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SSFS awards $90M emerging markets mandate

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 8 APR 2014
State Super Financial Services (SSFS) has given Acadian Asset Management a $90 million emerging markets managed volatility mandate. Acadian AM is a joint venture between US fund manager Acadian Boston and Colonial First State that manages Australian ...

Multi-asset portfolios key for retiree income

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 8 APR 2014
... emerging market debt have higher yields but you have to take the rough with the smooth," he said, noting that the annual volatility for these assets is around 8-9% versus 13% from equities. "The best approach is to blend a range income paying assets ...

Plato partners Milliman to offer retiree income solution

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2014
... largest organisations around the globe." Plato has combined a growth oriented investment strategy with the management of volatility and equity market risk via the Milliman Managed Risk Strategy (MMRS) to provide retirees the opportunity to invest in ...

Margin lending through advisers shrank in 2013

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 1 APR 2014
... "Many barriers to increased usage of margin lending have softened among brokers, especially those relating to market volatility and interest rates," Shahed said.

AMP opens three funds to retail investors

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 1 APR 2014
... Dynamic Markets Fund is targeted towards investors, such as accumulators or pre-retirees, who are concerned about market volatility and are looking for a cost-effective way to access active management. The fund adopts a dynamic asset allocation investment ...

Capital Fund Management launches half-price hedge fund

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2014
... strategy and a strategy designed to harvest risk premia in capital markets. These strategies are run at a constant 10% volatility. When combined, the volatility of the overall portfolio falls to 6%. Investors also have the option of dialing up the risk ...

Forget shocks and stay the course: PM Capital

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2014
... occasions that investors can actually take advantage of the market underpricing quality companies, and can use this volatility to buy businesses at a discount to intrinsic value." Bertoli said the Asian market in particular is very volatile and sensitive ...

Low volatility investing exploits low risk anomaly

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2014
... returns than higher risk stocks," he said. The anomaly is so strong "that there has never been a 'lost decade' for low volatility portfolios, even during the 'tech wreck' and GFC," he added. Wirds said using low volatility equity strategies has major ...

Instos lose chasing high hedge fund returns

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2014
... chief executive and chief investment officer Joe Scoby said institutions should hold hedge funds to lower their overall volatility profile and shouldn't concern themselves with returns relative to the wider market. "Hedge funds are supposed to find alpha ...

AustralianSuper insurance premiums to rise by 35%

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2014
... by insurers. AustralianSuper was working closely with its insurer, TAL, to "find a middle ground, to try to reduce volatility and to avoid results changing dramatically depending on the market condition." He revealed that representatives of the fund ...