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Healthcare needs flagged as investment opportunity

DARREN SNYDER | FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2016

... economic measures. She said healthcare probably would not benefit too much from the low and potentially declining Aussie dollar, but it didn't matter because the industry was rapidly growing anyway. Toth added about two-thirds of businesses in the manufacturing ...

Super funds predict Aussie dollar fall

DARREN SNYDER | WEDNESDAY, 11 NOV 2015

... Superannuation funds investing offshore will look to limit hedging strategies if their predictions ring true that the Aussie dollar will fall over the next two years. Sixty per cent of 40 Australian super funds surveyed by National Australia Bank (NAB) ...

Easing cycle over for now

MARK SMITH | FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2015

... little more sanguine around the conditions in the economy. While they retain the flexibility to cut rates again, the Aussie dollar is helping to stimulate things in its current range," Reynolds said. Given the relatively stable domestic monetary policy ...

Growth or crisis, always reasons to worry in Australia

LAURA MILLAN | THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2015

... the scenario would have for Australia: "It would be an absolute boon for the export-led sector in Australia, the Aussie dollar would shoot up, there'd be so much demand," BT Investment Solutions head of sector portfolio management Ron Mehmet said. Demand ...

Market wrap

AAP | THURSDAY, 30 APR 2015

... analyst Julia Lee said. "Once again we are seeing heavy losses among the banks and what's driving that is where the Aussie dollar is and interest rate expectations," she said. "The market had priced in an 80 per cent chance of a rate cut next week and ...

Overseas investors flocking to Australian bonds

DARREN SNYDER | THURSDAY, 23 APR 2015

BlackRock is seeing massive flows from Japanese clients into Aussie dollar bond funds as a result of quantitative easing in the Asian country. Investment strategist and head of fixed income, Steve Miller, told a briefing recently the flows in to Aussie ...

Market wrap

AAP | WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2015

... until we face the bailout program extension question again." But James said the lower oil and gold price and higher Aussie dollar were headwinds for the resources sector. Oil Search fell 5.5 cents to $8.24, while Santos was down 18 cents to $7.94 by ...

Market wrap

AAP | MONDAY, 2 FEB 2015

... 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 lows also helped the ...

What if SMSFs flocked to global equities in 2015?

LAURA MILLAN | WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2015

... and considered it possible that SMSFs "hedge against potential upcoming weakness in Aussie equities or even the Aussie dollar." "After-all, both look expensive versus their international peers," the analysis continued. At the moment, SMSF domestic equity ...

Don't underestimate LNG boom: BNP Paribas

JAMES FERNYHOUGH | THURSDAY, 4 DEC 2014

... question of whether it's big enough to really fill the gap." Hayes also had a much more bullish view of where the Aussie dollar is going than most economists, particularly against the euro and the yen. "For the medium to long-term we expect the Aussie ...

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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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