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NZ Super Fund delivers 30%

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 14 SEP 2021
... that was well positioned to capture strong returns from rising asset values over the year." The fund is allocated across global equities (63%), bonds (16%), NZ equities (4%), rural land and timber (5%), alternatives (6%), private equity (4%), infrastructure ...

Economic recap: Week to September 3

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 SEP 2021
... will need to fall ~12% from August through December to meet China's 2021 target". (Factset). More worrying, the Global Times reported that: "China's steel shipments to Australia have dwindled by more than 50 percent in recent months, faster than ...

How YFYS test will change currency investments

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 2 SEP 2021
... rate 'carry'," Simmons said For example, he said there was a 30% difference in returns between fully hedged and unhedged global equities during the GFC and a 15% difference during the COVID-19 induced market volatility in March 2020. This is relevant ...

Crypto platform hires former Spaceship growth lead

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 SEP 2021
... marketing and sales at Xero. Also joining Bamboo as a director is Colton Dillion, formerly chief marketing officer and global director at Acorns US. "Bamboo has grown their active investors over eleven times in the past nine months, and we've helped ...

Pendal open to more acquisitions

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUL 2021
... manager Barrow, Hanley, Mewhinney & Strauss, which he said was bigger and not as well performing or at AMP Capital's global equities and fixed income business, which was out of Pendal's geographies of focus in the US and Europe. "As we started ...

MySuper performance soars

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUL 2021
... financial year at 19%. The returns were driven by listed property (33%), Australian and international shares (28%) and global infrastructure (20%). However, on the other end unlisted direct property only secured returns of 3.6% followed by 0.2% from ...

Calls for Royal Commission into housing

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUN 2021
... of Australia, with the housing market now valued at $8.1 trillion; double the value it was a decade ago and almost three times the value of the superannuation system. In a paper, they argued that the hot residential property market is at the expense ...

Chief economist update: A delicate balancing act

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUN 2021
... that the supply increase remains insufficient to meet growing demand - recently reinforced by the OECD's upgrade to global growth. In its 'Economic Outlook, May 2021' report, the OECD upgraded its global GDP growth forecast to by 5.8% this ...

ASX deputy chief executive resigns

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAY 2021
... and I thank our customers and everyone at ASX for their hard work and support over the years. These are exciting times in global financial markets and I look forward to continuing to play a part in shaping the industry's future."

Chief economist update: China and Australia's interdependence

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAY 2021
... 'campaign' to reverse the uptrend in commodity prices - including iron ore to hit Australia hard (according to the Global Times) - has sent iron prices down by 3.9% to US$207.01 per tonne from the all-time high close of US$215.48 a tonne recorded ...