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SNB dismantles defense

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2015
"Francogeddon", "currency tsunami", "shocker", "jaw-dropping". These are some of the words used to describe the Swiss National Bank's (SNB) decision to surrender and abandon the currency peg - erected back in September 2011 - against the euro last night. ...

Australian ETF Industry achieves $15bn milestone

HARRY PAGE  |  THURSDAY, 8 JAN 2015
... surprise and investors are therefore seeking opportunities overseas," Skelly added. Hedged international ETFs that manage currency risk should be a key focus for investors this year, along with ETFs that already offer exposure to international markets ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 9 DEC 2014
... 0.72 per cent to 10,014.99. Brent North Sea crude hit a fresh five-year low at $US65.93 a barrel and the European single currency fell to $US1.2247 - the lowest point since August 2012. Brent North Sea crude for delivery in January rebounded to $US66.38 ...

Slides can be fun too

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 DEC 2014
... Most of its exports are manufactured goods whose prices have not fallen. Unless weak demand changes that, its foreign currency will go further, and living standards should rise. Cheaper oil will also help the government clean up China's filthy air by ...

Cash rate more likely to fall than rise: PIMCO

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2014
... 25 basis points every couple of months. Mead also pointed out that the Australian dollar has been the second strongest currency in the G10 in 2014. "Even though the Aussie dollar has fallen versus the US dollar," he said, "it hasn't fallen versus all ...

Don't rule out another rate cut: AllianceBernstein

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 NOV 2014
... resources will be offset by an economic rebalancing helped by the current low interest rate and a falling depreciating currency. However, AllianceBernstein senior economist Guy Bruten believes the consensus view underestimates the likely impact on Australia ...

Quo vadis dollar-A?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 NOV 2014
... predicts it'll "benignly collapse" to at the end of next year. To be fair, a year is a long, long, long, long time in currency markets - anything can still happen. Still, with only the US mid-2015 rate lift-off remaining the only "if" that needs to be ...

Vanguard launches hedged and unhedged intl ETFs

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2014
... through broad exposure to the world's developed equity markets, while also giving investors the tools to manage their currency risk." The benefits of the local fund structure these products adopt include the flexibility to elect dividend reinvestment ...

Super sets sights on $2tr

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2014
... in property, 4% is in infrastructure and 4% is elsewhere. Half of international fixed interest assets are hedged for currency movements, but only 17% of international equity investments are hedged - reflecting expectations by fund trustees of continued ...

ASX and Bank of China sign major agreement

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 NOV 2014
ASX and the Bank of China have signed a heads of agreement to develop the Renminbi (RMB) as a currency in Australia's financial markets. The heads of agreement complements the recent appointment of the Bank of China as the official RMB clearing bank ...