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And then there's gonna be five

BENJAMIN ONG | TUESDAY, 1 DEC 2015

... a bit of an anti-climax but it's now official... the Chinese yuan will formally join the US dollar, the euro, the Japanese yen and the British pound in the International Monetary Fund's basket of reserve currencies known as Special Drawing Rights (SDRs) ...

Swiss franc surprise

BENJAMIN ONG | MONDAY, 30 NOV 2015

... CHF1.20/Euro exchange rate cap. It soared by 22.4 against the euro, 20.2% versus the US dollar and 19.4% versus the Japanese yen. This despite announcing counter-measures - it took its negative interest rate policy (NIRP) more negative -- "...it is lowering ...

Japan does a double double-dip

BENJAMIN ONG | TUESDAY, 17 NOV 2015

... of rising company profits aided by the BOJ's qualitative and quantitative easing policy (QQE) that depreciated the Japanese yen vis-A -vis its competition. Business investment dropped by 1.3% in the three months to September period and followed a 1.2% ...

Greek crisis drives Australian market down

AAP | MONDAY, 29 JUN 2015

... investors were experiencing a crisis of confidence and were fleeing to safe-haven alternatives such as the US dollar, Japanese yen and gold. On Sunday, Greece prime minister Alexis Tsipras announced that Greek banks would remain shut indefinitely and ...

Former Platinum deputy CIO sets up new boutique

MARK SMITH | THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2015

... consumer. One specific investment opportunity he highlighted was LCD glass, which is likely to be helped by a weakening Japanese yen. He also backs mature technology stocks in the US such as Microsoft and Cisco which are compelling cheap next to alternatives ...

PBOC to QE?

BENJAMIN ONG | THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2015

... months, the US dollar has appreciated by 33% against the euro, 26% against the Australian dollar, 21% against the Japanese yen and the Canadian dollar and 15% against the British pound. Over the same timeframe, the US dollar has ticked up by a mere 2.8% ...

So sure it's certain

BENJAMIN ONG | MONDAY, 19 JAN 2015

... 52-week high of US$1.3993; 9% from its one-year high against the British pound and 9% against even the depreciated Japanese yen. Plummeting oil prices are increasing downward momentum on Eurozone deflation - minus 0.2% in December - pressured by stagnant ...

Sunrise, sunset

BENJAMIN ONG | THURSDAY, 28 AUG 2014

... Nikkei-225 index rose - up 0.5% -- on the first trading day immediately following the weekend's Jackson Hole summit. The Japanese yen weakened by as much as 0.4% against the US dollar the same day - both prompted by Bank of Japan (BOJ) governor Haruhiko ...

Sunrise, sunset

BENJAMIN ONG | TUESDAY, 18 FEB 2014

... who bet the other way - against the yen, that is - also laughed all the way to the bank last year. For in 2013 the Japanese yen dropped by 21.7% against the US dollar, 26.5% versus the euro and 24.5% versus sterling. Why? Because the yen's depreciation ...

Aust shares open more than 1pc higher

AAP | FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2013

... on Wall Street overnight, following positive retail and unemployment data and a rise in the US dollar against the Japanese Yen. Rivkin global analyst Tim Radford said if the gains stayed strong all day along with an improving Australian dollar it might ...

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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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