MARKET VOLATILITY

Superannuation

The number of exchange-traded funds (ETFs) used by investors is on the rise despite continued market volatility, according to the BetaShares/Investment Trends ETF Report ...

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Editorial

It's been a tough 12 months for fund managers with investor sentiment persistently negative and Australian shares among the worst-performing. Unfortunately, things might ...

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Financial planning

New York-based specialist company MSCI Inc has launched the Barra Australia Equity Model (AUE4) to help drive returns in the Australian equity market....

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Funds management

The market volatility that characterised much of 2011 proved a key decider in the Money Management/Lonsec Fund Manager of the Year global equities long/short category, wi...

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Editorial

Returns from the resources sector are under pressure and investors are finding themselves navigating a rocky terrain, writes Andy Gardner....

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Financial planning

van Eyk has reiterated its view that investors can take advantage of market volatility, if done through the prism of volatility options to generate profits while protecti...

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Funds management

Investing in volatility is unlikely to bring investors the rewards they may expect with the financial climate in Europe still so uncertain, according to former Perpetual ...

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Editorial

A more robust second half has failed to prevent Macquarie Group reporting a 24 per cent decline in net profit to $730 million....

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Financial planning

Colonial First State's FirstChoice platform has reached a milestone, achieving $50 billion in funds under administration....

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Financial planning

The global fixed income sector has suffered a number of fund downgrades due to poor results in the second half of 2011, according to Standard & Poor's (S&P's) latest sect...

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Funds management

Macquarie Private Portfolio Management's managed accounts have been added to the APLs of more than 30 dealer groups over the past year....

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Editorial

BT emerged from 2011 relatively unscathed in what was a poor year for retail managed funds providers....

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Editorial

High returns can be accessed from fixed interest markets, but it is vital that investors have a portfolio that is properly diversified if they want to keep the returns th...

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Financial planning

CMC Markets Stockbroking has this week announced the launch of a range of new features on its online stockbroking platform which it says are aimed at assisting share trad...

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Editorial

The popularity of cash products does not seem to revolve solely around investment sentiment anymore. Milana Pokrajac reports....

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