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NZ Super Fund delivers 11.9%

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 SEP 2023
... behind its Reference Portfolio benchmark, which yielded a 12% return. Nevertheless, the fund said it exceeded its Treasury Bill return benchmark, an indicator of the government's expenses associated with contributing to the fund, by 8.1% or $4.7 ...

US default risk: Are credit default swaps signalling trouble?

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAY 2023
A Western Asset product specialist says rising credit default swap (CDS) spreads have sparked concerns. However, he downplayed the risk of a US default, calling it a "very low probability event". Robert Abad recalled the sole instance of a "technical" ...

VanEck launches US bond ETF

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 15 MAY 2023
VanEck will introduce its 33rd ETF later this week - the first of its kind to be listed on the ASX, the manager says. The VanEck 1-3 Month US Treasury Bond ETF (TBIL) will list on the ASX on Thursday morning. According to VanEck, TBIL is the first short-term ...

NZ Super Fund delivers 30%

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 14 SEP 2021
... reach new heights of NZD$59.8 billion, an increase of NZD$15 billion year on year. It also beat the New Zealand treasury bill return by $13.02 billion (29.4%), as well as its benchmark by $757 million (1.73%). Australian super funds' default strategies ...

Senator remains firm on FASEA extension

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2020
Senator Rex Patrick, whose amendment to Treasury Bill Number 3 meant that the FASEA extensions hit a snag, is not backing down. The senator defended his amendment in an email to a financial advice association. "I added a schedule to the bill. Despite ...

Chief economist update: When QE is not QE

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 OCT 2019
If it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, is it a duck? It is not, according to the US Federal Reserve. On October 11, the Fed issued a press release explaining its plan to buy Treasury bills at "an initial pace of approximately $60 billion per ...

Adviser cops 262 month jail sentence

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 6 SEP 2019
A financial adviser in the US will spend the next 22 years in prison after he defrauded his own family out of millions. Treyton Lee Thomas has been sentenced to 262 months in prison for wire fraud and 60 months for tax evasion to run concurrently, as ...

Chief economist update: US recession a sure thing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 AUG 2019
... 2007 stated: "The spread is currently negative: With the 10-year Treasury note rate at 4.78%, and the three-month Treasury bill rate at 5.07% (both for the week ending March 16), the spread stands at a negative 29 basis points, and indeed has been in ...

NZ Super Fund delivers 12.4pct, braces for future

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 2 OCT 2018
The NZ Super Fund delivered 12.43% in FY18, beating its passive reference portfolio benchmark by 2.02% and is now bracing for a changing economic landscape. The $39 billion fund has reaped the rewards of its growth-asset allocations but is now reducing ...

NZ Super Fund posts record returns

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 28 SEP 2017
... fund has now returned 10.2% pa, more than double the cost to the Government of contributing to it (as measured by Treasury Bill returns), over a period of nearly 14 years." According to NZ Super, the high annual result reflects a sustained rally in global ...
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