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Economic recap: Week to November 12

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 NOV 2021
... at the end of 2023 and for only a gradual increase in wages growth." This sent the yield on 10-year Australian government bonds dropping from a 31-month high of 2.1% back down to 1.9% after the decision. Yields have continued to decline to 1.74% a week ...

BetaShares introduces suite of ethical SMAs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 NOV 2021
... which combine the ethically screened direct equities with BetaShares' leading ethical global equities and diversified bonds ETFs (ASX: ETHI and ASX: GBND). ETHI currently holds about $2 billion in assets. BetaShares chief executive Alex Vynokur said ...

Metrics Credit Partners acquires

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 12 NOV 2021
... and New Zealand. Recently, Metrics Credit Partners became the first Australian non-bank asset manager to join the Climate Bonds Partnership Programme. Metrics joins the big four banks, the Green Buildings Council of Australia, and the Clean Energy Finance ...

£450bn in inflation-linked UK DB liabilities unmatched

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 12 NOV 2021
... approximately £1.5 trillion is inflation‐linked. However, there are only around £800 billion of index-linked gilts (UK bonds with borrowing rates and principal payments linked to changes in the inflation rate), which suggests a shortfall of £700 ...

The search for income outside defensive assets

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 11 NOV 2021
... live off the income of their diversified portfolios. "It is very difficult to simply live off the income from government bonds when they yield close to 1%," he said. "As you would expect, the riskier asset classes are expected to generate higher total ...

Australia-first private equity ETF to launch

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 9 NOV 2021
... alternative investment, private equity is important for investor's portfolios as it displays a low correlation with equities and bonds as well as offering attractive risk and return characteristics." He added that the private equity market is larger ...

Economic recap: Week to November 5

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 NOV 2021
... instance, the all ordinaries index fell by 1.1% in the week ended October 29 as the yield on the 10-year Australian government bonds shot up to 2.1% from 1.8% in the previous week on expectations that the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) would need to ...

Ninety One launches net zero index

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 1 NOV 2021
... Sovereign Index will provide sovereign debt investors with an independently verified assessment of the alignment of sovereign bonds with the Paris agreement. It comes after Ninety One released a white paper arguing there are flaws in asset managers' ...

CFS joins firms in net zero alignment

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 28 OCT 2021
... 2050. The initiative helps asset owners on the pathway to net zero by providing metrics and methodologies for sovereign bonds, listed equity and corporate fixed income and real estate. It will soon establish approaches for infrastructure and private ...

Australian corporate bond overhaul

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 26 OCT 2021
... recommendations are: The government ensures that investors have access to timely and useful information about corporate bonds, and increase the transparency around corporate bonds trading, including non-rated bonds, so that a wider range of investors ...