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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP | TUESDAY, 30 MAR 2010

... commodities, which become more attractive to foreign investors when the US dollar falls since most of them are priced in US dollars. Energy and materials stocks, including Exxon Mobil Corp, led the market higher. When markets settled, the Dow Jones Industrial ...

Change of heart

BENJAMIN ONG | TUESDAY, 16 FEB 2010

... risk appetite sent the euro currency rising again. It didn't help that the US Federal Reserve was printing so much US dollars that the world had dollar indigestion. But then Greece came along sending the euro down, down, down against the greenback -seemingly ...

Dollar dilemma

BENJAMIN ONG | THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2009

... disaster for the domestic economy. Foreign investors worry. USA Inc. increases its leverage by having the Fed mint more US dollars to buy its debt. Domestic inflation rises, US dollar falls some more. Foreign investors worry. Perhaps the only thing USA ...

Doom dollar

BENJAMIN ONG | TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2009

Just a day after this space commented on the risky proposition of holding US dollars, Bloomberg reports overnight that world central banks are diversifying out of the greenback. Data compiled by Bloomberg revealed that central banks have backed up their ...

Liquidity flow versus trade flow

BENJAMIN ONG | MONDAY, 28 SEP 2009

... central banks' interest rate reductions and quantitative easing had their desired effect. The Libor rate on 3-month US dollars has now fallen to around 0.28 per cent - significantly cheaper than the 4.82 per cent rate back in October 2008 and the lowest ...

Firm hails the next emerging market

MICHAEL HOBBS | TUESDAY, 25 AUG 2009

... Eastern European fund, which Hanson-Lawson is promoting down under. The East Capital Eastern European fund returned, in US dollars, more than 20 per cent annualised between March 2002 and July this year, beating its benchmark by more than 7 per cent. ...

Hedge funds lag index returns

MICHAEL HOBBS | WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2009

... depict a different picture, according to the latest hedge fund research. The global hedge fund index, domiciled in US dollars, returned 3.5 per cent in April while the S&P 500 posted 9.6 per cent and MSCI World Index returned almost 11 per cent. The ...

Threat of Lehmannisation

BENJAMIN ONG | MONDAY, 15 JUN 2009

... bigger deficits which creates slower growth which leads to more borrowing, which... The massive amount of freshly minted US dollars is also creating angst among its biggest investors. More dollars equals higher inflation. Higher inflation equals lesser ...

Slippery - watch your step

BENJAMIN ONG | THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2009

... expectations of further declines in the greenback are pushing oil prices higher. This is because trading in crude is done in US dollars. Oil prices go up when the US$ goes down to compensate producers for the decline in the exchange rate. And of course ...

QIC targets overseas instos

PRESS RELEASE | TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2009

... and investment manager of the firm's global funds including Global Fixed Interest Alpha fund which is domiciled in US dollars. "With a number of regulatory developments on the horizon, including the proposed new European Alternative Investment Fund Managers ...

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Australian Unity to shed 195 roles

MATTHEW WAI

Australian Unity is reducing its workforce by 195 positions due to underperformance stemming from delays in government support for its Home Health platform and the integration of several businesses.

Count shutters limited-advice business, slips in size ranking

MATTHEW WAI

Count Financial has reportedly wound up its restricted SMSF/limited-advice service, losing some 26 advisers on the Financial Adviser Register, latest data shows.

First Super recruits head of investments from Prime Super

MATTHEW WAI

First Super has appointed a new head of investments, replacing Chris Artis, who was in the position for the past three months on an interim basis.

BMO eyes Euroz Hartleys' capital markets business

KARREN VERGARA

Euroz Hartleys confirmed it is in discussions with Canada's BMO Financial Group for a potential sale of its capital markets business for $145 million.

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