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A-dollar rising

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 JAN 2017
... improving. How high can the A$ go? The Economist magazine just released it's 'Big Mac' index that showed that Australia's currency is 15.5% undervalued against the greenback. This was when the A$ fetched US$0.7353. It calculated that the A$ should be ...

Last chance to attend Chief Economists Forum

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 13 JAN 2017
... Equities, Asia, Mark Tinker 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. According to Baur, a brief look ...

China's inflation off target

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JAN 2017
... lowering interest rates would further stoke the property bubble and put more downward pressure on its already embattled currency.

Legg Mason launches new bond fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 10 JAN 2017
... employs multiple strategies across interest rate duration, yield curve, sector rotation and security selection, country and currency selection to add value and diversify risk to exploit inefficiencies and add value for investors. Results do not depend ...

Will 2017 be a mirror image of 2016?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 JAN 2017
... war, notably with China. And yes, there's China too, which itself, is currently trying to contain capital outflows and currency depreciation. For us, Australians all, we'll either be caught in the crossfire or rejoice with the rising tide that lifts ...

Two of the big four in ASIC spotlight

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 22 DEC 2016
... information about the bank's client flow or proprietary positions. CBA employees allegedly acquired proprietary positions in a currency after coming in to possession of knowledge of large CBA fix orders in that currency; traded in a way that might cause ...

Top 10 investment stories in 2016

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 22 DEC 2016
... bonds, non-government bonds and high-yield loans - it is mostly hedged in to Australian dollars to reduce the impact of currency movements. The International Shares option kept the same investment portfolio but without currency hedging. 2. Aussie fund ...

The year that was and the year that will be

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 DEC 2016
... factors alone (never mind what's happening in Europe and Japan) sent financial markets - equity, bond, commodity and currency - into a tailspin. It wasn't a happy New Year welcome to 2016. It was spooky - as the Australian Financial Review headlined ...

Montgomery funds rated by Zenith

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2016
... International Shares Review. Zenith noted in its rating report the Montgomery Global Fund provides investors with a concentrated, currency unhedged, high conviction exposure to global equities; while the Montaka Global Access Fund is equipped to preserve ...

The good and the bad in the Fed rate hike

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 DEC 2016
... policy (more so if US$ strength begins to take its toll on the US economy). Trump has declared many times that China is a currency manipulator. Trump could to say the same thing about the euro, the yen, the A$ and other currencies once he looks beyond ...