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Household wealth rises in June quarter

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2024
... exchange settlement accounts with the Reserve Bank of Australia fell $106.5 billion (-32.3%) as the $105 billion of securitised bonds used as collateral returned to bank balance sheets. To make sure that banks continue to hold enough liquidity, they ...

Megatrends impacting portfolio construction: Mercer

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 19 SEP 2024
... correlation or convergence between equity and bond markets," she said. "So, you have to consider if you just want an equity and bonds portfolio, and then how are you going to implement that?" Jacques said the energy transition is another trend which ...

Australian ETF market hits $206bn: Global X

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 2 SEP 2024
... inflation and interest rate persist, it will make fixed income securities with yields higher than traditional government bonds or term deposits an attractive proposition.

Rest rebrands with new look

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 2 SEP 2024
... Sustainable Growth, High Growth, Overseas Shares-Indexed, and Australian Shares-Indexed. Six investment options to be closed are: Bonds, Property, Diversified, Shares, Australian Shares, and Overseas Shares. Another change is renaming the MySuper default ...

Acadian AM launches two new credit strategies

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 2 SEP 2024
... Richardson and his team based in the US. "Research shows that investors are well-served to have an allocation to government bonds, corporate bonds, and equities, rather than focusing on one asset class or a duo of asset classes," Richardson said. Both ...

Generation Development Group profit jumps

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 29 AUG 2024
... another year of outperformance for the company, "surpassing all our key metrics," including record sales for both investment bonds and its investment-linked lifetime annuity, LifeIncome, totaling $674 million. "This resulted in our funds under management ...

BlackRock launches new bond ETF

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 26 AUG 2024
... their portfolio. The ETF aims to provide Australian advisers and investors with targeted exposure to long-end US Treasury bonds. BlackRock said Australian investors may consider ULTB for portfolio diversification, as adding duration can provide defence ...

New bill seeks to block investments involving Cbus

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 22 AUG 2024
... HAFF project funding. "This new proposal is akin to saying a super fund should not be able to buy Australian government bonds." He added that like many other investors, Cbus invests in meeting the challenge of housing in Australia where it stacks up ...

Zenith increases defensive investment as recession risk looms

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 AUG 2024
... recession is a risk we cannot ignore and this is why we have been steadily increasing our allocation to high-quality government bonds, known for their resilience during economic downturns," he said. As stock markets navigate heightened volatility Hennessy ...

Rest cuts investment options

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 AUG 2024
... Growth, High Growth, Overseas Shares-Indexed and Australian Shares-Indexed. The six investment options to be closed are: Bonds, Property, Diversified, Shares, Australian Shares and Overseas Shares. In addition, the fund has updated its investment options ...