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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 ...

A minor slip but still going stronger

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JAN 2017
The strong US dollar (weak euro) is doing it for the single currency area. Although down slightly to a preliminary estimate of 54.3 in January (from 54.4 in December), the Markit flash Eurozone composite output index is the second highest reading since ...

Happier euro consumers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 JAN 2017
... France and the Netherlands present a risk particularly if the nationalists win as this would renew doubts over the single-currency area's existence.

Instos must stress test: Mercer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 23 JAN 2017
... constraints." Mercer warns that investors should look at stress-testing their portfolios against large equity, bond and currency movements, with opportunities for active managers to arise out of additional volatility created by increased protectionism ...

Economic headwinds lead Chief Economists Forum

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2017
... economist Saul Eslake Trump, Brexit and European elections, ongoing central bank policy and developments in property, currency and interest rates will all be on the agenda for the 11th annual forum and breakfast. The forum features five 10-minute presentations ...