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Trump's helping hand

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 NOV 2016
... from up 2.0% the week before the elections. And it is the kind of stuff central banks have been wishing for - reduced volatility and one that's driven by cyclicals. For Trump promises(?) reflation - what central banks have been trying desperately to ...

Active winning out in down markets: MFS

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2016
... and risk management will be elevated." She added: "On the one hand, Australian investors are concerned about market volatility and an extended period of lower returns. At the same time, they are increasingly steering flows towards passive products that ...

Hedge fund goes retail with performance-only fee structure

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 17 NOV 2016
... fees since July 1, 2013. While it isn't benchmarked, it has outperformed the S&P ASX 200 Accumulation index with lower volatility. The fund's strategy focuses on takeover and corporate activity. Harvest Lane chief investment officer and managing director ...

Australian-first fund exceeds target

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 17 NOV 2016
... correlation to the share market. Justin Braitling, Watermark founder and chief investment officer, said that with current volatility there are very few ways of avoiding market-based risks, aside from holding cash or hedging. "WGF will be the first global ...

Russell launches dynamic currency hedging

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 14 NOV 2016
... currency are systematically determined to mitigate losses from unexpected market events. "Every basis point counts and, as volatility rises in currency markets, we believe this model will serve super fund investors well," Russell head of currency strategy ...

Multi-asset expectations fall: Zenith

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2016
... not recognise the asymmetry of negative bond yields (with 0% the assumed lower bound). As a result of this limitation volatility attributable to bonds has been underestimated and portfolios constructed by these optimised outputs have the potential to ...

Monash fund receives Lonsec rating

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2016
... guarantees, but since our inception in July 2012 we have provided investors with double digit returns after fees, with lower volatility and drawdowns than the market, with no loss of capital in any financial year," Shields said. Co-portfolio manager ...

How advisers are managing US election concerns

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2016
... the US election results. "This was something we did before and after the Brexit vote in the UK because of the market volatility then," he said. The first thing he would tell clients is to explain that, as has happened in previous geopolitical events ...

Trump bigger than Brexit

ALEX BURKE, DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2016
... significant fiscal expansion and also higher inflationary outcomes." "Trump's victory in means more uncertainty and volatility for markets, and a wider distribution of potential outcomes to consider from both a market and economic perspective. In the ...

Government bond strategy added to HUB24

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 NOV 2016
... not been available to Australian investors to date. With heightened uncertainty globally creating episodic bouts of volatility, investors need an ideal solution to defend their assets with no credit or equity like exposures," JCB co-founder Angus Coote ...