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Strong USD reflects (deflects) lift-off

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2015
... time wink, winks and nudge, nudges of a lift-off re-emerges into the fore. And as I've typed many, many times, a strong currency is a 'de facto' interest rate hike. It slows the economy by making exports less competitive and imports cheaper and it also ...

ANZ enters fast growing ETF market

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAY 2015
... Renminbi ETF (ZCNH), exposed to an ANZ account holding offshore Renminbi; and the Physical US Dollar ETF (ZUSD), holding US currency. Laidler said that this is the right moment for ANZ to enter the ETF market, as the sector was up 62% last year in Australia ...

Don't put all QE in the same basket: AXA

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2015
... doesn't generate economic activity. The only thing you really see when they create all this liquidity is that it causes the currency to weaken," Tinker said, adding that this is creating "some long term problems." In Japan, however, "QE under Abenomics ...

Tug o' currency war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2015
... predicting growth of just 2.6% this year and 2.8% the next - while at the same time expecting the economy of the single currency region to expand by 1.5% in 2015 and 1.9% in 2016. The euro's return to weakness is positive for the euro area economy but ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2015
... "Weakness in the euro this afternoon is probably also helping to lift stocks in Europe, with exporters benefiting from weaker currency making them more competitive. This is likely to play a big role in their recovery this year," he added. The European ...

Falling AUD offsets dividend growth

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2015
... fifths of the region's total payout, but the increase was of only 1.1% to 21.5% underlying growth after a $1.5 billion currency loss was taken into account. However, companies such as Amcor, Woodside Petroleum, BHP and Transurban raised dividends enough ...

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 ...