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High risk investors lose appetite for risk

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2014
... Inwood, "It's easy to see why cash is attractive for investors, especially those in retirement, given there is low volatility, so the chance of capital loss is non-existent." However he warned: "Banks' love affair with cash may soon be over, as the Basel ...

Bottoms up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2014
... The US subprime mortgage crisis that morphed into what is now termed as the global financial crisis sparked market volatility and heightened investor anxiety in most equity markets around the world. These -- along with the economic recessions they induced ...

No guarantee

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2014
... speculators that they're not getting their yuan lunches for free no more and/or that it's introducing currency market volatility in preparation for the expected widening of its yuan trading band from 1% to 2% in the next 2-3 months. News over the weekend ...

Robeco fund recommended by Lonsec

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2014
... other's back up. Lonsec decribed van Vliet as a "motivated and capable investor" who has written academic papers on low volatility research and investing. Van Ditshuizen has 17 years' investment experience, all with Robeco. Lonsec said she has good complementary ...

Market wrap PM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2014
... Street. CMC Markets chief analyst Ric Spooner said the Australian market was returning to a more stable level after the volatility caused by political unrest in Ukraine. "Prior to the Ukraine situation our market had reached a level whereby it was reluctant ...

SSFS invests in Standard Life alternative fund

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2014
... the equity market, with a target return of cash plus 5% per annum (gross of fees), over rolling 3-year periods. The volatility of the fund over the four-year period has been just 4.5% compared to global equity volatility of 10% (12.8% for Australian ...

Catching the big wave

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2014
... speculators that they're not getting their yuan lunches for free no more and/or that it's introducing currency market volatility in preparation for the expected widening of its yuan trading band from 1% to 2% in the next 2-3 months. A perfectly rational ...

Millinium Australian equity income fund receives rating

STAFF REPORTER  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2014
... years. He said: "We firmly believe that the first rule of investing is not to lose money, so the Fund usually has lower volatility and a lower beta than the market." Despite being an income-focused fund, the MSF Dividend Income Option significantly outperformed ...

'Leaner' HSBC hikes profits, bonuses

BEN PERRY, AAP  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2014
... This comes after Europe's biggest bank managed a 15.5% A jump in annual net profits and warned about emerging markets volatility after struggling in Latin America last year. Profit after tax at the bank climbed to $US16.2 billion ($A18.09 billion) in ...

G-20 goes for growth

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2014
... still below the rates needed to get our citizens back into jobs and meet their aspirations for development... Recent volatility in financial markets, high levels of public debt, continuing global imbalances and remaining vulnerabilities within some economies ...