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Volatile safe-haven bonds

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2013
... of no QE (and the US economy's return to weakness) that forced the Fed's hand. This time, the uncertainty has raised volatility in the US bond market. According to Bloomberg, "Treasury volatility as measured by the Bank of America Merrill Lynch MOVE ...

Investment in alternative assets on the rise globally

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2013
... suggests that investors are seeing private, direct investments as an attractive source of alternative returns with less volatility than long-term equity and bond investments, despite the often illiquid nature of direct investments such as private equity ...

Super funds need low volatility shares for pension portfolios

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 27 MAY 2013
Superannuation members in the post-retirement phase should have exposure to lower volatility, income paying stocks, according to Investors Mutual investment director Anton Tagliaferro. Traditional investment theory dictates that as investors grow older ...

AllianceBernstein launches tail risk protection strategy

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2013
... the risk of suffering losses greater than statistically normal ranges, is a much greater threat to portfolios than volatility, global asset manager AllianceBernstein warns. Tail risk takes its name from the shape of the bell curve, in which statistically ...

Standard Life Inv Absolute Return Bond fund open to Aussie investors

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAY 2013
... conditions. The stated aim of the fund is to return 2.5% per annum above the cash rate over rolling three-year periods with volatility at less than 5%. This return profile makes it ideal for investors who have little tolerance for capital losses, such ...

Five new funds added to FirstChoice platform

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2013
... FirstChoice investment platform. The new funds, available from 11 June, include: PIMCO Global Bond, Acadian Global Managed Volatility Equity, Colonial First State Global Resources Tactical, Antares Elite Opportunities and Altrinsic Global Equity. "These ...

Infrastructure offers income low correlation to other assets

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2013
Investments in infrastructure assets give diversification benefits to income portfolios with less volatility and lower correlation to the equity market, according to Omega Global Investors managing director George Vassos. Vassos explained that a institutional ...

Number of instos prioritising risk doubles since GFC

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAY 2013
... enterprise," he said. More than half of all respondents ranked reputational risk equally with risk arising from market volatility. Despite the increased focus on risk, the study found that the majority of non-risk staff (52%), as well as three in 10 ...

Instos take on risk monitoring tools

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAY 2013
... situation where investors are becoming much more tolerant of risk, said Hamilton. "Events that used to trigger significant volatility now hardly cause a spike. It suggests that either, investors have already decided to wait out the market, or that they ...

Top-down approach wins in post-GFC world: Hexavest

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAY 2013
... Montreal-based investment manager's investment committee, told Financial Standard that one of the consequences of global volatility and huge swings in sentiment has been a renewed interest in top-down investment approaches. Hexavest currently manages ...