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Below benchmark performance hurts Platinum

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2015
... unwillingness to lay off their exposure and have more investment in assets abroad" as Australia's terms of trade fall and the currency weakens. He acknowledged that "we have seen reasonable flows from private investors though this was partly offset by ...

Should the Fed re-launch QE?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2015
... in net exports." While many point the finger on China - its slowing growth, its manipulation of the stock market, its currency devaluation - for why the sky is falling on financial markets, the root of all this evil is the rise and rise of the US dollar ...

Bangkok bombs and Malaysia's terror

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2015
... exchange reserves are dwindling - down to US$100 billion in July - the least since 2010. If it decides to defend the currency, the central would have no choice but to raise interest rates. That would weaken growth, company earnings and share prices.

Australia: which way now?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2015
... bought on 27 April... they're now 10.8% poorer. We can blame this on China's slowdown and the volatility in its stock and currency markets. We can blame it on the fall and fall in commodity prices. We can blame it on the Fed and the rolling uncertainty ...

Easing cycle over for now

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2015
... two-pronged monetary easing measures look to have come to an end but our central bankers will remain watchful of the currency, according to Goldman Sachs Asset Management executive director and global fixed income portfolio manager Sean Reynolds. The ...

Titans Fund added to Macquarie Wrap

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2015
... The fund is a concentrated, large cap global equity fund that incorporates downside protection strategies and active currency management. It focuses on global businesses with high returns on invested capital, strong free cash flow generation, solid balance ...

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 ...