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Clients listen, but switch anyway

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2009
... are client-initiated. According to the survey, the most common issues raised by clients include the impact of market volatility on investments (90 per cent), uncertainty about future direction of markets (69 per cent) and adequacy of investments before ...

Low volatility not always low risk

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2009
... unlisted asset valuations can mask bigger potential for sudden price drops, according to a UK hedge fund manager. "Low volatility is easily confused with short volatility, noted AURUM Funds Limited in their 2009 hedge fund outlook report. "An illiquid ...

Super is for income, not wealth

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2009
... between cash, bonds and equities. "It's not until we start [reporting] not on the wealth, but on the income; not on the volatility of the wealth, but on how certain the level of income is...when we start converting all that into income terms then implicitly ...

Henderson Maxwell moves to managed accounts

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2009
... investment strategy, which many advisers used during the bull market is no longer relevant these days given market volatility where some shares can fall as much as 70 per cent in three days. "Rather than go to each individual account and sell down a ...

Poidevin joins Pengana

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2009
... prospects in Australia and internationally. In his new role, Poidevin will work principally with the Pengana Global Volatility Fund and develop additional multi-asset volatility strategies with principal fund Manager Alvin Wilkinson and his team. Poidevin ...

Vanguard launches ETFs in Oz

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2009
... trading flexibility, liquidity and transparency of shares. With current investment markets experiencing significant volatility and global economies showing signs of recession, the benefits of ETFs and indexing have come to the fore. The liquidity, diversification ...

Hunter Hall says sorry

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2009
... and some seven per cent in gold and gold-related companies, Hall said they have a buffer to withstand further market volatility while they start buying into bear market opportunities. "[The cash and gold are] our safety net. But what these markets offer ...

Reverse core satellite approach: van Eyk

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2009
... should consider a core active approach. "When world growth was going strongly all boats rose with the tide and sector volatility was low, active manager performance as shown by the dispersion between top and bottom quartile managers, was low and within ...

ASIC keeps short selling ban

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2009
... short selling of financial securities until the end of May. According to ASIC, the regulator weighed up the continued volatility in global financial markets and the potential damage from aggressive short selling against the loss of price discovery and ...

Competition not so super

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2009
... in the last twelve months, a proportion that is actually decreasing despite the massive increase in capital market volatility. The switching rate is only half the level it was when super choice was first introduced, noted the report. However RMR said ...