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MetLife reports 61pct global earnings slump

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2015
... president and chief executive Steven A. Kandarian, this drop can be attributed to "macroeconomic factors, including foreign currency, equity markets and interest rates, as well as a previously announced non-cash tax-related charge." He added, "While ...

Super funds predict Aussie dollar fall

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 NOV 2015
... and the bank's general manager investment and financial control, John Bennett, said a key point was the importance of currency in regard to offshore investments. "As we invest more offshore we have to think about the impacts of currency and that is certainly ...

Australia back on the radar for international capital

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 6 NOV 2015
... very cheap for most global investors," Moffitt told Financial Standard. "The critical thing will be stabilisation in the currency here after the Fed hikes. The world's been expecting the US dollar to go up and other currencies to go down and when they ...

Super fund returns fall again in September

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 NOV 2015
... equities that returned 19.5% in the year to September 2015 buoyed by the 20% drop in the AUD against the USD. The impact of currency on this aspect of the results is highlighted by the fact that the return from the international equity index in Australian ...

Lazard AM launches global equities fund

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2015
... in companies that have low valuations at a particular point in time and does it from an Australian perspective, taking currency into account. "We aim to reduce the uncertainty in global equity markets by only investing in companies that have historically ...

FEATURE: Investing in a world on hold

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2015
... Assets such as real estate, infrastructure and private equity are providing this stability at the moment, Buckley says. Currency will become another key issue once rates rise. Australian investors with large reserves of foreign currency, especially US ...

Lift-off off

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2015
... coming back to bite Uncle Sam's behind in the form of lower corporate profits both through reduced competitiveness and currency translation effects. Lower profits, in turn, turns into reduced capital investment in buildings and equipment and people (jobs). ...

ETF inflows defy choppy markets

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2015
... Cash ETF (managed by BetaShares) and the iShares UBS Composite Bond ETF which both had inflows of $50 million. In the Currency sector the BetaShares US Dollar ETF had net inflows of $38 million (7%). Dyall said this shows investors are expecting further ...

Reversal of fortunes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 OCT 2015
... inversely correlated with commodity prices. The main reason of course is that commodity prices are priced in America's currency. The stronger the greenback, the fewer dollars required to purchase the same quantity of commodities. Lower commodity prices ...

China puts another one in the bag

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 OCT 2015
... another feather in its hat this August with the yuan nudging the yen out to become the world's fourth most used payments currency. International payments provider 'Swift' reports that the Chinese yuan accounted for 2.79% of global payments in value terms ...