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Vanguard reveals the premier asset class of the last 30 years

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 AUG 2023
... 23.5% return between 1 July 2022 to 30 June 2023, bouncing back from its -2.45 dip the previous year. Meanwhile, Australian bonds also registered a recovery, achieving a 1.2% return as opposed to its steep drop of -10.5% in FY22. Cash, which was the ...

Are indexes the next target for greenwashing investigations?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 8 AUG 2023
... involving fossil fuels. "However, ASIC alleges that ESG research was not conducted over a significant proportion of issuers of bonds in the Index and therefore the fund," ASIC said. As of February 2021, ASIC alleges the index and the fund included issuers ...

AustralianSuper grows global team with numerous hires

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 1 AUG 2023
... Bank of England, Goldman Sachs, and BMO Global Asset Management. At AustralianSuper, Shah manages the fund's government bonds portfolios and team in the UK and Australia. Gilshan, with 22 years' experience in global investment stewardship and ...

Aware Super details new term deposit option

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 31 JUL 2023
... Growth Socially Conscious, High Growth Indexed, Balanced Indexed, and Diversified Conservative. It also introduced a passive Bonds option.

New Vanguard regional ETF capital markets lead

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUL 2023
... rates have created short-term pain for Australian investors, they have helped to improve long-term return expectations for bonds," said Burns. "While bond prices typically reprice lower when interest rates rise, investors with a sufficient long-term ...

ASIC sues Vanguard for greenwash in bond fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUL 2023
... involving fossil fuels." "However, ASIC alleges that ESG research was not conducted over a significant proportion of issuers of bonds in the Index and therefore the fund," it said. As February 2021, ASIC alleges the index and the fund included issuers ...

Insignia offloads investment bonds unit

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 24 JUL 2023
Insignia Financial has divested its investment bonds business for $40 million to Australian Unity in a bid to pay off debt. Australian Unity's subsidiary Lifeplan Friendly Society will take over Insignia's investment bond business, which operates ...

UniSuper rides tech tailwinds to strong returns

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUL 2023
... the portfolio is invested in companies considered to be at the forefront of AI, UniSuper said. Meanwhile, the Australian Bonds option was the worst performer with 0.9% for the year due to the sustained rise in inflation, and the Listed Property option ...

TelstraSuper MySuper delivers 9.34%

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUL 2023
... Growth option merged into the existing Lifestyle Moderate option. The Fixed Interest option is now known as Diversified Bonds and Credit and reflects a name change only. The open-to-the-public corporate super fund has 91,000 members.

UK pensions tapped to strengthen local startups

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUL 2023
... will therefore facilitate a program of DC consolidation, to ensure that funds are able to maintain a diverse portfolio of bonds, equity and unlisted assets and deliver the best possible returns for savers," he said. Following the implementation of the ...