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Volatility: a new asset class?

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2009
... diversification and "de-correlation" and finally, each asset class is subject to its own volatility so there are a wide variety of risk/return profiles to choose from. Whether or not it becomes an asset class, it has certainly attracted the interest ...

Plug the information gap: SimCorp

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2009
... to their asset consultant and then use a custodian to aggregate and report on the investments selected. These can be a variety of data including shareholdings, investment value and performance. But this custody outsourcing model is under threat as more ...

Chronican departs Westpac

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2009
... be replaced by current risk management group executive, Rob Whitfield. Chronican joined Westpac in 1982 and has held a variety of positions in both Australia and New Zealand. Prior to his current role, he was chief financial officer for five years, during ...

Fully sick

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2009
... from taxpayers and you're fully sick -- not the Australian slang for saying you're cool or hip of the chk chk boom girl variety -- but really, truly ill. Pay out the money you borrowed from taxpayers and you're a bad bank. The reasoning goes that these ...

Instos pump $700bn into Islamic finance

PRESS RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2009
... State Street believes the Islamic finance market will respond to the current crisis with more products that offer greater variety and sophistication for a number of complex cross border transactions.

Clarion call for bargain global property

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2009
... higher cost, they are getting access to capital." ING Clarion particularly favours US REITs due to the firms are using a variety of different sources to recapitalise. "The equity raisings are done through placements instead of rights offerings. Typically ...

BNY Mellon wins CBA mandate

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2009
... over-the-counter DR program. "We are delighted to be expanding our existing relationship with CBA and adding value by introducing a variety of investor outreach initiatives," said Christopher Kearns, head of depositary receipts - Asia Pacific, The Bank ...

Russell slashes Aust jobs

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2009
... actively taking steps to reduce expenses," the firm's January statement said. "The expense reductions will come from a variety of sources and include the difficult step of reducing the size of our associate population by approximately 20 per cent by ...

ASSET Super launches TTR calculator

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2009
... calculator, which is aimed at those aged over 55. The freely available TTR Calculator is tool for anyone who wants to weigh up a variety of options for their retirement. The calculator highlights an optimal TTR strategy that maximises the benefits available ...

Rising above the average: Fiducian

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2009
... meant that the list of fund managers that Fiducian recommended to its advisers can loosely be described as of the vanilla variety, which delivered what Singh described as "average" returns during the bull run. But stretch that time over the five-year ...