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Margin loans keep pace with shrinking customer-base

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 FEB 2016
... the new report shows that 56% of current margin debtors agree Australian shares are undervalued, and only 13% believe volatility is a preventative factor in increasing margin debt. Furthermore Australians appear to be increasingly satisfied with their ...

Small not feeling beautiful

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 FEB 2016
... Increasing worries over the outlook for the economy - on the back of slowing global growth and increased financial market volatility - as well as concerns over sales expectations and hiring contributed largely to the sharp drop in the headline index ...

Risks are overstated: AUI

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2016
... the US and European Union growing," he said. "Our view is that markets are rebalancing to a lower growth world. While volatility will continue to be the new normal, we expect a market floor to be reached shortly." Platypus Asset Management chief investment ...

Who spooked the greenback?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2016
... is that financial markets force them to pounce. Heightened financial market - equities, commodities, currencies -- volatility, downgraded predictions for global (mainly emerging markets) growth, fears of a crash landing in China, low inflation/deflation ...

Core holdings will be lacklustre in 2016: SSGA

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2016
... "The core of most of your portfolios is going to be lacklustre in 2016 and there are numerous reasons to expect that volatility is going to remain a concern for us," Anderson said. "In a world in which economic growth is low, we're going to have to think ...

Aviva Investors appoints national account manager

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 FEB 2016
... (SICAV), in a globally diversified multi-strategy portfolio. It aims to reach its target return whilst limiting the volatility of returns compared with an investment in global equities. Aviva Investors is the global asset management business of Aviva ...

Instos to increase alternative strategies

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 FEB 2016
... Senior managing director and global head of BlackRock's Institutional Client Business, Mark McCombe, said recent market volatility is driving a repricing of assets globally. "The ripple effect from recent events is causing investors to actively manage ...

BetaShares Australian share fund gets Lonsec approval

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2016
... opportunity for capital growth and income. The fund employs an active risk management strategy, which seeks to reduce volatility and defend against losses in declining markets. The "Recommended" rating is the second highest investment rating able to ...

Hedge funds up 2.4% in 2015

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2016
... capital for pension funds and other investors," said AIMA chief executive Jack Inglis. "Given that this period of market volatility is set to continue during 2016, we remain confident that hedge funds will continue to meet their investors' expectations ...

Doom(ed) rebound?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 JAN 2016
... that China does not intend to pursue a yuan devaluation policy and that it would endeavour to contain stock market volatility. Two days from now, we'll find out what the Fed makes of all these when they meet and announce their policy decision on the ...