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Demand rises for Aussie bonds and cash: AMP

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUN 2011
... told financial standard that investment trends had turned towards funds with strong liquidity, a good yield and lower volatility. "Every day you put on the TV and the world is ending," he said. "People were (recently) caught in the worst downturn in ...

S&P looks to Africa as investment grows

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2011
... multiples. S&P is also offering risk control versions of the African index, for 10 per cent, 15 per cent or 18 per cent volatility levels.

Era of uncertainty plagues global markets

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2011
... signal a long term trend in which the swings in economic growth and asset prices will become greater than during the low volatility growth of the past two decades," said Briscoe. Briscoe outlined these developments that fund managers and global investors ...

Grant Samuel signs US fixed income partner

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUN 2011
... invests in "corporate bonds, non-leveraged companies with good free cash flow and decent balance sheets," nurturing low volatility and low correlation with bond markets. "Lets focus on the short part of the curve, lets focus on corporations and lets ...

Aussie downgrades likely as S&P reviews rating system

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAY 2011
... sovereign credit quality and individual bank metrics. S&P said in an update that its goal is to minimize uncertainty and volatility in the market stemming from the potential ratings changes associated with the new criteria. "We have been very clear that ...

Australian market to shrug off Greek woes

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2011
... avoid bearing the brunt of another bailout operation. "The situation has worsened and nervous investors can expect more volatility across all markets, as governments and central banks wrestle with this issue in coming weeks and months," noted Mark Dutton ...

Just replace because with despite

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAY 2011
... got lost between "because" and "despite", the real point I'm trying to relay is that, notwithstanding the increase in volatility over the past few sessions, financial markets remain optimistic -- cautiously optimistic perhaps but still optimistic.

Straus-Kahn stress

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 MAY 2011
... human-interest story but not one that would inhibit the normal functioning of the IMF. The same way that last week's increased volatility in financial markets had been an interesting one but not ones that haven't been clicked into spreadsheets for at ...

Super problems to short-change retirees

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAY 2011
... Returns on bonds are four times more volatile than yields, he said. "Sure you don't lose your dough but there's much more volatility than you think." But asset classes that do give good inflation hedging were difficult to manage for retirees as they ...

Equities don't work in retirement

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAY 2011
... "You do have to ask whether in a compulsory system - so that you're exposing all Australian workers to the raw market volatility, and whether that is actually the sort of system that we ought to aspire to," he said. An alternative, at least in superannuation's ...

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ARK Invest awards local distribution mandate

KARREN VERGARA
Cathie Wood's ARK Investment Management has chosen Associate Global Partners (AGP) to help distribute its venture capital strategy to Australian wholesale investors.

APRA names new deputy chairs

VINNY VUCAGO
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has welcomed the appointment of two new deputy chairs, with current board member Therese McCarthy Hockey and former assistant treasurer David Bradbury set to join the regulator's leadership.

MySuper provides consistent returns for members: Rainmaker

MATTHEW WAI
New data from Rainmaker Information found MySuper or default options continued to deliver consistent performances and returns for Australians, despite periods of uncertainty.

Australian Unity names new wealth chief

MATTHEW WAI
Australian Unity has named the successor of Esther Kerr, who departed the organisation last year.

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