Using currencies to manage volatility

• Alexandra Cain

Volatility is the new black in financial markets, with the ASX 200 reaching a high of 5982 in late April and a low of 4918 in late September this year, a span of more than 1000 points across the year.

Goldman says sub-$US40 iron ore won't hit $A

• Candice Zachariahs

Goldman Sachs Asset Management believes that almost everyone who wanted to sell the Australian dollar based on its link to iron ore has already sold.

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Peer-to-peer money transfers may be more hype than reality

• Jason Clout

Rather than introduce efficiencies, peer-to-peer money transfers could increase cost and complexity for some businesses wanting to exchange currency.

Small businesses need currency plans to match international ambitions

• Mark Abernethy

Exchange rates have taken quite a journey in the past decade, rising to above parity with the US dollar in the early 2000s, to be currently back at .73¢, slightly below the long-term average.

Tips for better end of year trades

• Alexandra Cain

Currency traders have plenty to think about as we wend our way towards the end of the year.

Providing transparency in the derivatives market

• Gayle Bryant

ASIC's deadline for OTC derivative providers to start reporting trade transactions is now in place.

Men dominate trading but some women relish the challenge

• Alexandra Cain

Men and women have very different approaches to risk and currency trading. And while it's easy to assume women are more risk averse, it pays not to generalise about the way the sexes approach foreign exchange. 

Pepperstone's rich lister Kerr shares $24m dividend

• John Stensholt

Private foreign exchange broker Pepperstone Group has made a bumper profit and delivered its two 30-something owners huge dividends.