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Federal Reserve increases rates 25bp

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 2 FEB 2023
... Australia said the markets did have some response, explaining US shares are higher, US bond yields fell, and major currencies are up against the US Dollar. The promised increases were elevated by Scion Capital founder Michael Burry who, on the eve of ...

SWFs shrink for first time ever: Report

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 16 JAN 2023
... emerging countries to be of interest to sovereign investors. "But the revaluation or further devaluation of the world's currencies against the USD may affect the geographical allocation." One risk presenting challenges to global diversified portfolios ...

Global pension report reveals flight to safety

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 9 DEC 2022
... will be net sellers of public equity and some higher-yielding fixed-income assets. They will retreat to safe-haven currencies, with dollar holdings rising appreciably and the euro benefiting as well. But - where their mandates allow - they will also ...

Australia can avoid recession: Outlook

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 NOV 2022
... government. Meanwhile, although this year the Australian dollar dropped 11% against the US dollar, Oliver said other currencies have fallen further. He added that if global economic conditions collapse, leading to a sharp fall in Australian commodity ...

US recession probability reaches 75% - is Australia at risk?

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 1 NOV 2022
... increases interest rates too much. Currency crisis risk increases if capital leaves Australia for higher interest rate currencies when the RBA does not increase interest rates enough," Saxena said. "It is a delicate situation and there is a risk that ...

Government enshrines new rule for Aussie Bitcoin owners

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 28 OCT 2022
In the budget, the federal government introduced new rules for Bitcoin owners, clarifying that digital currencies are not taxed as foreign currency. The government said it will introduce legislation to clarify that digital currencies (such as Bitcoin) ...

Challenger launches new alternatives fund

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 28 OCT 2022
... include strategies such as momentum, carry, value and volatility, and asset classes such as equities, fixed income, currencies, and commodities. The fund is benchmarked against the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) cash rate total return index and uses ...

Carrara Capital picks SS&C GlobeOp as fund administrator

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 27 OCT 2022
... Tax Compliance Act (FACTA/CRS) reporting. The fund aims to generate consistent risk-adjusted returns investing across currencies, fixed income, global equities, credit, and private opportunities. SS&C GlobeOp is a business division of SS&C Technologies. ...

ASIC finds shortcomings in wholesale market practices

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2022
... participants," ASIC said. ASIC commissioner Danielle Press commented: "Wholesale financial markets, including fixed income, currencies, and commodities markets, are global, complex, and rapidly evolving. Because these markets underpin growth in Australia's ...

AL&P hires global, APAC business development heads

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 24 OCT 2022
... currency management. "In today's challenging macroeconomic and market conditions, the additional alpha generated through currencies strategies has become very attractive, even needed. Currency alpha is quite uncorrelated with assets markets, and it requires ...