) for the quarter to be 7.5 per cent, with anything lower set to send the Australian dollar falling below 90 US cents because of the economy's dependence on China. "Everyone has been worried about China growth for a ...

Peace, be still

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2013
... sure they contributed but it's still the Fed that calls the shots. Only hours after falling below US$0.91, the Australian dollar shot up to a high of US$92.94 after hearing the Money Messiah's gospel before settling at US$91.96. And this happened at ...