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Three for three

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2015
... Thursday. If financial markets panicked on the first surprise devaluation announcement - because of "China hard landing"; "currency war"; "deflation pressure"; "commodity price plunges; "Asian financial crisis revisitation"; etcetera (name your favourite ...

PBOC does an SNB

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 AUG 2015
... While financial markets view the PBOC's move as smack of desperation for its slowing economy, I lean more towards the "currency liberalisation" camp. Given the upward trend in the US dollar, the PBOC just did for the market what the market would have ...

Too much ado about a speck

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2015
... overnight, but it happened... yesterday. That thing I mused about exactly five months ago -12 March 2015 - China devalued its currency. (http://www.financialstandard.com.au/news/view/48312386) "It is perhaps still too early for QE, after all, the PBOC's ...

Long term super fund returns approach record levels

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2015
... Australian dollar depreciated about 20% against the USD meaning potentially 80% of the international returns may be due to currency effects, thus rewarding funds with high unhedged allocations in this area. Direct property delivered +10%, Australian ...

Water, water everywhere

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2015
... Laughable or insightful, the overall message is that the BOE would not raise interest rates... just yet. The British currency's reaction confirmed this - it slipped by 0.6% overnight against both the US dollar and the euro. The interest rate outlook ...

Magellan launches hedged global equities fund

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2015
Magellan Financial Group has listed a currency hedged version of its Global Equities Fund, which has grown to over $257 million in five months. The Magellan Global Equities Fund (Currency Hedged) is set to start trading on the Australian Securities ...

FEATURE: Custody under review

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2015
... Morgan to provide services such as custody, fund accounting, unit pricing, performance and compliance reporting, passive currency overlay and unlisted asset administration. It extends a partnership that has lasted more than a decade and further highlights ...

China FTA gives Australia "first mover advantage"

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2015
... unit trusts can be very unfamiliar to overseas investors. Australia also needs more competitive tax rates and a multi-currency classes fund capability to issue China funds in different currencies.

Market to open higher

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2015
... Seoul was marginally down, shedding 1.48 points to 2,037.62. WELLINGTON - New Zealand shares rose as a decline in the currency and the promise of lower interest rates boosted sentiment for equities. Meridian Energy led the market higher, as Fisher & ...

HK funds market just ahead of Australia

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2015
... economy, and that this will be reinforced by better regulatory alignments. Reflecting this investor appetite, in local currency terms, HK FUM is up 97% since 2011 compared to the 70% growth in Australia's FUM market over the same period. Almost three ...