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Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 10 FEB 2012
... ounce. RBS Morgans Ipswich manager Tony Russell said the subdued start to the day's trade may indicate an end to the volatility seen in the market in recent times. "The volatility that we have had, which has been extraordinary, over the last six months ...

Instos face debate on EM strategy

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 10 FEB 2012
... versus a siloed asset strategy to emerging market exposure. While return potentials in emerging markets are high, the volatility of those returns and greater downside risk has proved a sticking point for some investors. The trend has led global investment ...

Volatility is MIA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 FEB 2012
Whoops! Looks like I got one of my calls for the year wrong. And this is that high volatility would remain with us for most of 2012. Wrong, wrong, wrong. Volatility, instead, has gone MIA. Reports out last night should have provided the catalyst for ...

HFT and dark pools keep ASIC on its toes

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 7 FEB 2012
... 20 to February 20 following the large volume of industry response to the proposed rules on high frequency trading, volatility controls, pre-trade transparency (dark pools) and best execution. Steve Grob, director of group strategy at trading technology ...

Planners double allocation to term deposits

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2012
... of timing," said Katz. "Because while some investors feel more optimistic about equity markets, we believe ongoing volatility will ensure a continued preference for cash."

Nice one

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 JAN 2012
... months, not with the cloud of uncertainty still hanging over Europe - its recession (imminent or already here) and the volatility in the financial markets intermittent speculations about its future create. The recently released UK GDP figures - down ...

Covered bonds losing their shine: S&P

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 27 JAN 2012
... agency released its outlook for 2012 predicting a "bumpy year ahead", with the bleak economic backdrop impacting spread volatility and stalling new issuance. "Expected issuance would be lower or flat compared to 2011 due mainly to peripheral countries ...

Target setting works for super funds

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 24 JAN 2012
... average of 0.57% p.a. PIMCO said this annual gap equaled to a 9.1% greater return of the 15 year period with lower volatility, showing how the use of a DB strategy by a super fund can return better results. "Research suggests that a focus on target setting ...

So far so good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 JAN 2012
... then dragged down by one crisis after another - man-made or otherwise? But if there's one thing that's certain, it's volatility. It'll be here. It won't go away. More so this year -- the "Year of the Dragon". For according to the Manila Bulletin, "The ...

Demand for term deposits on the rise

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2012
... funds under administration linked to term deposits seven months after being added to the investment menu. "Given the volatility that has beset the market this year, I'm not surprised they (term deposits) have been quite popular," said MLC MasterKey general ...