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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 ...

PROFILE: BNP Paribas Securities Services country head David Braga

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2015
... IT training working as an analyst programmer on a core accounting system. He was tasked with getting the system multi-currency capable in less than six months or, he was told, the business was doomed. More than 10 years later, the platform was still ...

Gold's no longer gold

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2015
... US dollar weakness has prompted China, Russia and India to propose that the greenback be replaced by a multi-reserve currency system. When faith in the fiat currency is lost, hard commodities such as gold provide a safer haven. Explanation two. Because ...

Higher US rates will test investors' nerves: QIC

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2015
... illiquidity caused by increased regulation in the finance sector, as well as an increased interest in the Chinese Renminbi as a currency. "Investors should understand that the return of the term premium does not signal a return to 'normal'," King said. ...

Towers Watson hires senior consultant

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2015
... Australia's leading strategic thinkers on alternative assets and has published research on a range of issues, including currency management, global macro investing, direct investing by asset owners, hedge funds and investment manager fees."