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China's deflation limited says ANZ boss

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2015
... with these things - one of the issues China has is it doesn't have deregulated interest rates or a fully convertible currency. The economy is managed by a series of blunt instruments which are often difficult to get right." Smith's belief is that further ...

China's trade trouble

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2015
... relatively weak - the US dollar index was around 75 at the time, it's now around 99.5 (a 33% appreciation!). So now China's currency is appreciating +/-2% along with the soaring greenback. Over the past 12 months, the yuan's risen by 20% against the ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2015
... 12,338.73 points. The CAC 40 in Paris however rose 0.26 per cent to 5,254.12 points. In foreign exchange, the European single currency fell to $US1.0583 ($A1.38) from $US1.0599 late in New York on Friday. China's customs administration said exports fell ...

Europe and Japan becoming preferred equity markets

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 13 APR 2015
... earnings growth in the US and UK, supported by strong domestic economies, both of these markets are affected by a mixture of currency strength, low commodity prices and - looking ahead - some monetary tightening." Credit Suisse global equity strategist ...

Van Eck ETFs added to CFS FirstWrap

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 13 APR 2015
... platform. Established in 2006, Market Vectors has ETFs that cover multiple asset classes including equities, fixed income and currency markets. The four ETFs now available on FirstWrap are the Market Vectors Australian Equal Weight ETF, Market Vectors ...

Go south young (China) man

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 APR 2015
... August 1997 - a month and a bit after the official handover - before losing as much as 46% by October as the Thailand's currency crisis engulfed more and more Asian nations. That is now but a distant memory and instead of dragging HK down, China has ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2015
... private client adviser Mark Lennox said. "I guess the target for Australian interest rates is going to be low if the currency doesn't trade lower over the course of the next month," Lennox said. "And iron ore was up 2.5% last night." The Reserve Bank ...

Digital currency continues to be monitored: RBA

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2015
... financial stability mandates. The RBA recently addressed a Senate Economics References Committee inquiry about digital currency and said it continues to monitor developments in the area. RBA head of payments policy Tony Richards, and payments policy ...

The RBA not in full control of dollar-A

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2015
... if the RBA cut rates as the "majority" now expects? Buy on news? While the RBA still influences the direction of the currency, this time it may not be in complete control. At least, not while many, if not most, of its peers are frantically devaluing ...

Smart beta, fixed income ETFs surge

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2015
The rise of smart beta, currency hedged funds and fixed income funds are the biggest trends occurring in the global exchange traded fund (ETF) market, according to Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management (DAWM) head of South Asia passive investments Sam ...