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Aussie investors optimistic about returns

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUN 2021
... Australian investors as they look to the future are slow economic recovery (44%), low interest rates (42%) and market volatility (40%). However, one of the biggest unforeseen challenges is managing the gap between their desire for safety and investment ...

Advisers turn to ETFs during COVID

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 21 JUN 2021
... portfolios where necessary. "When you think about the way planners normally operate, they don't trade on market volatility alone. One of the key elements of going to a financial planner is that they are focused on executing on a strategy. That's ...

Lifespan appoints investment expert

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUN 2021
... in the future and as a result, advisers may seek to change client portfolios more frequently to respond to increased volatility and to take advantage of new investment opportunities. Clients will also take an increased interest in understanding their ...

Index fund tops risk-adjusted rankings

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUN 2021
... the distribution of monthly returns and then calculates the four aspects of the returns' distribution: the mean, volatility (annualised standard deviation), skewness and kurtosis. The latter two help determine how normal is the distribution compared ...

ASIC drops Regal action

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUN 2021
... highest level of integrity and standards." Last year, Regal's Atlantic Absolute Return suffered from the COVID-19 market volatility having fallen 58.6% in March then rising 12.5% in May. The fund has since regained significant losses and is returning ...

Macquarie sweeps Investment Leadership Awards

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUN 2021
... managers against their peers and examining performance over multiple time periods, the rigorous assessment factored in volatility, downside risk and performance ratios. "Investment managers that are leading their industry with exceptional investment ...

How noise impacts trading performance

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUN 2021
... a trading floor sharpened traders' ability to properly assess risk in markets during prolonged episodes of extreme volatility - whether that volatility was very high or very low. However, during the sharp transition phase from low volatility to high ...

GAM hires from BlackRock

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUN 2021
... offerings with the introduction of GAM EM Rates, an emerging market bond strategy that "seeks to actively reduce FX volatility". "We have seen growing interest in emerging market bonds because yields from traditional sources are so low and, in some cases ...

Magellan launches FuturePay

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUN 2021
... FuturePay is an actively managed fund available on Chi-X from Wednesday and in an unlisted vehicle investing in low volatility, high quality global companies. Magellan general manager - distribution Frank Cassarotti said his elevator pitch for FuturePay ...

Future Fund to hire 70 for investment team

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAY 2021
... "Thirdly, we feel like we need to get better at adjusting the portfolio because of these significant changes in markets and volatility we expect to occur going forward." Brake said for the investment hires, Future Fund will be looking to individuals ...