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How to survive the next market outlier

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2009
... "[Diversification strategies] are always valuable in that they help reduce specific risk, whether it's managing return risk, volatility...and as a fund manager, [it's a way to] manage permanent capital loss risk." "If you're diversified sufficiently ...

Integrity wins $190m United mandate

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2009
... managers (Alleron, Solaris, SG Hiscock)," noted the fund manager. UFM also noted that the new mandate will see less volatility impact the United Australian Equities Fund.

Treading on treacherous territory

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2009
... coincidence or what? That at the same time, September comes, China is reported to be reining back its stimulus? That volatility in the Shanghai Composite Index has increased? Australia. For Australian investors, there is causing traders, speculators ...

CommBank Officers Super shuts property option

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2009
... cent loss for Australian listed property trusts during the same period. Direct property was also found to carry less volatility at 5 per cent compared with LPTs' 21.8 per cent, according to the report.

SMSFs miss Asian equities boom

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2009
... issue because you'd find that [Asian] equities markets can be difficult by their own nature - due to currency risk and volatility," he said. Investors, particularly those with lower value SMSFs, tend to directly invest and as such prefer the ease and ...

The return of the cocooning consumer

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2009
... those asset classes even when the market recovers. "With trust in other forms of investment undermined by recent market volatility, consumers who have moved to savings from other investments are looking to it for a long-term solution rather than a temporary ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2009
... been overdone, took profits on any bad news while the optimists bided their time. Thin summer trade also has made for volatility. In London, the FTSE index of leading shares was up 66.91 points, or 1.43 per cent, at 4756.58. In Paris, points and in Frankfurt ...

ESSSuper reviews Aussie eq, eyes alternatives

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 13 AUG 2009
... also looking to diversify its asset base by investing in products that look to provide a growth return, but with less volatility. These "alternative - growth" assets currently include investment grade credit, listed property, hedge funds, private equity ...

Leverage key to recovery: UBS

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2009
... equity structured investments at UBS. Small said while new products that fit the current market conditions - such as volatility and capital protection funds - could help investors in tough times, often the chance to capitalise on these trends passes ...

Alpha selects Pengana volatility strategy

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2009
Alpha Fund Managers has added the Pengana Global Volatility strategy to its multi-manager line-up. The market neutral strategy invests in exchange traded North American future and options. "The consistency of returns since the strategy began and having ...