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AustralianSuper returns likely to decline in FY14

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUL 2013
... equity markets, the strong performance of both the international and the Australian equities and the fall of the Australian dollar. "The fall in the Australian dollar against most global currencies added 11.8% to the returns on overseas assets," Delaney ...

The others

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUL 2013
... yields (which appear to have settled at the mid 0.8% level from 0.5% two months before). And then there's the Australian dollar's depreciation. It's fallen by 13.8% against the US dollar to US$0.9138 last night from this year's high of US$1.0598. It's ...

FirstChoice platform offers PIMCO bonds

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 1 JUL 2013
Colonial First State FirstChoice platform has included PIMCO bonds to its investment options. The PIMCO offering is the first global bond investment option available on FirstChoice and it follows a strategy of seeking strong, consistent investment returns ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUN 2013
... Friday. Rivkin global analyst Tim Radford said the local falls also had been notched up despite the falling Australian dollar and a rise in commodity prices. "A level of strong buying support is emerging at around 4,700. So, we could again see shares ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 24 JUN 2013
... Friday. Rivkin global analyst Tim Radford said the local falls also had been notched up despite the falling Australian dollar and a rise in commodity prices. "A level of strong buying support is emerging at around 4,700. So, we could again see shares ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2013
Australian shares are weaker as an Australian dollar trading below 92.50 US cents encourages overseas investors to sell banking and resource stocks. Local shares are subdued, following a two per cent-plus plunge on Thursday, following the US Federal ...

Will Australia escape an EM bond crisis?

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUN 2013
... think it's a bond bubble in the EM and high yield space." But where do Australian bonds figure in this? The Australian dollar has traditionally been seen as volatile currency, like those of emerging markets. However, State Street Global Markets Hong ...

Aust shares open more than 1pc higher

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2013
... Japanese Yen. Rivkin global analyst Tim Radford said if the gains stayed strong all day along with an improving Australian dollar it might point to a short term reversal in the market next week. "Offshore investors might be buoyed by that and see an ...

Aust shares open lower

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUN 2013
... red, opening half a per cent lower after offshore markets fell sharply overnight. The recent weakness in the Australian dollar has also led to many foreign investors taking their money out of Australia, including in the share market. But, the currency ...

The sky is falling downunder

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUN 2013
... of woe and dire predictions become. The good thing is that with all these scaremongers mongering scares, the Australian dollar is slowly returning to its historical role as defender of the economy. It's drop from around parity to about US$0.65 in 2009 ...