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Copia appoints new CFO from Mutual Trust

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 19 FEB 2018
... Australian retirement income fund to explicitly target all three key objectives - attractive mix of income, reduced volatility and capital growth. As founder, chief executive and chief investment officer of Vertium, Teh said the firm aims to do one thing ...

La Trobe marches credit fund beyond $2bn

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 16 FEB 2018
... both investors and their advisers look for ways to achieve return objectives during periods of ongoing uncertainty and volatility across markets," Andrews said. He added that La Trobe's peer-to-peer offerings have enabled investors to select their investment ...

Chief economist update: Bad news is good news returns?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 FEB 2018
... index was broad-based". Investors are correct to ignore the headline CPI inflation measure for it is distorted by the volatility in the price of food and energy. But even factoring these out, core inflation picked up from 0.2% in December to a higher-than ...

Gesundheit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 FEB 2018
"When Wall Street sneezes, the rest of the world catches a cold." The heightened volatility in the week of 5-9 February 2018 took down the S&P 500 index and the DJIA by 5.2% each. Spooky perhaps, but still a decent outcome especially when the 2018 to ...

Scared of inflation? Try deflation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 FEB 2018
Is there something wrong with this picture or what? Wall Street remains on a seesaw ride and volatility - compared with the VIX index's performance over the past three years - is through the roof. Theoretically, ex-US investors needn't be losing sleep ...

Chief economist update: The Fed's force is with us

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 FEB 2018
... disappoint, but with the VIX index closing at a reading of 33.46 - the highest since August 2015 - there'll be some more volatility and cheaper buy ops to come. The $64 million question is if this presages a bear market in the making - technically defined ...

Chief economist update: RBA to lift rates after 2018

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 FEB 2018
... correct too. It kept policy unchanged at its 6 February meeting. Not that it needs any help from the recent increased volatility on Wall Street, weak indications from the latest domestic economic releases will do just fine, thank you very much. While ...

Market volatility ideal for fundamental investors: Expert

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 FEB 2018
An Australian equities expert believes the recent volatility on Wall Street and the ASX signifies an investment opportunity for fund managers that target fundamental valuations. Nikko Asset Management head of Australian equities Brad Potter described ...

Chief economist update: This time is different

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 FEB 2018
... 666 points and went on to record one record high after another. I digress. Certainly, the recent drop in increased volatility on Wall Street would temper willy-nilly buy orders "just because everything is going up". But this, in itself, is a healthy ...

Responsible investment here to stay: Experts

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 1 FEB 2018
... meet or exceed median returns of the rest of the equities market. "They have also tended to meet or fall below median volatility of the broader sample of funds in most of the cases," Lim said. The comments were made at a BetaShares media briefing in ...