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China exposure best through Australia: BlackRock

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2015
... markets is in India: "We are long on a combination of local government bonds and finance corporate bonds, all in local currency." Half of the currency is hedged, and the other half is unhedged. "India has benefitted from falling oil prices, its government ...

Citi builds pension team

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2015
... recently at NSW Treasury Corporation. At Citi, he will manage multi-asset class portfolio transitions, derivative overlays, currency overlays and interim portfolios for investors in Australia and Asia. "Stuart will join as a vice president, taking the ...

Falling rates turn Aussie bonds into "a poor choice"

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2015
Currency risk makes Australian government bonds "a relatively poor choice" for international investors despite their stellar AAA rating, according to Nikko Asset Management head of fixed income in Australia James Alexander. Alexander explained that ...

RBA cuts as expected, A$ does the unexpected

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2015
... and rising above US$0.7900. The A$ reached a high of US$0.7947 in overnight trade and is currently fetching US$0.7937. Currency market experts put the Australian dollar's opposite reaction to the RBA's rate cut action to the deletion of the phrase "Further ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2015
... Murail, a trader at Barclays Bourse in Paris. The logic is that "when the euro falls, the stock markets rise" as the weaker currency is likely to boost export sales of eurozone companies. HONG KONG - Asian markets gained ground on Monday after a long ...

ASIC says AUD spike "not misconduct"

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2015
... accounts linked to risk management logic and not misconduct". "The Australian Dollar being ranked the fourth most traded currency pair traded by turnover must be seen to be fair, orderly and transparent," said ASIC commissioner Cathie Armour. "ASIC has ...

When?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2015
... annualised 7.2% over the quarter and imports increasing by 1.8% (precisely the sort of numbers you'd expect from a strong currency). The weather is certainly transitory - it's seasonal (yeah, yeah bad joke) - crude oil prices could be (and they're starting ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2015
... banks," he said. "It seems the market is not expecting a May rate cut. It may be pushed back to June or July." He said currency fluctuations were battering healthcare stocks with the sector leading the losses. The Australian dollar has jumped above the ...

A$ at 80c

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2015
... the same time as the greenback hit its highs in March. Now, not only are speculations of delayed Fed action bumping our currency, commodity prices - in particular, iron ore and crude oil -- also appear to be turning (though this isn't a bad thing). Iron ...

Volcker Alliance proposes new US regulator system

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2015
... Supervisory Agency that would centralise the regulatory functions of the Federal Reserve, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and prudential supervisory functions currently performed by the Securities ...