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NAB Super eases hedging as dollar soars

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 7 OCT 2010
... option. The corporate fund made its decision after the dollar surged against most major currencies, and in particular, the US Dollar, Euro and British Pound. The Australian dollar hit $97.92 US cents overnight - bringing it closer to parity with the ...

Good for nothing war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 OCT 2010
... undervalued currency. Japan's snipers are aimed at America and the Eurozone as it tries to take down the yen against the US dollar and the euro. Emerging nations are engaging in guerrilla tactics in order not to give ground to "the enemies". Britain ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 SEP 2010
... (investor) indecision," Mr McCarthy said. "The fundamentals are supporting the market overall at the moment - the weaker US dollar is obviously helping - but a higher engagement with Asia, a relatively strong banking sector and the high level of importance ...

Gotta love gold

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 SEP 2010
... And what do you get when a commodity is in such massive supply? The commodity loses its value. But it's not only the US dollar that is losing its value, other big economies of the world are now in a race to the bottom - debasing their currencies - aimed ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 23 SEP 2010
... said. "The only disparity is that base metals prices seem to continue their run up, probably on the back of the lower US dollar, and we've seen gold (the gold price) higher. "So the materials sector is sticking out like a sore thumb." Mr Taylor said ...

Competing to devalue

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 SEP 2010
... because a higher yen is exacerbating Japan's economic malaise. But Tokyo's gains is America's loss. Yen depreciates, US dollar rises. Tokyo sells more of its products abroad, America sells less. Japan makes inroad into deflation as domestic prices rise ...

Super SA, GESB and Telstra Super join top 300

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 SEP 2010
... according to the report by Towers Watson and US based Pensions & Investments. In the five years to the December 2009, in US dollar terms. Brazilian funds grew 24 per cent, followed by Australian funds with 16 per cent, Mexican and Danish funds with 10 ...

Fully hedged funds are the past decade's winners: Zenith

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 3 SEP 2010
In its recently released international shares sector report, Zenith Investment partners found that in the past decade, a fully hedged approach to currency exposure would have provided the best returns. During the decade, the Australian dollar appreciated ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 20 AUG 2010
... two-year Treasury note falling to a record low. In the currency markets investors flocked to safe havens, such as the US dollar, yen and Swiss franc. Gold rose for a sixth day. The S&P 500 index fell back well below its 50-day moving average, a worrying ...

Ipac boosts insurance-related investments

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 AUG 2010
Ipac Asset Management plans to have as much as a 25 per cent allocation within its alternatives growth portfolio devoted to insurance-related investments, and backs the strategy with a $50 million seed investment into a newly-launched catastrophe insurance ...