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Doubting the benefit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAR 2017
... month. In his address, PM Li set a new growth target of "around 6.5%, or higher if possible" this year. The stock and currency markets were unimpressed (unconvinced?). The Shanghai Composite index added another 0.1% to the 1.1% lost in the week prior ...

ETFs are coming-of-age

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAR 2017
... building blocks which ETFs can offer," Vynokur said. "Domestic equities, international equities, cash, fixed income, currency, commodities strategy and outcome based products are now available to investors and we expect this will continue to grow in ...

Going good but there are risks

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 MAR 2017
... mining investment, though at a slower pace, and a continued rise in non-commodity investment. Record low interest rates, currency depreciation and favourable business conditions on other fronts will support the investment. New liquefied natural gas (LNG) ...

Good credit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAR 2017
The latest lending stats out of the Eurozone continue the developing good news story in the single currency area despite the lingering political uncertainty - elections in France, the Netherlands and Germany - Brexit and continuing terrorist threat ...

BNY Mellon secures former PM Capital head

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 21 FEB 2017
... Investment currently manages $38.9 billion on behalf of Australian institutional investors; this comprises $23.5 billion in currency risk management programs, $1.8 billion in an inflation-plus multi-asset strategy, $1.2 billion in a cash-plus absolute ...

Mexican pain

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 FEB 2017
... Mexico pay for that wall is hurting the country of tequilas. The first transmission mechanism of the hurt was through the currency. The Mexican peso dropped from 17.63 peso per US$1 at the beginning of 2016, to 22 pesos a buck on 20 January - the day ...

Buying American

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 FEB 2017
... March 2015 - following a 1.2% increase in the previous month. Despite these, expect Trump to step up his rhetoric over currency manipulation and undervalued currencies. This is because as at December, the US remains in deficit relative to its major trading ...

Veteran Nikko strategist retires

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 FEB 2017
... Nikko aligned Tyndall in Australia and New Zealand under its global brand, Bridges took on his current role as global currency and interest rate strategist and worked with Nikko's global investment team. Nikko said there would be a seamless transition ...

Happy sentiment holding up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 31 JAN 2017
Economic, business and consumer confidence in the single currency area started the New Year where they left off - buoyant. The European Commission reports that economic sentiment in the Eurozone rose to a near sic-year high to 108.2 in January from ...

New hedge funds for BetaShares

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 30 JAN 2017
Capitalising on the success of its currency-based exchange traded product series, BetaShares launched two exchange traded hedge funds today. The ETP manager has made available the BetaShares Strong Australian Dollar Fund (AUDS) and the BetaShares Strong ...