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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 ...

Bennelong, Leadenhall launch ILS fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 20 AUG 2024
... firms announced last year they were working on a product tailored for the local market. The fund invests in catastrophe bonds, which raises funds for firms in the insurance industry in the event of natural disasters such as hurricanes, floods, and earthquakes. ...

What Yarra Capital is buying in the dip

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 8 AUG 2024
... some may think. "The key point is that while we had been expecting a drawdown in equity markets in Q3 and a decent rally in bonds, this was expedited by the US labour market triggering the Sahm rule and a poor ISM report," Toohey said. "While it's hard ...

Global X chief to step down

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 6 AUG 2024
... performance of the Solactive Australian Bank Credit Index and is Australia's first passively managed package of senior bonds, subordinated bonds, and hybrid securities. Metcalf said many significant milestones during were reached during his tenure ...