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Crestone announces major partnerships

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2015
... with multiple services, including a technology platform; transaction and cash management facilities; multi-asset, multi-currency margin lending; securities execution, clearing and settlement; and custody. Crestone chief executive Mike Chisolm explained ...

And then there's gonna be five

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 DEC 2015
... central banks and reserve managers to increase their allocation, buying hundreds of billions of dollars' worth of the currency" and, "For a start it will trigger trillions of dollars of inflows into the economy" (AFR). Now what is, yuan depreciation ...

Swiss franc surprise

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 NOV 2015
... London time, its biggest one-day decline since Nov. 6. It earlier touched 1.0328, the weakest since August 2010. The currency weakened 0.5 percent to 1.0919 per euro." Speculations are that the Swiss National Bank (SNB) could follow up its recent verbal ...

Telstra Super CIO to leave fund

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2015
... 2010. He oversees a team of some 20 employees, who manage a diverse portfolio, including global and Australian equities, currency and property. In an announcement to the media Telstra Super said Christensen is returning to Queensland for family reasons. ...

New alternative beta fund answers hedge fund short-comings

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2015
... familiar to hedge fund investors: long-term trend following, market neutral momentum, value, quality, selling options and currency carry trade. While these strategies were formerly the preserve of sophisticated hedge fund investors, proliferation within ...

Paris adds to the "why nots" for a December lift-off

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2015
... dollar. Against major currencies, the greenback has surged to its highest level since 2004. Now think what that this dearer currency implies for commodity prices and to US exports, particularly given the slowdown in China (new target 6.5%) and the Eurozone ...

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 ...