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China infrastructure push to boost Australia exports

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2015
... believe the RBA will cut its benchmark rate further this year, from a record-low 2%, and expect more declines in the currency," the report forecasted. BlackRock also noted that, despite worrying trends in the Chinese economy -"too much debt, too little ...

Bond investors warned not to overlook defence

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2015
... traditional benchmarks and are instead free to use any market, any security, and any means to find value. But while using currency markets, negative duration, derivatives and so forth to achieve higher returns is all very well, it only deals with one ...

Greece's bundle of debt

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2015
... unemployment, stock market sell-off, social upheaval and street protests against austerity. The only difference was the currency. The Indonesian rupiah was allowed to float in July 1997, sparking a precipitous slide from 2430 rupiahs to one US dollar ...

Australia underperforms as China slows down: Russell

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2015
Australia's 'triple treat' of a resilient domestic share market, a strong domestic currency and a solid property market is crumbling as the Australian dollar falls and China growth slows. The latest edition of the Russell Investments/ASX Long-term Investing ...

Market to open higher

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2015
... on whether the ECB could taper in response to the recent rise in inflation," said Senior Market Analyst Craig Erlam at currency trading company Oanda. The ECB also confirmed its growth forecasts and raised its inflation forecast, while survey data suggested ...

Van Eck goes local on EM fixed income

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2015
... to Financial Standard about emerging market (EM) debt, Fine said a recent shift in the firm's strategy towards local currency was led primarily from growth. More than half of the portfolio is currently invested in local currency. "Last year we owned ...

PROFILE: IOOF managing director Chris Kelaher

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2015
... the first time: "There was the legal facet, with the drafting of disclosure documents, but we would also create foreign currency products and a wide range of other diverse financial services." Kelaher was eventually appointed managing director for Citi's ...

Property bubble debate heats up

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2015
... said. Lombard Street Research attributed Chinese interest in the Australian market to the falling Australian dollar: "The currency angle is often underestimated." The local currency has depreciated 20% relative to the Renminbi over the last year and ...

CBA granted renminbi licence

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2015
... them when dealing in the Australia-China corridor and the benefits associated with using RMB as a trade or investment currency. CBA has had a presence in the Chinese market for over two decades after opening its first China representative office in 1992 ...

Market to open higher

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2015
... Financial. "Greece remains at the centre of concerns," added Andrea Tueni, analyst at Saxo Banque. The European single currency slipped to $US1.0910 from $US1.0991 late in New York on Friday. Greece is up against a deadline on Friday to pay the International ...