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Fund house publishes full holdings online

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAR 2013
... Perpetual's multi-manager product since October 2005, has achieved top quartile returns since launch with one of the lowest volatility scores in the sector. Earlier this month NGS Super also made detailed investment information available to members online ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2013
... the short term, given the recent surge here and on overseas markets. In response to Wall Street's rally this week, volatility in local trading had picked up, Mr McCarthy said. "That tells us that the market is keen to make a break, but it is not clear ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAR 2013
... through jitters in Asia about China's moves to tighten its property market. "It reflects the significant increase in volatility in the last couple of weeks with two big selling days: one yesterday and another on February 21," he told AAP. "But it's bouncing ...

Homegrown manager bags global award

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2013
... past 12 months. The annual net performance of the fund since October 2008 is 12.3 per cent per year with 6.8 per cent volatility and low correlation with equity markets. It has also generated positive returns in 77 per cent of months. The fund invests ...

Time for Japan sceptics to think again

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2013
... anticipates staggered VAT hikes, which should boost inflationary expectations and stimulate pre-hike demand, albeit with some volatility. "In conclusion, dramatic changes are taking place in Japan, and there are, for the first time since we can recall ...

Brazilian CB might need to stop shaving

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 FEB 2013
... from having an exit in mind" -- just in case the bloggerati put words in his mouth as they did the Fed last week. The volatility of the past few days may have trimmed some of the equity markets' gains but the MSCI World Index remains up by 5.2% this ...

Low risk choice poses high risk on savings: survey

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 25 FEB 2013
... is. "For a 55-year-old who is not going to keep their super invested in their retirement, a 'low risk', that is a low volatility option, may be part of a sound investment strategy, but for a 25-year-old who has another 40 years of saving ahead of them ...

ASX volatility index moves to live pricing

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2013
Australia's equity market volatility benchmark, the S&P/ASX 200 VIX (VIX), will be made available in real-time, the ASX has announced. This will provide the market with intra-day volatility information and importantly, enables ASX to create derivative ...

Maple-Brown Abbott moves into global listed infra

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2013
... not always translated into the performance expected by investors in global listed infrastructure. "We believe if low volatility and inflation protection are important investment objectives of investors in the asset class, then we must ensure these characteristics ...

Smart beta ETF take-up to double in 2013

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2013
... based on the rapid take-up of smart beta ETF products in other sophisticated markets in Europe and the US. "Minimum volatility funds alone pulled in around $5.5 billion in 2012 globally," said Small. "Smart beta is the natural evolution of ETFs and we ...