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Smarter Money Investments added to BT Wrap

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2015
... fees in comparison to its average peer in the Morningstar short-term fixed-interest universe, which returned 3.2%. The volatility of its returns has been low at less than 0.65% per annum with a Sharpe Ratio of 4.3. SMI's active cash strategy is also ...

Reasons to cheer amid gloomy predictions

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 27 JAN 2015
Low inflation, low returns and high volatility are set to be the new normal in 2015. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) confirmed the trend when it downgraded its growth forecast for the global economy from 3.8% for 2015 in October to a lower 3.5% ...

Magellan ups cash weighting ahead of market volatility

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 27 JAN 2015
Magellan Asset Management raised the cash weighting in its Global and Infrastructure funds in anticipation of a possible market correction in credit and equity markets. In a note sent to investors, Magellan chief executive and chief investment officer ...

Macquarie Group upgrades profit forecast for FY15

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2015
... March 2014. Cited reasons for this include the 6.5% Australian dollar depreciation since October, sales and trading volatility and increased performance fees from the group's managed funds, which went from $75 million to $373 million in the six months ...

REI Super extends Ibbotson consultancy mandate

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2015
... evolving needs. They helped us create the Premium Income option, which provides secure income and reduced investment volatility for members entering retirement or over 55 years. This has done very well so far, having outperformed its investment objectives." ...

SNB dismantles defense

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2015
... in the foreign exchange market to influence monetary conditions". Right or wrong, the SNB's decision has increased volatility and introduced another tail risk in the markets. But the Swiss National Bank's (SNB) credibility would be the biggest casual ...

I'm with Bill

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2015
... diverging timelines. Rapid reassessment of risk could also be triggered by a spike in geopolitical tensions, bouts of volatility in commodity markets, or financial stress in major emerging market economies. Worryingly, the weak recovery in many high-income ...

Nearly there?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JAN 2015
... closing 0.3% in the red. Remember last year when almost everybody and his dog (even Aunt Janet) were ruing the lack of volatility in the market because it wasn't good? We've got it. Volatility has returned! And still, everybody and his dog (and maybe ...

Infra committee recommends ISA's inverted bid model

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2014
... governments by opening up projects to a wider range of investors, including super fund members who receive attractive low volatility returns from the high performing infrastructure asset class." The report was tabled in Parliament yesterday.

Epoch funds get upgrade from Zenith

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2014
... The funds have been through a full market cycle and to date have not only outperformed, but have done so with lower volatility than most equity products while it delivered higher levels of income. "These are factors that are increasingly important to ...