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Economic round-up: Market shivers

SUZY MAC  |  MONDAY, 25 JUN 2007
... strategy and chief economist Shane Oliver believes the rising trend in sharemarkets will kick-in again, albeit with normal volatility. "The bull market in shares is alive and well and this is likely to remain the case for some time to come," he said. ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 25 JUN 2007
... in the US Congress introduced legislation to end a tax advantage for investment fund managers as well as a jump in volatility ahead of the rebalancing of several important benchmark indices. The broader financial sector did not fare well. The S&P financials ...

Antares teams with Lodestar for absolute returns

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 18 JUN 2007
... for two years before today's launch to retail investors. During that time, it returned 21.4 per cent per year on a volatility of 7.1 per cent. This meant that the fund made gains below the ASX/S&P index of 27.7 per cent (on 13.7 per cent per year volatility) ...

Investors extending their investment edge

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUN 2007
... constraints but the pay-offs can be significant with investment returns being more stable as they get better control over volatility. "Stability of returns is very important and we often under estimate the impact too much volatility has among investors," ...

Private equity redefines mum-and-dad investing

... explained, "Takeovers and takeover speculation tend to impact portfolios like random shots, introducing performance volatility that makes skill even harder to distinguish from luck." On the upside, Goddard said the rush of private equity 'raiders' into ...

Vision Super adds currency manager

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2007
... appointment of a second currency manager will allow access to additional sources of investment returns while reducing the volatility associated with foreign currency exposure." Smith said Vision would continue to make adjustments to its portfolio and ...

Market volatility, rising AUD hits super funds

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAY 2007
Volatile stock markets and the surging Australian dollar are taking their toll as super fund returns trim back to just over 10 per cent for the 12 months to end March. The size of the slowdown is significant - just one year ago funds were delivering ...

H3 Global Commodities Fund gets S&P tick

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 26 APR 2007
... said. "The fund has a short track record, dating back to November 2005, which has produced higher returns on lower volatility against its reference benchmark of the Dow Jones AIG Index. The fund itself is benchmark unaware." Comper said that while the ...

BT Margin Lending booming

... risk. They understand the need to diversify, the need to take a long-term investment approach and to expect market volatility." Hamish Madden

ING set to ride structured credit wave

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 26 APR 2007
... 'subordinated' notes and unrated equity tranches. James Wright, head of fixed income at INGIM, said historically low volatility, a buoyant global economic climate, low risk premiums and investor demand spurred the product's introduction. "Despite a number ...