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Results disappoint for Pioneer

... tactical trading strategies. On the performance of its AllWeather absolute return fund, Pioneer said most of the downside volatility was avoided with the strongest contributions made by distressed securities, loan origination and tactical trading str ...

Vanguard supports removal of News Corp

... guidance from S&P, it expected the transition to be a smooth one, with the multi-phase exclusion process helping reduce volatility. "It will predominantly affect active managers, not index managers as active manages hold the bulk of institutionally held ...

Aust merger and acquisitions continues to gain momentum: report

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUN 2004
Merger and acquisitions (M&A) activity was gaining momentum in Australia and was the key driver of credit ratings volatility, a research article said on Wednesday. With M&A activity expected to accelerate in the second half of this year, holders of ...

Zurich launches new managed equity fund initiative

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAR 2004
... products, it said. Zurich said that to meet the needs of investors looking for diversified managed equity funds with low volatility in returns, it had introduced Deutsche Asset Management's Australian Equities Alpha process for its diversified funds ...

Inflation likely to decline further over coming year: RBA

... closely, although in the next two quarters, the year ended outcomes for headline inflation would be affected by the volatility in oil prices during the first half of 2003. The central bank noted that over recent months, the downside risks to inflation ...

IncomePlus says volatile gold, financial markets push profit up

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2004
Investment company IncomePlus said volatility in gold and financial markets had helped raise its earnings in the half year to the end of December 2003. In its maiden profit report as a listed company IncomePlus booked a net profit of $2.65 million in ...

Dollars rise, housing downturn risks to growth-funds manager

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 16 DEC 2003
... inflation picks up, Mr Jordan said. "Going forward we see the domestic economy growing along with the world," he said. "Volatility will continue until the global outlook clarifies." Mr Jordan also said the most topical issue for brokers, strategists ...

Global hedge funds continue to deliver strong gains

... cent gain last month, the Van global hedge fund index has now increased by 15.7% over the 11 months to November. The volatility of monthly returns has also been considerably lower than in recent years, according to Van, and lower than in major US equity ...

Challenger small cap fund tops performance tables: survey

... median fund return of 11.0%. According to the FSIU methodology, these absolute returns were enough to compensate for volatility which was higher than both the second and third placed funds and also the median manager. The FSIU survey covered 99 specialist ...

AMP shareholders vote in favour of demerger proposal

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 9 DEC 2003
... shareholders will receive one HHG share for every share they hold in AMP. Mr Willcox said he expected there would be some volatility in the initial trading of shares in AMP and HHG plc and warned that there was potential for HHG to be undervalued by ...