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Inflation decimates retiree purchasing power

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAR 2023
... investments suffer an initial loss from unexpected inflation, but higher cash rates provide an improving benefit over time. Bonds suffer a larger loss from unexpected inflation, and their long-term effectiveness as an inflation hedge is limited. Real ...

Investment bonds offer refuge amid super changes

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAR 2023
As the government plans to tighten rules around high superannuation balances, investment bonds offer a secure, tax-efficient alternative. The government has proposed doubling the concessional tax rate for super balances over $3 million from 15% to 30%. ...

Capital markets spearhead next recession: CIO

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAR 2023
... investors do not understand the high levels of risk borne by private equity, which is underpinned by investments in junk bonds with CCC ratings, she said. This equates to being overleveraged by 5-7x net debt over earnings before interest, depreciation ...

Aussie equities withstand test of time: Report

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 27 FEB 2023
... management Michael Marr said that the yearbook shows what an unusual year 2022 was for returns. Unlike the previous 20 years, bonds did not act as a hedge for weak equity markets, he said. However, the long-term data over 123 years shows it is not unusual ...

SEC fines Mormon Church investment arm

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 FEB 2023
... Church's senior leadership never prepared or filed the specific reports at issue." The portfolio invests in stocks, bonds, commercial and residential real estate, and agricultural properties. All of which "are invested solely to support the Church's ...

Fund selectors insulating portfolios, embrace active management: Natixis IM

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 17 FEB 2023
Fund selectors are turning to actively managed funds, bonds, private assets, and sustainable investments, according to a Natixis IM survey. Fund selectors are increasingly turning to active management as a tool for managing client portfolios, most saying ...

Australia survives global pension rout

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 16 FEB 2023
... pension markets (42%). Since 2002, equity allocations among the largest pension markets has decreased from 50% to 42%, and bonds have dropped from 38% to 32%. Meanwhile, the study found that defined contribution (DC) is dominant in Australia and the ...

Whole of portfolio solutions running hot: BlackRock

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 9 FEB 2023
... portfolio allocations, and there's probably a new playbook that needs to be used... Correlations have broken down, and bonds and equities have been both falling together. Therefore, the traditional correlations and expectations of markets have all ...

Bonds are back: GSFM

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JAN 2023
While last year was a "shocker" for both bonds and equities alike, allocating to fixed income securities in 2023 offers an attractive yield for investors, according to GSFM investment strategist Stephen Miller. Addressing attendees at the GSFM investor ...

Calastone reports sharp managed fund flow declines in 2022

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 24 JAN 2023
... and delayed actions by central banks in Australia and globally led to a decrease in the prices of corporate and government bonds, Calastone said. Following the bond market rout, Calastone managing director of Australia and New Zealand Teresa Walker stated ...