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Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 15 OCT 2007
... the week well above 90 US cents as an optimistic outlook for the global economy fuelled demand for high interest rate currencies. The Australian dollar then reached a new 23-year high about 20 minutes after the local session opened. It touched $US0.9068 ...

Currency hedging key to international returns

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 OCT 2007
... insurance and fund manager relations at nabCapital, said with the Australian Dollar's sharp rise against the major currencies [88 per cent against the USD since April 2001 and 85 per cent against the Yen since October 2000], increasing currency hedge ...

Saddle up the greenback

SUZY MAC  |  MONDAY, 8 OCT 2007
Former thoroughbred, the US dollar has morphed into a Shetland pony and the Aussie dollar is one of many currencies climbing on its back. Overnight trading Friday saw Australian dollar rise above US90c for the first time since June 1984 after the US ...

Sub-prime kills UBS profits, jobs

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 2 OCT 2007
... residential mortgage-backed securities, rates and currency business within the investment bank. As a result money markets, currencies and commodities will be integrated into fixed income. Marcel Rohner, chief executive of UBS, will take over the position ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2007
... Financial Services Authority and the UK Treasury to allow it to maintain operations. "The Aussie, kiwi and all carry trade (currencies) got dumped on the back of that," Ms Trinh said. But the Australian dollar had rallied since, she said, on the back ...

Opes Prime challenges Macq

... share options. Unlike Macquarie, Opes allows investors to use any stockbroker and to trade global markets and multiple currencies. "We felt it vital that the wealth platform could be accessed without restrictions such as having to execute through Opes ...

Sub-prime dominoes falling

... sub-prime contagion's knock-on effect has so far collided with leveraged loans, investment grade bonds, high yield currencies and global equities. Now local councils are feeling the heat. While consensus has been that the sub-prime fallout would remain ...

From rooster to feather duster

SUZY MAC  |  MONDAY, 30 JUL 2007
... has swept like a virus from the sub-prime sector to leveraged loans, investment grade bonds, equities and high yield currencies. For the last year the US housing downturn seemed largely confined and companies took full advantage of cheap borrowing to ...

Hiking partners: Aussie dollar and Kiwi inflation

SUZY MAC  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUL 2007
... considering the level of commodity prices. He also noted that the AUD wasn't much different against other floating currencies like the EUR and the CAD and was a little lower than average against the NZD. "New Zealand's got an inflation problem" was a ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 JUL 2007
The Australian dollar was higher at noon, holding firmly above the 87 US cent mark as demand for high yielding currencies continued to provide support, amid further US dollar weakness. At 1200 AEST, the Australian dollar was trading at $US0.8706/11 ...