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FEATURE: Investing in a world on hold

LAURA MILLAN | FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2015

... become another key issue once rates rise. Australian investors with large reserves of foreign currency, especially US dollars, will benefit from the hike. "Australia has been a country with a weakening currency for a while," Buckley says, and adds that ...

Magellan doubles profit, boosts FUM

LAURA MILLAN | TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2015

... increased volatility later this year," he said. "It has contributed to our returns because we invested all our cash in US dollars and the USD has appreciated markedly since August last year. It has been a good of investment," he explained, and added ...

Market wrap

AAP | MONDAY, 2 FEB 2015

... senior client adviser Bill Chatterton said. "BHP's commodities that it digs out of the ground are all nominated in US dollars and the Aussie dollar is weakening quite aggressively to the US dollar," he said. A rebound in crude oil prices from six-year ...

Don't underestimate LNG boom: BNP Paribas

JAMES FERNYHOUGH | THURSDAY, 4 DEC 2014

... "Central banks have increased their allocation to Aussie dollars over the years on the basis that it's anything but US dollars or euros. Plus it's a triple A story with some yield, with linkages to the Asian growth story. Those guys are strategic long-term ...

BNP, US prosecutors near $US9bn settlement

AFP | MONDAY, 23 JUN 2014

... International Emergency Economic Powers Act and would face a months-long ban on its ability to make transactions in US dollars, the Journal on Sunday cited people familiar with the discussions as saying. But it stressed that the two sides had only reached ...

Losing shine

BENJAMIN ONG | MONDAY, 2 JUN 2014

... metal's price close to US$2,000 per ounce. These, along with fears that the US Federal Reserve's massive printing of US dollars, sparked worries over future inflation and distrust over fiat money - and continued strong growth (and therefore, demand) ...

AllianceBernstein targets retirees with high yield fund

LAURA MILLAN | WEDNESDAY, 20 NOV 2013

... our view," Cunningham said. The global fund invests in bank loans, emerging market high yield and corporate bonds in US dollars and local currencies. The portfolio also holds pan-European high yield securities as well as Asian corporate bonds. Cunningham ...

Aussie ETF industry comes of age

MARK SMITH | WEDNESDAY, 18 SEP 2013

... to currency movements at the same time. With BetaShares currency ETFs, the investor can instead keep their cash in US dollars, euros or sterling without incurring FOREX costs. Vynokur said this "democratises currency" and that one significant Australian ...

Australian pension fund growth outstrips global average

MARK SMITH | MONDAY, 9 SEP 2013

... although not as high as the 14% recorded in 2007. Australia had the highest five-year compound growth rate measured in US dollars over the period 2007 to 2012 of 13%, followed by Taiwan at 11%, Denmark at 9%, Mexico at 7% and Brazil at 5%. "Australian ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP | WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2013

... going to spend $425 million buying back some of its shares. Meanwhile the big miners, whose earnings are nominated in US dollars, did well, with BHP Billiton up 29.5 cents to $34.28 and Rio Tinto adding 94 cents to $53.82. Gaming machine supplier Aristocrat ...

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Australian Unity to shed 195 roles

MATTHEW WAI

Australian Unity is reducing its workforce by 195 positions due to underperformance stemming from delays in government support for its Home Health platform and the integration of several businesses.

Count shutters limited-advice business, slips in size ranking

MATTHEW WAI

Count Financial has reportedly wound up its restricted SMSF/limited-advice service, losing some 26 advisers on the Financial Adviser Register, latest data shows.

First Super recruits head of investments from Prime Super

MATTHEW WAI

First Super has appointed a new head of investments, replacing Chris Artis, who was in the position for the past three months on an interim basis.

BMO eyes Euroz Hartleys' capital markets business

KARREN VERGARA

Euroz Hartleys confirmed it is in discussions with Canada's BMO Financial Group for a potential sale of its capital markets business for $145 million.

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