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Quo vadis dollar-A?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 NOV 2014
... main "ifs" Deutsche Bank chief economist, Adam Boyton, set forth as one of the preconditions for the dollar-A to hit 0.66 versus the dollar-US back in February this year. The other "ifs" were: "if the US lifts its rates by mid-2015 and if the United ...

Super sets sights on $2tr

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2014
... report no longer publishes figures for market segments so it's not possible to review the relative growth of not-for-profit versus retail funds, at least not until the regulator revises its statistical reporting framework. Nevertheless APRA has published ...

Latest Financial Standard issue available on the iPad app

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 17 NOV 2014
In the latest edition of Financial Standard we look at the latest in the active versus passive debate as a trend towards investment in index strategies takes hold. Mark Smith considers whether the jig is up for active fund managers in this issue's feature. ...

Real stagflation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 31 OCT 2014
... none of after her narrow victory at the 26 October polls. The Brazilian real dropped 3.4% to a nine-year low of 2.5415 versus the greenback on the first day of trading after the results were announced. The Bovespa index dropped by 2.8%. Rightly or wrongly ...

QEnd is here

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 OCT 2014
... to a still low 15.15 reading. There were bigger movements in the currency markets though. The US dollar jumped by 0.8% versus the euro and by 0.7% against the yen. Hardly surprising given the relativities of the US Federal Reserve no longer printing ...

Surge in Australian-educated FM professionals heading OS

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 OCT 2014
... the eVestment database held a master's degree or better. The CFA is also a popular option as 70% are CFA charterholders versus 32% who hold MBAs. eVestment said this dominance of CFAs over MBAs continues a long term trend. The high proportion of Australian ...

Govt moves to repeal super payslip disclosure rules

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2014
... difference between payslip reporting of 'accrued' super - which is the amount of super your employer intends to pay to you - versus the super that is 'actually paid' into your fund," he said. "Collectively, this difference is estimated at $ 1.3 billion ...

Adviser trust improves client outcomes

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 7 OCT 2014
... Adviser (MTA) network. MTA advisers had an average of 4.7 years extra industry experience compared to non-MTA advisers (18.1 versus 13.4). Further, 58% have an undergraduate degree or masters degree and six in 10 hold the Certified Financial Planners ...

Average September on average

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 SEP 2014
... growth was polar vortexed into weakness. And that time the US dollar was weaker. The greenback's now trading at around 1.27 versus the euro (from 1.38 at the start of the year), 109.21 against the yen (from 105.11) and 1.62 vis-A -vis the British pound ...

Someone mentioned the "S-word" on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2014