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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 ...

Four themes driving 2023: Iggo

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 24 JAN 2023
Inflation, bonds, China, and the energy transition are at the top of AXA IM chief investment officer Chris Iggo's list of themes that will shape 2023. Providing an outlook for the year ahead, Iggo said: "The economics profession did not prove to be ...

Bloomberg pays US$5m in SEC charges

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 24 JAN 2023
... prices to determine fund asset valuations, including valuing fund investments in government, supranational, agency, corporate bonds, municipal bonds, and securitised products. Therefore, BVAL prices could have an impact on the price at which securities ...

APAC outperforms despite global sustainable finance retreat

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JAN 2023
... decrease of 26% compared to 2021, while green bond issuance totalled US$390.3 billion, a 19% decrease compared to 2021. Green bonds, sustainability bonds and social bonds all registered declines compared to a year ago, with social bonds leading the decliners ...

2023 will be better for bonds: Experts

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 10 JAN 2023
Last year marked the worst performance for bonds since the 1970s and while soaring inflation overshadowed this narrative, it remains an important economic storyline for investors. Stepping into a new year and shaking off the 2022 credit chaos the question ...

Don't call it a comeback: APRA on IDII

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 10 JAN 2023
... reduction in their value. This downward revaluation of liabilities makes a positive contribution to an insurer's profit." Bonds held by insurers will also be impacted as they are also discounted at a higher rate, leading to a reduction in their value. ...

Cboe Australia, XTB launch retail corporate bonds

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 13 DEC 2022
... The new range of XBTs commenced trading on Cboe Australia today and will provide retail investors with access to corporate bonds from Aurizon Bank of Queensland (BOQ), Coles, and Qantas. Cboe Australia said the asset class is important but is "often ...