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Van Eck lists gold miners ETF on ASX

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUN 2015
... storage costs." However, GDX and gold have in common a low correlation to other asset classes and they are both used as a currency hedge, a hedge against inflation and a trading tool by large institutions.

Australian market set for further falls

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUN 2015
... could precipitate the country's departure from the eurozone, which could involve a messy transition away from the euro currency and create turmoil on global markets. Mr Tsipras's government has closed the country's banks for a week and restricted withdrawals ...

Pension funds loading up on alternatives: BIS

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2015
... prospect of weaker economic activity as commodity-producing sectors were adversely affected, despite some offset from currency depreciation." Also read the OECD's latest thoughts on pension funds here.

Redpoint awarded MLC equities mandate

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2015
... Redpoint will manage the global shares strategy within the low-cost MLC Index Plus portfolios and will also manage a currency overlay strategy as part of the overall mandate. Redpoint chief executive, Tim Batho, said the announcement was another demonstration ...

Euro - another experiment doomed to fail?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2015
... broke, or broken. But Greece had been broke from the day it was accepted into the Eurozone. Greece joined the single currency area on 1 January 2001 - the 12th EU country to do so. During one of several high jinxed episodes of the Greek crisis - in May ...

Tassie RBF awards GAM $100m mandate

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2015
... generates returns during downturns. The strategy is managed by the experienced unconstrained global fixed income and currency investors, Tim Haywood, Daniel Sheard and Jack Flaherty. RBF chief investment officer, Dr Ian Lundy, said the fund was looking ...

ANALYSIS: The rise of the periphery

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2015
... people speaking over 40 languages. The European Union alone has 28 members. Of these, 19 belong to the Eurozone, a common currency region whose monetary policy falls under the European Central Bank (ECB) but whose fiscal policy mostly depends on the ...

Market to open flat

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2015
... and Frankfurt's DAX 30 ended 0.60 per cent lower at 10,978.01 points. In foreign exchange activity, the European single currency traded at $US1.1245, lower than its $US1.1251 level in New York late Tuesday. HONG KONG - The euro has edged up in Asia despite ...

BOJ in (tactical) retreat

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2015
... inflationary pressures and the expected weakening in demand" and lower dairy prices, all compounded by its overvalued currency. The surprised cut sparked a sell on the NZ$ sending it down from US$0.7229 to US$0.7078. It's currently at US$0.7052 and should ...

Market to open higher

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2015
... fallen, with Tokyo suffering a late sell-off as the yen rose sharply after comments from the central bank chief that the currency would probably not weaken further. The remarks from Haruhiko Kuroda reversed Wednesday morning gains in the US dollar against ...