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MSCI risk model targets volatility

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 14 MAY 2012
... what is driving risk and returns in the Australian equity market. "The limitation of earlier models was that when market dynamics and market conditions changed significantly, the risk models were always quite slow to adapt," said Kennedy. "That usually ...

SFG to close competitive gap

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 7 MAY 2012
Advice group SFG plans to address structural issues in competition with a major expansion as industry dynamics change on current economic and political conditions. Chairman Eric Dodd recently expressed a desire for the Group to treble in size to the ...

Missing the forest for the daily grind

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 APR 2012
... renewed jitters to necessitate printing action. Better include this in your model too. The bottom line is that macro dynamics continue to progress pinkier than it did last year - as indicated by the better-than-expected (on balance) economic and survey ...

BNP Paribas wins AvSuper mandate on tech

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 APR 2012
... Zealand said, "we are delighted to have won this business. Superannuation funds are currently facing changing market dynamics, coupled with increasing demand for systems and increased operational efficiency. We feel given our ongoing investment in technology ...

Wheel of fortune

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 APR 2012
... "It demonstrates how it's easy to get caught up in the mood of the moment and the silliness of extrapolating current dynamics into the future" and argued that, "... in warning about the dire consequences the world face, the World Bank... set in motion ...

No greed, no fear, no volume

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 MAR 2012
... could be good news. Good for energy companies' profits perhaps... but only for a short while. And then the bigger macro dynamics assert themselves. Just last week Big Ben told the US Congress how. "Higher energy prices would probably slow growth, at ...

What Wen wants, Wen gets, when Wen wants

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAR 2012
... slowdown), Wen gets, when Wen wants it. China is different. So for the nth time, stop comparing China's eco-political dynamics with those of the west. And just in case the economy slows more than the politburo's directive, significantly reduced inflation ...

Wolf, wolf

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 JAN 2012
... it. It demonstrates how it's easy to get caught up in the mood of the moment and the silliness of extrapolating current dynamics into the future. For sure, there are a myriad of factors that could prompt the financial and economic environment could deteriorate ...

Italy's bond market collapse puts US back in favour

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 NOV 2011
... moving down the league table to petro-dollar economy bond markets, into smaller European country markets or Asia. These dynamics imply Asia could be big secondary winners notwithstanding that region's inflation worries. Food and fuel prices across the ...

Another 'should have gone shopping' moment

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 31 OCT 2011
... last February. Not so long ago (2009), financial markets rallied with only "green shoots" powering their climb. US macro dynamics are better looking than that now. Of course, Europe remains a major risk for the US and the global economy at large. But ...