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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 ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUL 2013
... quantitative easing (QE) could end by mid-2014, depending on economic circumstances, which caused a plunge in the Australian dollar. In local economic news on Thursday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics is due to release labour force data for June. ...

PIMCO expands Aussie portfolio management team

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUL 2013
... trading and supporting portfolio managers in Sydney and throughout PIMCO's global network in the management of Australian dollar and global portfolios for institutional clients. Prior to that, he was a portfolio manager at AMP Capital Investors within ...

SSgA launches hedged international equities ETF

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 8 JUL 2013
... ETFs in Australia Amanda Skelly said. "There is certainly a loud and ongoing debate about the direction of the Australian dollar. But stripping away the noise it is clear that, for many investors who are trying to achieve diversification, it is challenging ...

Fidelity set to expand Australian presence

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 8 JUL 2013
... though he would not be drawn on the exact date. The fund will invest internationally and hedged back to the Australian dollar. The launch will mark the first time Fidelity has had a fixed income capability in Australia. "We're bringing to the market ...