Funds Focus

Investors who keep a close eye on Capital Protected Products and other Structured Investments will have noticed a shift in focus towards products that have a volatility overlay. This approach has generally provided investors with a smarter way of investing, basing the investor’s exposure on a comparison in the current market risk (measured by volatility) against the long term market volatility average. ie reducing exposure to the underlying investments as risk increases and increasing exposure

The structured products space has seen a resurgence in recent times. Investors have become more active in managing their money and are looking at alternatives for their portfolios.Of the structured products currently available, capital protected products are the ones most familiar to investors and we have covered these in some depth over the last few issues.Although our comparison table compares the capital protected offers currently available and provides an at a glance view on some of

The cream always rises to the top

Looking around Australia’s major cities, one would be forgiven for thinking the Financial Crisis was a figment of the imagination. Although there was talk about a tightening of the belt in 2009, the much anticipated drop in sales and shops closing on every street seems to have passed us by.

There are pockets of our economy which are struggling but thanks in part to the large mine in our backyard, Australia has managed to escape relatively unscathed. The