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New index pinpoints volatility, products on way

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 9 MAY 2011
Standard & Poor's has developed a new risk-control index to maintain volatility of 12 per cent, with UBS to deliver new structured products based upon it, it said today. Volatility on the S&P/ASX 200 stocks had reached 23 per cent over the past three ...

Silver bullet downs market

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAY 2011
... thank you for warning about the historically 'sell' month of May? I don't apologise for making light of the renewed volatility in the financial markets, especially when the "gloom and doom" mongers come out in force with the precision of the Navy Seals ...

Super fund returns fall again to 5 per cent

PRESS RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAY 2011
Volatility is back in vogue for super fund rolling 12 month returns as they have again fallen back to 5.0 per cent for the 12 months to end March 2011. Three and five year returns are even less impressive at just 1.3 and 2.3 per cent per annum respectively. ...

BetaShares introduces gold ETF

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAY 2011
... almost 5% p.a. more than unhedged gold," he said. Gold has been seen as a safe play for investors while stock market volatility has continued. "Purchasing gold companies as a means to access the gold price introduces company and stock market risk. A ...

Super fund returns fall again to 5 per cent

RACHEL DAVIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAY 2011
Volatility is back in vogue for super fund rolling 12 month returns as they have again fallen back to 5.0 per cent for the 12 months to end March 2011. Three and five year returns are even less impressive at just 1.3 and 2.3 per cent per annum respectively. ...

Financial services boost mixed Macquarie results

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2011
... Australia and internationally, reported a 19 per cent increase in operating income on the prior year, despite continuing volatility in financial markets. Macquarie Group shares rose slightly this morning on the back of a healthy H2 pick up softening ...

Market volatility making boomers nervous

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2011
Baby boomers and their advisers are becoming increasing concerned about the effect of market volatility on traditional investments, according to a MetLife poll. MetLife's Market Volatility Poll, conducted in February of this year, included 520 financial ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2011
... Nolan. Origin shares traded last at $16.23. Oil refiner and petrol retailer Caltex Australia said it expected short term volatility in refiner margins to continue, after revealing the extent to which high oil prices have hurt the company's margins. By ...

Derivatives sky high since SGX fall

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 19 APR 2011
... the natural disaster in Japan created uncertainty about the prospects for global growth." The exchange said market volatility due to the Japanese natural disaster as well as the roll activity in the lead up to the quarterly benchmark futures expiries ...

Fin Services 15pc skill shortage

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 18 APR 2011
... supply, wage pressures are likely to increase in the future. Trends in the Index attributed some of the results to market volatility from recent domestic and global natural disasters, with professionals now more reluctant to explore wealth management ...