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Moody's downgraded and upgraded China's ratings

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAY 2017
... the same words China's financial markets gave to Moody's Investors Service when it downgraded China's long-term local currency and foreign currency issuer ratings to A1 from Aa3 and changed the outlook to stable from negative - the first downgrade since ...

Eurozone ascending

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAY 2017
... bridge out of the Eurozone and said they'll stay, the threat of contagion faded away - economic activity in the single currency area have gaining momentum. This is a fact not lost on ECB president Marion Draghi who declared after the bank's Governing ...

Rising yields benefit active managers

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAY 2017
... interest rate derivatives, inflation linked bonds, credit options and investing in different international markets or adding currency investments to a portfolio. "Bonds will always play a key role in a diversified portfolio however, in times of rising ...

Asia leads growing green bond market

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAY 2017
... Chinese and Indian banks. Fitch's head of credit market research Monica Insoll said these bonds are often developed in hard currency in order to attract established investors, with the proceeds then swapped into local currency. "However, in a sign of ...

Henry Morgan creates new global LIC

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAY 2017
... profitable listed opportunities in the USA, Europe, the UK, Asia and Australia. The fund will also be dynamically hedged for currency exposure and seek to profit from the investment manager's experience," McAuliffe said. "The fund may go long or short ...

BTIM boosts FUM

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAY 2017
... slashed by 62.6% to $28 million on the prior corresponding period. The firm didn't provide further details but attributed currency movements negatively affecting its top line. The group's total revenue was down 12.4% to $246.4 million year-on-year, while ...

Japan rides the virtuous cycle

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAY 2017
... against the greenback to date. The historically strong inverse correlation between the Japanese share market and the currency suggests that given the yen's stronger performance so far this year, the Nikkei-225 index should be weaker (because the benchmark ...

What the 2017 Budget means for you

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2017
... broad concessions for the Australian fintech industry, continuing it innovation agenda from 2016. Purchases of digital currency, for example, will no longer be subject to the GST, which removes the "double taxation" on said purchases. There are also ...

Government fintech agenda spotlights microbanking

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2017
... APRA." The Government has also announced broader concessions for the Australian fintech industry. Purchases of digital currency, for example, will no longer be subject to the GST, which removes the "double taxation" on said purchases. Crowdsourced equity ...

Vanguard reduces fees, revises multi-asset strategy

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2017
... which Vanguard head of investment strategy group, Asia-Pacific Jeffrey Johnson said would help mitigate concentration and currency risk. "For instance, we are lowering allocations to Australian shares and REITs, while increasing exposure to global shares ...