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Aviva SMA gets adviser tick

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2009
... are currently focusing their attention on helping their clients strategise for the New Year following 2008's market volatility, and Cobb believes that the start of the new financial year would be a better timed opportunity for advisers and clients to ...

Jacobson departs Kaplan

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2009
... "Kaplan Professional, with its scale and diversity, is extremely well positioned to withstand the current economic volatility and will use this advantage to consolidate its dominant position in its markets," he said.

FMs predict comeback by 2012

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JAN 2009
... 8.8 per cent. In addition, the median fund manager expects the UK market to return roughly five per cent this year. Volatility this year is estimated to be in the range of 20 to 25 per cent which, according to Watson Wyatt, is higher than the historical ...

Nicholas-Applegate's 130/30 gets nod

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 13 JAN 2009
... the Australian regulator will lift it on financial stocks in the near future. "During these times of extreme market volatility the benefits of being able to go short in stocks as well as having long positions are important. So we think there'll be continuing ...

Morgan Stanley launches Aus Eq fund

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2008
... performance with the sustained generation of alpha in all market conditions, including the recent period of extreme volatility," said executive director Damien Green, head of Morgan Stanley Investment Management in Australia. "So far in 2008 our strategy ...

Pengana wins $50m Auscoal mandate

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 9 DEC 2008
... mandate with Pengana Capital. The coal-mining industry super fund invested the $50 million into the Pengana Global Volatility fund. According to Pengana, the placement follows months of extensive due diligence by the Auscoal investment team working closely ...

QIC calls for better liquidity risk mgmt

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2008
... becoming highly illiquid around month end trading dates. This also allows funds to benefit from equity and bond market volatility as they tend to be buying when markets are falling and selling as they rise," he said. Derivatives should also be considered ...

Quant and quals brave the bear

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 1 DEC 2008
... not all the time," said Hamson. Hamson said Plato selected stocks by considering value, momentum and quality. "Market volatility means there is no shortage of value stocks but the momentum is what's currently lacking," said Hamson. Karara Capital manages ...

Zenith ranks Martin Currie and Franklin Templeton

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 27 NOV 2008
... quality stock involve the portfolio managers' conviction of the share and its potential return profile, the historic volatility of the stock, its correlation to the market and to existing portfolio holdings. The Franklin Global fund is growth biased ...

Ho hum

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 NOV 2008
... rallied nearly 6 per cent yesterday - its biggest one-day advance in more than 10 years. Ho-hum. Given the spectacular volatility in the equity markets over the past few months, daily movements of plus or minus 5-7 percent have become standard fare. ...