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Fed's plan slips on oil

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2016
... pick-up in inflation. The Fed was correct, the dot plots were right... at the time. Until the New Year, that is - when volatility increased sending equity markets in bear territory on the back of concerns over slowing global growth in general and a hard ...

Economic experts still defensive in 2016

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JAN 2016
A panel of economic experts has told Morningstar that financial markets may have been overreacting to volatility in the Chinese sharemarket, overplaying risks to respective economies. The discussion earlier this month also said Australia's economic ...

Equity benchmarks too risky amid volatility: SSGA

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JAN 2016
... urged investors to ignore benchmark weights in favour of a truly active approach amid recent and likely on-going market volatility. In the company's active Australian equities Annual Review and Outlook 2015/2016, SSGA's head of active quantitative equity ...

ETFs benefit from market volatility: SSGA

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 19 JAN 2016
... Street Global Advisors (SSGA) says exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are one of the largest beneficiaries of global market volatility as investors look to dodge high levels of uncertainty. SSGA Australia head of SPDR ETFs Amanda Skelly said while dramatic ...

SMSFs and growth funds hit hardest by sell-off

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2016
... superannuation funds (SMSFs) and high-growth superannuation funds are likely to have felt the brunt of recent share market volatility hardest in 2016. It is a tiny window to be analysing the impact of market movements but Rainmaker research highlights ...

Younger clients best-served by robo-advice

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 14 JAN 2016
... value the number rises to six. Fordree explained that Ignition Wealth's ETF suite is selected based on "liquidity and volatility" criteria. The company exclusively uses ETF products from State Street, BlackRock, BetaShares and Vanguard; actual asset ...

Vanguard tells investors to watch what they pay

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 14 JAN 2016
... alike have said investors must expect lower returns in the future than they have been used to in the past with higher volatility. Some, such as Pengana co-founder Russel Pillemer, have used this to champion the benefits of active management: "You don't ...

20pct tax rebate is budget neutral: FSC

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 14 JAN 2016
... maximising the returns from current contributions rather than hiking mandatory contributions, particularly given current volatility in the share and property markets. More broadly, we must consider if it is appropriate for employers to bear the major ...

Parametric knows what keeps super trustees sleepless

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2016
... trustees awake at night during 2016 include regulation, post-retirement solutions, and immunising members against market volatility. Parametric Australasia chief executive Chris Briant said operational strategy and tax management will also feature on ...

Hedge funds suffer worst year since 2011

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2016
... posted the strongest gains of all the hedge fund strategies in 2015, up 4.46%, helped by gains accruing from underlying volatility arbitrage strategies. At the other end of the scale, distressed debt funds posted the worst return, down 5.31% - their ...