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ETFs increasingly used to trade risk

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 SEP 2018
Institutional investors are increasingly turning to exchange-traded funds in times of volatility, using them as a price discovery tool and to trade risk. Speaking at the Financial Standard Best Practice ETF Forum in Sydney yesterday, BlackRock Investment ...

Boutique manager to launch LIC

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 3 SEP 2018
... thesis is that the cyclical nature of the demand in natural resources means investors must be active. The high degree of volatility in the natural resources sector means some assets will be mispriced, which creates investment opportunities for investors ...

Global asset manager launches smart beta indices

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 27 AUG 2018
... high income multifactor and ESG multifactor) and five multifactor index variants of its single factor offerings (low volatility multifactor, value multifactor, quality multifactor, momentum multifactor and small size multifactor). The five AUD-denominated ...

Smart beta on the rise: Van Eck

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 23 AUG 2018
... (64%), while 55% cited achieving better risk adjusted returns. Other motivating factors include the ability to reduce volatility (50%) and reduce costs (46%). Further, 88% of respondents believe smart beta will outperform or perform in line with active ...

Aberdeen Standard launches AI-powered global equity fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 AUG 2018
... to time investments. The strategies are based on factor premia such as value, quality, momentum, small size and low volatility. Aberdeen Standard global head of quantitative solutions David Wickham said the AI-powered approach to factor timing allows ...

Are SMSF investors too conservative?

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 AUG 2018
... retirement phase generally look for more stable income, meaning that they will forgo higher investment returns for reduced volatility and risk," the Association said. "These preferences lead to members in retirement phase having more liquid and less ...

Aussie fintech launches index-style crypto fund

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 2 AUG 2018
... Michaelides said the fund provided wholesale investors with another option to diversify their portfolio, despite the volatility of cryptocurrency. "Historically, digital currencies have provided alternative sources of capital growth with low correlations ...

ARCO takes a net short on Australian financials

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 AUG 2018
... fee. Since the September, 2008 inception, ARCO Absolute Trust has returned 8% to the market's 7.1%. The fund's volatility has been considerably lower at 3.8% to the market's 13.2%. Last year, the manager dropped it's minimum investment ...

Chief economist update: ECB on track for exit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2018
... notably the threat of protectionism, remain prominent. Moreover, the risk of persistent heightened financial market volatility continues to warrant monitoring." Ben Ong is the Director of Economics and Investments at Rainmaker Group. He previously worked ...

Chief economist update: A pretty picture of the labour market

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2018
... participation rate from 65.5% in May to 65.7% in June, reflecting workers' optimism over their job prospects. However, the volatility of the monthly changes in the seasonally adjusted measure of employment provides a confusing picture of the true ...