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Axioma reveals downward risk trends

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 7 MAY 2012
... declining risk accompanied gains in many markets for the majority of tracked benchmarks with lower correlation and volatility. Hamilton said the ASX-200 was up almost 9% during the quarter, with positive returns each month during the period. "At the ...

The revival of stock picking

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAY 2012
... conviction, concentrated bets in areas of dispersion with up to 12% positions in individual stocks. To accommodate the volatility that will naturally accompany these managers, position-level risk is diversified at the fund of fund level. "You would not ...

Future Fund returns 5.4pc for Q1

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2012
... a long-term perspective and ensuring adequate diversity in the portfolio is important during this period of market volatility. We continue to construct a portfolio designed to generate good returns while avoiding excessive risk. "In line with this approach ...

BT launches no margin call loan

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAY 2012
... Group has launched its 'next generation' of geared equity products in response to renewed investor interest, due to low volatility in the Australian share markets. The Westpac-owned wealth manager is offering investors the BT Professional Investment ...

Super funds continue to recover

RACHEL DAVIS  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAY 2012
... best they've been in seven months and three year returns are the best they've been in almost two years. Despite the volatility of short term returns, long term 10 year returns have been stable on about 5% pa, only dipping slightly below this threshold ...

QIC awards Molpus alternative timber mandate

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2012
... which has commitments of around $A225 million. "Timberland is an important asset class for QIC, as we like the low volatility, low correlations to equities and built in inflation hedging characteristics that these investments provide," said James Dick ...

Hedge funds outperform: Research

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 26 APR 2012
... for global commodities. According to the research, hedge funds achieved these returns with considerably lower risk volatility as measured by Value-at-Risk (VaR) than either stocks or commodities. Their volatility and VaR was similar to bonds, an asset ...

EQT wins Austock Life mandate

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 24 APR 2012
... Mortgage Income Fund has continued to perform better than most alternative income investments through global economic volatility. "Furthermore, at a time when term deposit rates vary due to the banks increase in cost of funds, mortgage funds can make ...

ETPs have record start to the year

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2012
... gathering ETPs for Q1 2012 included emerging markets equity, US large-cap equity, corporate bonds, high yield bonds, volatility products and gold. "Global flows into fixed income ETPs may offer an insight into how these products could gain acceptance ...

BNP Paribas Investment Partners shuts FI

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2012
... local fixed income team was established in 2010 in response to investor interest in the asset class following market volatility at the time. Former BT Funds Management and 452 Capital portfolio manager, Doyle Mallett was put in charge of the division ...