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Hostplus wins mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 6 APR 2021
... executive Cath Bowtell told Financial Standard. "Hostplus was the most competitive in terms of performance, costs, net returns but also governance, the health of fund and the way it is run. "We estimate (subject to earnings over next month or so) that ...

Instos seek unique alternatives

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 6 APR 2021
... strongly correlated with other assets. "Rather than tapping private markets opportunistically and tactically to boost returns, investors are making private investments a more strategic and critical part of their investment approach," he said. However ...

New hybrids ETF on Chi-X

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAR 2021
... Dawson said. "We construct portfolios which seek to benefit from market opportunities and inefficiencies and pass these returns on to our investors,". Its top three holdings include: ANZ CN 4 (ANZPG) which it says is a medium-maturity hybrid with attractive ...

LIC seeks options for performance woes

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAR 2021
... Templeton Global Growth Fund (TGG) is considering a range of options to salvage shareholder value after a period of poor returns and consistent discount to its net-tangible assets. TGG's independent directors have announced they have engaged with third ...

Unlisted assets deliver modest returns

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAR 2021
New research reveals that MySuper products with high weightings to unlisted assets provide modest returns but contribute lower volatility and higher autocorrelation. Rainmaker's latest RMetric report sought to find out if the performance of MySuper ...

EG to expand Asia REIT down under

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAR 2021
... support of another major offshore international player and looks forward to supporting Link in securing solid, risk-adjusted returns," EG executive director Roger Parker said.

ISA chief economist departs

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAR 2021
... fiscal strategy specialist, and the department of finance. In 2007, he founded his own company Macroeconomics, to which he returns as the chief economist. The firm has government agencies as its clients and employs a staff of three on part-time basis. ...

MCP builds out team

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAR 2021
... loans are proving to be one of the few asset classes that offer both capital preservation and attractive risk-adjusted returns," Lockhart said. The appointments come after Metrics reached an agreement to buy Investec's local corporate and acquisition ...

Investment bonds a good alternative to Wills: GDG

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAR 2021
... adviser community," she said. "They're very simple to set up and easy to maintain. Certainly no headaches, no tax returns [and] anyone can be a beneficiary." Investment bonds don't incur capital gains tax. Instead, they are taxed at maximum 30%. ...

QSuper pokes holes in YFYS legislation

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAR 2021
... super funds than fail the test two years in a row. QSuper said this test needs to use better benchmarks and risk-adjusted returns (adding volatility, Sharpe ratio). "The asset class benchmarks may be constraining, and we suggest broadening the adopted ...