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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 ...

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 ...