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Former BlackRock exec to head up new BMO operation

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUN 2013
... presence in Australia as BMO Capital Markets, offering investment and corporate banking, advisory services, treasury and market risk management, institutional investing, and research. BMO Global Asset Management Co-CEO Barry McInerney said the new asset ...

Lonsec and Milliman partner for post-retirement research

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUN 2013
... there is scope to build portfolios that are more appropriate to retirees objectives and risk profiles. Inflation, market risk and longevity risk are all much more relevant to retirees." The leader of Milliman's Australian Financial Risk Management Wade ...

Instos take on risk monitoring tools

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAY 2013
... monitoring information systems vendor that has been operating in Australia since 2010. But risk monitoring isn't just about market risk per se, but investment interactions, information that is especially helpful for investors who build highly integrated ...

MLC launches retirement stress test tool

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAR 2013
... manager Andrew Barnett. "Advisers know retirement outcomes can vary significantly due to longevity risk, sequence risk, market risk and timing risk. However, it's often hard to clearly describe this to clients in a way that also demonstrates the importance ...

Reignited euro crisis prompts gold rush

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 25 MAR 2013
... Securities Australia and New Zealand head Danny Laidler. Gold is traditionally used in portfolios as a hedge against market risk because when equity prices are falling, as they have done in the face of a potential run on Cypriot banks, it is seen as ...

UK multi-asset favourite pushes for super fund mandates

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2013
... play out over a period of three years. It's free to make use of derivatives and pair trading strategies to hedge out market risk. One such theme that the fund is playing is based on the management's assumption that cashed up corporates are expected to ...

Falling gold price a buying opportunity

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAR 2013
... Securities Australia and New Zealand head Danny Laidler. Gold is traditionally used in portfolios as a hedge against market risk because when equity prices are falling, it is seen as a good store of value. As global equities have enjoyed a significant ...

ASX volatility index moves to live pricing

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2013
... an asset class in its own right in recent years. Fund managers commonly hold volatility indices as a hedge against market risk and the move to live pricing enables the ASX to finally create derivative products for the Australian equity index. The level ...

MetLife launches retirement product

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2013
... Lieberman. MetLife's Group Retirement Plan is a guaranteed income-for-life product which provides protection against market risk and longevity risk, and is guaranteed directly by MetLife insurance limited, MetLife Australia said. MetLife Australia said ...

BNP Paribas Securities Services appoints IRP Asia/Pac head

STAFF JOURNALIST  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2012
... calculation and reporting capabilities around ex-post risk, portfolio returns, tailor-made attribution and ex-ante market risk based on portfolio composition. Gayer has more than 15 years' experience servicing a varied institutional client base across ...