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Active funds continue underperformance

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAR 2022
... Small-Cap S&P categories beat their respective benchmarks. Meanwhile, most funds in the International Equity General, Australian Bonds, and Australian Equity A-REIT categories underperformed their respective benchmarks. S&P could not find a consistent ...

Partners Group adds to unlisted funds range

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAR 2022
... offered higher recovery rates and lower price volatility than more traditional fixed income investments such as high yield bonds, Partners Group said. The fund will also be able to purchase listed units in (ASX: PGG) under certain market conditions. ...

Schroders launches new fund, wins mandate

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAR 2022
... risk management, allowing for tactical positioning around the YFYS alternatives benchmark (50% global equities/50% global bonds)," Sippe said. "However, the fund's investment universe is broader and is not constrained by the constituents of the YFYS ...

Super funds drop Russian assets

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2022
... total assets of the $230 billion fund. Australian Retirement Trust's QSuper account assets has no exposure to shares or bonds in either Russia or Ukraine, and that remains the case, the fund said. Meanwhile, AustralianSuper has said it has been steadily ...

Learn to live with inflation: BlackRock

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2022
... any other in the past century, and experts predict another year of positive equity returns coupled with a down year for bonds. "We think 2022 will be a second consecutive year, where in the round global equities, fixed income goes down," BlackRock Investment ...

NZ Super Fund excludes Russian debt, state-owned holdings

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAR 2022
... September 2021. These investments were in companies such as Lukoil, Sberbank, Rosneft and Gazprom, and Russian government bonds. "Sanctions may not be required for the KiwiSaver and investment funds that invest our savings, but those funds should divest ...

Saxo Markets Australia rolls out new platform

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 28 FEB 2022
... dubbed SaxoInvestor, provides access to research content and investment themes, in addition to over 35,000 stocks, ETFs and bonds that are listed locally on the ASX and overseas. The launch comes as part of Saxo's long-term strategy to double down in ...

Capital Group hires from Schroders

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 25 FEB 2022
... region. Cheng's responsibilities include representing Capital Group's fixed income team, deepening client engagement on bonds and growing the fixed income business across Asia. Based in Singapore, Cheng will focus on a range of fixed income investment ...

Chief economist: Thank you, Putin

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 FEB 2022
... (23 February 2022) "Stocks Extend Losses as US Adds Russia Sanction... S&P 500 pushes deeper into correction territory; bonds slid" -Bloomberg (23 February 2022) Whatever printed or online financial market media you're reading, the song remains the ...

Private debt and YFYS: Research

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 18 FEB 2022
... over a longer time horizon outperform the bond index, particularly given the index comprises a large amount of government bonds which don't generate high returns," Smith said. In its back testing scenario analysis, Schroders found for the period from ...