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Derivatives costly and ineffective: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 29 JAN 2018
... downside protection always has a cost, futures-based dynamic risk management overlays avoid the higher cost of implied volatility embedded within option pricing, Armitage said. For example, with the ability to create custom synthetic option strategies ...

Population growth drives real income

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 25 JAN 2018
... quarter of 2017 and has started January slightly weaker. Reid explains the weaker start is reflected, in part, by the volatility of higher bond rates. But he said given A-REITs' skew to shopping centres, it is a relatively robust sector. "We think rents ...

Paradice appoints portfolio manager from Northcape

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JAN 2018
... periods. "Despite the portfolio performance appearing lacklustre relative to the index, we were pleased with it given the volatility and big moves in many names, particularly at the smaller end of the market," the update said. "There were also a number ...

SMSFs shifting focus for diversification

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 22 JAN 2018
... getting comfortable with the more exotic equity instruments in the market and are prepared to spread risk. Low levels of volatility and the strong performance of domestic and international markets gave investors' confidence to look for new opportunities,'' ...

Money managers eye household debt

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 22 JAN 2018
... difficult to pinpoint exactly how these consequences will manifest, but there will almost certainly be an increase in volatility. "Shares and real estate have done very well over the last decade, largely because of the almost limitless quantities of ...

Mercer increases Japanese footprint via acquisition

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JAN 2018
... performance-enhancing solutions to deliver positive absolute returns to well-diversified portfolios, while reducing volatility and risk is BFC's specialty, with BFC chairman and chief executive Noriyuki Kawana saying the acquisition by Mercer will assist ...

Only way is up for global economy: Baur

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 9 JAN 2018
... depression era lows," he said. If interest rates pick up back to what Baur thinks is more normal, it's "going to cause some volatility for financial markets that we've not been used to of late." "If it's the case that interest rates are below where they ...

Eurozone low-flation to 2020

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 DEC 2017
... year to the third quarter that followed a 2.1% increase in the previous quarter. All together and abstracting from the volatility in the prices of energy, food, alcohol and tobacco, the core inflation rate stood at a five-month low 0.9% in the year to ...

Fixed income specialist wins mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 7 DEC 2017
... strong performance record, said Alpha Fund Managers portfolio manager Julien Brodie. He added the fund has moderate volatility with dynamic hedging capabilities that provide protection against adverse currency movements, and is managed by a highly experienced ...

Global asset manager expands Australian offering

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 28 NOV 2017
... "With additional interest rate rises on the horizon, there is a need to recalibrate fixed income exposure to reduce volatility and capture yield opportunities," Grobler said. The fund's objective is to generate a consistent level of income and maintain ...