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Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2013
... cent to 3,793.78 points. The euro increased to $US1.3107 from $US1.2971 late on Wednesday in New York, while the British pound fell against the European single currency and US dollar. HONG KONG - Asian stock markets mostly reversed gains from the previous ...

BetaShares ETFs receive A rating

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  MONDAY, 13 FEB 2012
... infrastructure and the firm's portfolio management systems, BetaShares said. The ETFs included the BetaShares Euro ETF, British Pound, US Dollar, Gold Bullion, the S&P/ASX 200 Financials Sector ETF and S&P/ASX 200 Resources Sector ETF. The six ETFs manage ...

Autumn Angst

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2011
... Kingdom opted out of the Exchange Rate Mechanism (ERM) back in late 1992. In what is now dubbed "Black Wednesday" the British pound plunged by more than 4.2% on 16 September 1992 and by another 4.9% four days later. But it wasn't only George Soros - ...

BetaShares adds major currencies to ETF range

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 11 JUL 2011
... investment strategy and distribution, BetaShares. With the Australian dollar continuing to trade strongly against the British Pound and the Euro, the ETFs are primed to capitalise on any reversion. "Although complexity and cost are barriers to currency ...

NAB Super eases hedging as dollar soars

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 7 OCT 2010
... made its decision after the dollar surged against most major currencies, and in particular, the US Dollar, Euro and British Pound. The Australian dollar hit $97.92 US cents overnight - bringing it closer to parity with the greenback. The Australian currency ...

Currency managers on notice

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAR 2010
... Currency Management, to develop a currency forward rate bias beta index using five currencies including US dollar and British pound. This currency forward rate bias strategy is based around Record's research that found higher interest rate countries ...

Doom dollar

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2009
... cent). Signs are slowly building that the US dollar could go the way of Sterling. The American dollar replaced the British pound in the 1930s as the world's major reserve currency following Britain's fall from the globe's biggest lender to a borrower. ...

US dollar slips after Federal Reserve cuts key interest rate

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAY 2008
... clearly indicate. The 15-nation euro rose to $US1.5642 in late New York trading, from $US1.5564 late yesterday. The British pound climbed to $US1.9893 from $US1.9681, while the dollar was unchanged at 104.17 Japanese yen. The Fed's action pushed the ...

Our rates a global sideshow

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 12 FEB 2008
... important than short-term fluctuations, as it did after the 1987 US stock market crash, the 1992 assault on the British pound, and the 1997 unraveling of Asia's financial markets," they said. The long term trends are so rock solid that the latest crisis ...

Check pay before shifting OS

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2007
... each city. "[London jumped up the list due to] steep property rental costs, together with the strengthening of the British pound compared to the US dollar," said Nathalie Constantin-Metral, research manager and senior associate at Mercer. Mercer's survey ...