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ECB to stay in May

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAY 2014
... a more significant 8.5% from low hit in March last year. This is a real worry given the dampening impact of a strong currency on growth and inflation. Again... then again, the ECB might be content to let the Fed the heavy lifting - tapering, after all ...

BetaShares passes $1bn milestone

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAY 2014
... of exchange traded funds, with 13 different products currently available to Australian investors, including equities, currency, commodities and cash exposures. "Since its inception BetaShares' aim has been to broaden the universe of investment options ...

Japan's 1997 deja vu

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 APR 2014
... 5% to 8%. After dropping by 17.7% against the US dollar in 2013, the yen is again starting to strengthen. The Japanese currency has appreciated from A¥105.11 at the start of the year to around A¥102.00 to date. And this is taking its toll on Japan's ...

What is the future of transition management?

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 APR 2014
... "If you're $3 billion, it's very unlikely that you'll build your own internal capability and try and trade stocks and currency," he said, adding: "But if you're $50 billion, you're probably going to dabble in one form or another." The future of the full ...

The art of fighting without fighting

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2014
... manufacturing sector continues to enjoy its best spell of growth since early-2011".... and this, despite persisted euro (the currency) strength. Having said that, the fall in eurozone inflation from 0.7% in February to 0.5% last month is, indeed, concerning. ...

Australian investors optimistic of hitting financial goals

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2014
... economic growth prospects, have increasingly sound government budgets, as well as the potential for higher returns and currency appreciation. For example, select bond markets in Asia, peripheral Europe and Latin America offer compelling value and yet ...

First quarter stasis and A$ ADHD

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2014
... Ireland, Greece, Spain) and Italy - they're economies bore the brunt of adjustment because they're bound by that single currency, the euro. A slowing economy's currency tends to weaken until such time that that depreciation boost economic growth, that ...

A$ rising on China slowing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2014
... growth..." Duh! Beijing might do more... but they've already begun. Beijing's depreciating the yuan - in the name of currency liberalisation - and China's State Council already announced plans to "accelerate preliminary work and construction on key investment ...

Whatever works

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 MAR 2014
... trading day after weekend announcement) - down 1.8% from the previous week's closing of 6.1502 yuan per dollar. The Chinese currency finished at 6.2250 by week's end but not before hitting a 13-month low of 6.2275. While the generally-accepted rationale ...

China's art of currency war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAR 2014
... one-way bets (appreciation) in the yuan. Except for those long yuan gamblers, heard anyone complained about the Chinese currency's depreciation yet? According to Bloomberg, "The currency has slid 1.8 percent from a 20-year high of 6.0406 per dollar reached ...