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Global ETP markets earn $151bn in 2011

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2012
... market capitalisation remained steady at $5.2 billion, according to the BetaShares Australian ETF Review for November. "Volatility in markets spooked investors and caused them to reduce existing positions and defer taking new ones. There were large withdrawals ...

HSBC launches new retail equity product

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 19 JAN 2012
... previous structured products," said Collins. "We look at the mix largely from a valuation perspective where recent volatility has seen earnings in all these indices above their historical average."

Volatile markets spark innovation

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JAN 2012
... electronic tools allowing portfolio construction and optimisation based on targeted risk are a result of current market volatility, according to MSCI, makers of the Barra Portfolio Manager (BPM) system. "The broader trend in light of the financial crisis ...

Ascalon forms second Asian partnership

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  TUESDAY, 17 JAN 2012
... fundamental Asian long-short manager was important for Ascalon's portfolio. "The last four years of extreme market volatility have demonstrated the challenges that many core, index-aware equity managers and their investors face, "said Landman. "Ascalon ...

Investors looking backwards: Mercer

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 17 JAN 2012
... year. In ranking the Australian shares fund manager results, Mercer found that despite poor returns in 2011, stock volatility did actually decline but that the difference between an upper and lower quartile manager was the smallest since the 2004 calendar ...

Priced in

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 JAN 2012
... growth/recession, leads to higher deficit (because government revenues drop), leads to ratings downgrades. The financial volatility and uncertainty that accompany these would in turn, sink investor, consumer and business confidence everywhere else, taking ...

UBS: Political turmoil adding to market woes

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 16 JAN 2012
Political and financial systems, once relatively separate are now closely entwined, with more market volatility the potential result, according to the UBS Investing in 2012 report. Presidential elections in the US, France and Russia along with likely ...

CFSGAM: REITS are a safe bet

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2011
Institutional investors are missing out on discounted, transparent and volatility-safer assets by following the traditional investment strategy of bricks and mortar property assets, said one CFSGAM portfolio manager. Antoinette Plater, senior portfolio ...

UBS: Diversify to prevent fatigue

RACHEL DAVIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2011
... already in recession. "2011 has seen many global macro challenges, with uncertainty around Europe causing elevated market volatility," said Boubouras. "The official UBS view is that they will make up, not break up...the silver bullet, which hasn't been ...

2011: hits and misses

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2011
... think 2010 was a challenging year, early indications are that financial markets are in for another period of increased volatility in this, the year twenty eleven. Yes Virginia, brace for more hops, skips and falls - quite fitting that twenty eleven is ...