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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 1 APR 2008
... hurting their share price, while Woolworths, which would normally be a good defensive stock to buy at times of high volatility, had been dragged down by association.

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 1 APR 2008
... closed marginally higher on Monday, with talk the local bourse could climb as high as 5600 points despite continuing volatility. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was 4.6 points higher at 5355.7, while the broader All Ordinaries gained 8.5 points to 5409.7. ...

Sub-prime boosts actuary profile

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 31 MAR 2008
... seeing enterprise risk management (ERM) roles proliferate across the financial services sector particularly where recent volatility and repricing has highlighted the need for ERM related skills and disciplines. Actuaries are playing an increasing role ...

SSgA wins $200m hedge fund replication mandate

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2008
... attributed to a equity risk premium of market returns that included equities, credit, bond market duration and market volatility. He said State Street Global Advisers had received a strong amount of interest in the Hedge Fund Beta Replication Strategy ...

St George appoints margin lending head

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2008
... bank three years ago. Curry said the St George margin lending business had strong growth targets despite equity market volatility. "In the short term, the volatility and the sell off in the market is going to have a downward impact on the book size and ...

SecuritEase on the defense after Tricom fallout

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAR 2008
... media article was taken out of context. A Tricom spokeswoman cited the crunch of Black Tuesday and unprecedented market volatility as the foundations of Tricom's delayed settlements, and that it had "nothing to do with Tricom's systems whatsoever". "Software ...

Double digit days are over

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAR 2008
... premiums demanded from equities. "Because we forecast with less certainty we're likely to expect lower returns, and volatility will be higher," said Sainsbury. "We've typically set the [investment] objectives as some CPI plus target - CPI plus three ...

Sentiment sinks on floats

MARK STORY  |  MONDAY, 17 MAR 2008
... has spooked at least seven firms into withdrawing their listing applications already this year. "The level of market volatility will obviously be the key determinant of IPO activity this year," Keys said.

Diversity wins at State Street

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2008
... strategy. These predominantly passively managed strategies provide exposure to a range of asset classes - thereby reducing volatility and at a lower cost than most actively managed products, claims SSgA. "Diversified growth strategies reduce the risk ...

Value after sub-prime: van Eyk

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2008
Investors should be looking to invest in emerging markets and shares that benefit from market volatility in the coming year, according to Stephen van Eyk, van Eyk Research managing director. Speaking at the SPAA conference, van Eyk said investors should ...