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ANZ ETFS listed on HUB24 platform

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 28 SEP 2015
... answer Financial Standard's questions about the issue. HUB24 clients will have access to three equity ETFs, a US Dollar currency ETF and a physically-backed gold ETF. "ANZ ETFS products are now available on a range of platforms in Australia," ANZ ETFS ...

FEATURE: Inflation plus investing

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2015
... more conservatively and significantly cutting Australian equities exposure. Over recent months, MLC has also focused on currency: "We are looking at our overseas exposures and at the moment we have started to hedge them. We are also monitoring closely ...

State Street appoints APAC markets head

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2015
... trading and research for the Asia-Pacific region. Colin Zhong joined State Street from UBS, where he specialised in "currency and fixed income rates products in locations including Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan and New York," according to State Street's ...

So bad it could only be good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2015
... lower export growth provides further evidence of weakness in China's trading partners. In this environment, a cheaper currency could only do so much in strengthening export growth. Yes Virginia, it has become so bad that something's gotta give. That ...

Yuan stable (for now)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 SEP 2015
... yesterday when the PBOC issued a circular commanding the country's banks to set aside US dollar reserves when selling foreign currency in the forwards market. China Money also reported that the Chinese central bank have "requested" banks to tighten requirements ...

Lead us not into a recession

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2015
... the most - 0.7 percentage points - from GDP growth in second quarter. And while we're at it, we might as well blame the currency wars our neighbours are waging - they prevented the A$ from dropping as much as it should -- it averaged 64.26 in trade weighted ...

Cash is king at the Future Fund

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2015
... the portfolio," Neal said. He explained that part of the increase in the private equity allocation has been fuelled by currency moves, as most of these investments are US-based: "The decline of the Australian dollar has resulted into an increased weight ...

Super funds act to reassure members

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2015
... financial year. Australia's largest industry super fund has also held a large exposure to overseas assets and foreign currency, which have increased in value with the fall in the Australian dollar. "This has helped lift the returns of many overseas investments ...

BetaShares launches two new funds

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2015
... exchange-traded funds, both targeted at US equities. According to BetaShares' statement, the BetaShares Geared US Equity Fund - Currency Hedged fund will "maintain exposure to "the 500 largest securities listed in the US, weighted by market capitalisation," ...

Asia: Between fortune and fate

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2015
... growth and now is stabilising at more rational rates. China's plan to liberalise its economy is complex and affects its currency, equities and lending markets. "It's a new market, it's a new system and they need to figure out how to work with it. Hiccups ...