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Aussies want to invest super in property: Research

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 OCT 2020
... Australians think property is the most secure and profitable long-term investment, compared with shares, gold, cash and fixed interest, according to new research. The survey found that 41% of Australians would invest their superannuation in property ...

Super funds lag on disclosure

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2020
... are more likely to disclose just the top 20 holdings and are increasingly disclosing property, infrastructure, fixed interest and cash holdings, Rainmaker found. "Two-thirds of funds practicing holdings disclosures were also found to disclose fund-wide ...

Active manager performance slumps: SPIVA

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2020
... and asset-weighted bases. The majority (73%) of bond fund managers however, did not beat the S&P/ASX Australian Fixed Interest 0+ Index. A-REITs lost about 22% in the six months to June, while the S&P/ASX 200 A-REIT suffered a loss of 21.29%. Nearly ...

Bermuda-based fund launches down under

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2020
... potential for the fund for SMSF trustees, self-directed investors and family offices seeking higher returns from their fixed interest assets. "The underlying assets are US life insurance policies and everyone knows how life insurance works and why there ...

Aussie small caps outperform

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2020
... 5.1% p.a. and 6.6% p.a. over three years. The remainder returned between 1.6% p.a. and 3.6% p.a. The nature of fixed interest returns means that fixed-income managers behave very differently to equities managers, the report read, noting that fixed interest ...

Investment consultant adds to insurance team

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 8 SEP 2020
... is particularly pertinent for insurers who rely on investment returns from traditional defensive assets, such as fixed interest and cash, to support their businesses," JANA said. Wilkinson joined JANA in 2014 and is currently a senior consultant and ...

Vanguard fund drops "cash plus" name

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2020
... managed funds advertising. Effective October 1, the Vanguard Cash Plus Fund will be renamed the Vanguard Short Term Fixed Interest Fund as the manager shifts to a more true-to-label name for the fund. "While there is certainly ASIC guidance on the naming ...

Morningstar upgrades four, downgrades 10

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2020
... Australian Bond Fund, and UBS Diversified Fixed Income Fund. Meantime, Dimensional's Five Year Diversified Fixed Interest fund, iShares Core Global Corporate Bond ETF, Payden Global Income Opportunities, and Vanguard International Credit Securities ...

QIC portfolio manager moves to Funds SA

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2020
... and liquid alternatives from QIC. Petar Bogdanovic spent 15 years at QIC, working in a variety of roles across fixed interest portfolio management, interest rate strategy, macro research, trading and portfolio reporting. In his new role at Funds SA ...

Vision Super revises investment strategy

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 25 AUG 2020
Vision Super has revised its investment strategy as a result of significant changes in the economic and fixed interest environment. The $10 billion super fund said it reviews its investment strategy annually and changes have been made this year to adjust ...