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Betashares launches ethical fixed income ETF

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 7 NOV 2024
Betashares launched its first-ever ethical fixed income ETF, claiming the strategy will only invest in Australian bonds that are ethically screened. The Betashares Ethical Australian Composite Bond ETF (ASX: AEBD) offers investors exposure to a range ...

Global equity, AREIT managers biggest underperformers: S&P Dow Jones

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 29 OCT 2024
... a 15-year period. In the short term, only 25% and 54% underperformed over one and three years. Pleasingly for Australian bonds, only 25% of fund managers underperformed the S&P/ASX Australian Fixed interest 0+ Index, and half lagged over a three-year ...

Australian equities rise, but global markets preferred: Morningstar

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 21 OCT 2024
... we see opportunities to keep money at work." The research house said the higher interest-rate sensitivity in Australian bonds compared with cash implied that bonds will likely deliver higher returns that cash in case yields fall and cushion any equity ...

REI Super updates Conservative option

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAY 2024
... three-year rolling periods. Its asset allocation is split across mainly in international bonds hedged (28%), Australian bonds (31%), and Australian shares (8%). The new option aims for investment returns of CPI + 4.5% p.a. over rolling 10-year periods. ...

Commonwealth to disclose climate risks in sovereign bonds

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 31 AUG 2023
... Lawyers associate Clare Schuster said: "When this case was filed in July 2020, the government referred investors in Australian bonds to the budget to assess the government's fiscal position. At the time, the budget did not make any specific mention ...

Vanguard reveals the premier asset class of the last 30 years

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 AUG 2023
... 23.5% return between 1 July 2022 to 30 June 2023, bouncing back from its -2.45 dip the previous year. Meanwhile, Australian bonds also registered a recovery, achieving a 1.2% return as opposed to its steep drop of -10.5% in FY22. Cash, which was the ...

UniSuper rides tech tailwinds to strong returns

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUL 2023
... the portfolio is invested in companies considered to be at the forefront of AI, UniSuper said. Meanwhile, the Australian Bonds option was the worst performer with 0.9% for the year due to the sustained rise in inflation, and the Listed Property option ...

Cash was king in FY22: Vanguard

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2022
... saw Australian shares decrease by 7.4% decrease, international shares drop by 6.5%, US shares were down 2.4%, Australian bonds down 10.5%, Australian listed property dropped 12.3%. Gopal explains the last time investors flocked to the relative safety ...

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 ...

BetaShares launches new bond ETF

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 7 FEB 2022
... BetaShares has launched an Australian Composite Bond ETF, offering investors access to a diversified portfolio of Australian bonds. The new ETF, ticker code OZBD, aims to track the Bloomberg Australian Enhanced Yield Composite Bond Index, before fees ...