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New video series demystifies hedge funds

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2015
... everything clients need to know about trend following investing. They simplify seemingly complex topics including momentum, volatility scaling, futures, portfolio diversification, risk, signal diversification and cross sectional momentum. "We aim to ...

Social media, an investment tool in times of turmoil

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2015
... of users commenting on economic issues has allowed the platform to create indicators combining, for example, the VIX volatility index with mentions of exchange traded funds (ETFs). The StockTwits Fear Index shows that as the VIX or market volatility ...

Milliman seeing shift in bond portfolios

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2015
Holding high quality bonds in an attempt to generate income and offset volatility and drawdowns in the stock market was an approach that served investors well leading up to the financial crisis. Low yields and interest rates mean bonds now offer less ...

Mi problema su problema

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2015
... about ranting about it for the umpteenth time, believe you me. Each time the Greek "crisis' re-emerges, we get this volatility in the financial markets. Each time it ends with a kick of the crisis can down the road, promises and pledges made (on both ...

Challenger and Link partner to offer super annuities

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2015
... income solutions to major super funds in Australia. Challenger's products help protect retirees from investment market volatility and inflation and, the risk of outliving their savings," said Challenger chief executive distribution, product and marketing ...

Platform FUM up $660bn

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2015
... $117.2 billion to $120.4 billion. Overall growth was supported by strong investment market performance, though recent volatility has reversed this. All of the leading companies reported significant and mainly double digit percentage increases in their ...

FEATURE: Defending wealth

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2015
... there to satisfy the cost of living and they could develop a high dependency on the Age Pension." In this context, low volatility strategies that minimise risk and target stable income are becoming increasingly popular. Annuities One of the most obvious ...

Bond investors warned not to overlook defence

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2015
... them in their portfolio." What Husain and his team look for when buying bond markets is three characteristics: low volatility; little probability of what the bond expert calls 'jump risk', or a regime change in volatility; and a relatively steep yield ...

Australian market to open lower

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2015
... 18 points at 5,490. Wall Street stocks tumbled almost one per cent due to unease over the Greek debt negotiations, volatility in the bond market and worries about growth after the IMF cut its US economic forecast. Locally on Friday, the Australian Industry ...

Australia underperforms as China slows down: Russell

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2015
... executive for Asia Pacific Pete Gunning said. "With the chances of a prolonged downturn in China's steel consumption and volatility in bank stocks, investors are becoming skittish - with good reason." Speaking about property, Gunning said: "Property ...