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BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAY 2012
... blokes and shielas is how well the Australian economy could withstand more uncertainties, more shocks, greater market volatility that's coming from outside our shores. Is Australia strong enough? On this score, the latest available economic indicate ...

Coin toss

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 MAY 2012
... holds, there's gonna be a lotta of shaking on in the rest of the world in the not too distant future. Never mind the volatility in the financial markets spawned by the Ger-Gre game of chickens, but the two G's (Germany and Greece) bluffs and blusters ...

Australian economy on target for growth: OECD

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAY 2012
... significant risk to the global outlook, with recent political developments in Greece resulting in greater financial market volatility," said Treasurer Wayne Swan, in his response to the report. "Against this backdrop, the OECD expects growth across OECD ...

High yield may mean lower income: CFSGAM

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAY 2012
... longevity and capital preservation. High yield stocks actually had greater variability in returns during the GFC, although volatility was largely consistent across both high and low yield stocks over the past 10 years, the research found, and some low ...

Missed the bottom?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAY 2012
... Better, if it jumpstarts market confidence that'll set the virtuous cycle back into spin. However, my sense is that volatility would continue heading into the Greek elections, at the very least -- one that could again test the equity markets' faith. ...

Deposits the battleground for margins

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAY 2012
... once a cheap, discounted source of funding to the cash rate, becoming the 'holy grail' during a period of continuing volatility," said Paul Siviour Ernst & Young's Oceania banking and capital markets leader. "Further complicating the shift in funding ...

Advisers use of ETFs on the rise

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAY 2012
The number of exchange traded funds used by investors is on the rise despite continued market volatility, with up to 70,000 users expected by the end of the year, according to the latest BetaShares/Investment Trends ETF Report. The BetaShares/Investment ...

MSCI risk model targets volatility

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 14 MAY 2012
... give Portfolio Managers better insight into risk and return. The Barra Australia Equity Model (AUE4) adapts to market volatility, so that forecasts and actual results are tightly aligned, said Todd Kennedy, senior portfolio manager, Plato Investment ...

The end is not nigh

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 MAY 2012
... own become as useful as toilet paper. But what about contagion to the rest of the world? Certainly. Financial market volatility would jump. But I think not of the same magnitude that it did during the GFC because everybody's sort of prepared - if not ...

BlackRock funds target new investment climate

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2012
... what the company views as long-term market conditions. "It is unlikely we will see a return to the highly liquid, low volatility market conditions experienced before the Global Financial Crisis. We have entered into a new age of investing and it is time ...