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Russell ups risk in equity ETFs

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 25 OCT 2012
... Woolworths, Treasury Wine Estates and Cochlear and replaced them with more bell weather stocks. "Increases in market volatility amid ongoing uncertainty with the Eurozone crisis, the future of China's growth and US markets, have seen the valuation in ...

Chinese small-and-mid caps undervalued

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 22 OCT 2012
Volatility goes hand-in-hand with investments in emerging markets, but valuations for small-and-mid cap Chinese stocks means it is time to buy, said one of Asia's best performing boutique asset managers. Company earnings will decline in the short term ...

CFSGAM bullish on listed infrastructure

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 OCT 2012
... attractive as it once was. Despite investor migration into safe-havens like bonds and cash during periods of greater volatility, Meany believes investors will miss out on growth optimality should this becomes a longer term strategy. With listed infrastructure ...

QE results in currency wars

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 16 OCT 2012
Investors should expect greater volatility in foreign exchange markets as the 'beggar thy neighbour' approach of quantitative easing across the developed world triggers economic, political and social consequences for developing economies, according ...

Investors must push for PE transparency

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 16 OCT 2012
... guidelines outlined by the International Limited Partners Association (Ilpa). Blackburn says that continued market volatility is likely to see greater demand for alternative assets classes like private equity and this should raise awareness about the ...

Omega bullish on sovereign investing

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 8 OCT 2012
... total returns. The results show that countries with a superior Omega rating had both larger average returns and reduced volatility of returns. "Not so long ago, sovereign debt from major developed nations was considered about as low-risk as you could ...

Hybrid securities back in favour

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 8 OCT 2012
... investors are primarily limited to investing either in equities or in term deposits. There is clearly higher risk and volatility associated with equity investments, whilst conversely term deposits offer limited returns for investors. "Hybrids therefore ...

Fund managers bullish on Asian bonds

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 8 OCT 2012
... levels of government debt at this point in the cycle have led to a pick up in interest at the corporate level although volatility is pushing institutional investors towards more hard currency debt. "When you invest in emerging market or Asian debt from ...

Volatility breeds opportunism: Report

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 4 OCT 2012
Conventional investment wisdom has been sidelined by continued market volatility, said a study commissioned by Principal Global Investors. As a result, the report, undertaken by CREATE-Research, said new ways of investing and managing assets through ...

EM debt not to be overlooked: HSBC

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 4 OCT 2012
... Australian institutions who invested in emerging market debt alongside their equities, had higher returns and less volatility," said Poole. Poole - who was in Australia this week meeting with institutional investors - said that many global money managers ...