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Que sera, sera

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2008
... Federal Reserve and the US Treasury get all this money? Ahh.... there is the printing press of course. Because of the US dollar's status as the global economy's major reserve currency, the US can print as many dollars as it wants. Yes there will be negative ...

Dow Jones launches Islamic ASEAN index

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2008
Dow Jones Indexes has launched the Dow Jones Islamic Market (DJIM) ASEAN Index - the first of its kind that represents the performance of Shari'ah-compliant companies in six of the 10 member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). ...

First Quadrant taps global macro trends to gain 12pc

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 18 NOV 2008
... Australian dollar, a stance that they are only starting to unwind now that the dollar is hovering around 60 plus cents to the US dollar. "What's important about that is that we were short Aussie dollars for fundamental reasons, not carry. Most of the ...

Yen caught in crossfire

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 OCT 2008
... and the unwinding of yen carry trades have boosted the Japanese currency to its highest level in 13 years against the US dollar and to a six-year high against the euro. The yen traded as high as US$90.93 and appears to be moving closer to the US$80 reached ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 27 OCT 2008
... weaker crude oil prices and generally lower base metal prices. The Australian dollar - which was close to parity with the US dollar about three months ago and hit a five and a half year low in weekend offshore trading - remained weaker at 62.33 US cents ...

Period of cleansing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2008
... increasing. Over the past few days, equity market rallies - Wall Street in particular - were attributed to movements in the US dollar Libor rates. Investors clutched on hopes that credit is starting to flow with every news that Libor rates has reset ...

Three wise economists

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 OCT 2008
... per cent, the FTSE-100 ended 5.4 per cent stronger and the German DAX index by 1.1 per cent. Investors took heart as US dollar Libor rates fell. The 3-month US dollar Libor rate declined to 4.06 per cent overnight from this month's high of 4.8 per cent ...

The good and the bad

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 SEP 2008
... Asset prices continue to fall. The financial sector problem remains but this time the US government debt is larger. The US dollar depreciates. US interest rates rise to attract funds and taxes are increased. The US economy goes into a downward spiral. ...

Borrow from Peter to pay Paul

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 SEP 2008
... government is increasing its debt to pay for the financial sector's debts and that this would trigger a flight out of the US dollar. The US dollar fell by 1.9 per cent against the yen, 2.2 per cent against the euro and 1.3 per cent against the pound ...

America on its knees

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 SEP 2008
... economy, foreigners could reach extreme fear and refuse to lend more money. This would spark a capital flight out of the US dollar and perhaps into the euro. After the gold standard, the US dollar became the major means of exchange and was regarded a ...

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REI Super chief executive steps down

ELIZA BAVIN
REI Super is farewelling its chief executive Jarrod Coysh, after more than seven years in the role.

Former Brighter Super investment lead plots return

MATTHEW WAI
After a six-month hiatus, former Brighter Super chief investment officer Mark Rider is returning to the superannuation industry, set to join another super fund next month.

CGT, negative gearing changes to become a law

RIDDHIMA TALWANI
The government's tax agenda announced in the Budget overhauling the capital gains tax (CGT) discount and negative gearing have now passed the Parliament and will become law.

BUSSQ beefs up cyber security oversight

MATTHEW WAI
The Queensland industry fund has welcomed a cyber security expert to its board of trustees, bolstering its oversight on heightened cyber security risk.

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