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S&P and ASX launch Aussie "fear index"

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 SEP 2010
Standard & Poor's and the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) have launched an Australian version of the "VIX" volatility index, colloquially referred to as the gauge of fear on Wall Street. The S&P/ASX 200 VIX index will measure the expected volatility ...

Macq Private Wealth expands insurance team

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 20 SEP 2010
... in the appointments, with clients now far more cautious and requesting holistic wealth protection strategies. "The volatility experienced in financial markets during the past two years has resulted in investors more carefully considering their wealth ...

Aussies fear super balances

MEDIA RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 10 SEP 2010
... are too scared to look at their super balance after a bad experience during the GFC where funds dropped due to market volatility," she said. "Even though their super balance might have since recovered, more than one in four said they still lacked confidence ...

Rewind and replay

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 SEP 2010
... break the deadlock between the gloom and doomers and those saying, "she'll be right mate!" But while risk assets hate volatility - bad for equities -- those in tune with the Fed's and the Obama administration's current way of thinking would have noted ...

Planners must follow insto go signal

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 9 SEP 2010
... Stephen, manager of investment strategy and research at Advance Investment Solutions, said investors nervous of ongoing volatility should track global pension and endowment funds' risk appetite, as they hold the key to understanding financial asset price ...

Fully hedged funds are the past decade's winners: Zenith

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 3 SEP 2010
... as a result, the researcher favours a blend of hedged and unhedged exposure, to insulate portfolios from short term volatility and to enable them " to perform in a range of market environments".

Double positive

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 SEP 2010
... per cent higher last night. Wow! Great! Superb! Looks like it... but not really. It remains within the range of high volatility trading since financial markets started scaring themselves back in May - plus 4.4 per cent (10 May) and minus 3.9 per cent ...

Core and satellite approach not bulletproof: study

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 SEP 2010
... the suitability of the multi-manager approach favoured by some Australian super funds. The study found that moderate volatility managers have been consistently more successful than high volatility managers over recent years, but at the other end of the ...

Snowball stays on track

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 24 AUG 2010
... and advice increased by 19 per cent to $4.8 billion, which it said is an achievement given the past twelve months of volatility in the market. The group has embarked on a series of re-investments within its own company along with acquisition activity. ...

REST Super taps Asia directly

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 24 AUG 2010
... various country exposures, and not limited to Asian countries, means Asia's growth can still be tapped, but with less volatility, he said. REST Super is not the first industry super fund seeking to tap Asia's growth directly or send executives overseas ...