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MySuper returns negative

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2020
... 3.9%. Rainmaker found that international equities held up the MySuper index last financial year, delivering 5.8%, Australian bonds delivered 4.3%, international bonds delivered 5.2% and cash delivered 0.7%. The best performing MySuper product last year ...

Super fund to remediate members

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2020
... industry superannuation fund is remediating some members after identifying performance discrepancies in its cash and Australian bonds holdings. REI Super said the average estimated credit is less than $60 per member, and the effect of remediation on ...

BlackRock launches Australian bond fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2019
BlackRock launched a new indexed fund that will invest in Australian bonds with an ESG focus, with backing from a $21 billion government superannuation fund. VicSuper seeded the fund and partnered with BlackRock. BlackRock Australia's head of fixed ...

Labour and housing drive rate sentiment

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 29 JAN 2019
... 2019 at 65 cents. Meanwhile, disappointing CPI and Producer Price Index (PPI) numbers should be supportive of Australian bonds in the short to medium term. For Australian equities, DWS is currently neutral within global equities but expects slower EPS ...

Glut of underperformance in managed funds: Research

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 25 SEP 2018
... period ending 30 June 2018, almost 90% of international equity funds and more than 70% of Australian equity, Australian bonds and A-REIT funds underperformed their respective benchmarks on an absolute basis. The exception was Australian mid and small ...

Industry fund awards fixed income ESG mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 AUG 2018
... allocations are managed by AMP Capital, while Ardea Investment Management has a mandate to manage inflation-linked Australian bonds. LGS super manages $11 billion on behalf of 90,000 members.

Ho ho hum MYEFO

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 DEC 2017
... reaction to the MYEFO reveal. The Australian dollar rose by a mere 0.3% to US$0.7665 and the yield on 10-year Australian bonds ticked up to 2.53% from 2.52%. It could be because the key variables and parameters forecast to derive the underlying budget ...

US shares dominating other asset classes

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 4 SEP 2017
... would now be worth $146,430, assuming no acquisition costs or taxes and all income was reinvested. By contrast, Australian bonds would have delivered 8.5% per annum, or $115,187; Australian shares would have returned 8.4%, or $113,405; listed property ...

First XTB 'Floater' model portfolio launched

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 7 AUG 2017
... potential to protect against rising rates. It also offers investors a simple way to access a diversified basket of Australian bonds with investment-grade credit rating."

Property overpowers asset class returns

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUL 2017
... Russell Investments and the ASX. Global bonds (hedged) generated gross returns of 7.4% per annum, followed by Australian bonds at 6.1%. Australian equities meanwhile, fell further away from the top four performing asset classes, returning just 4.3% per ...