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Schroders adjusts fund return targets

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2021
... quarterly to monthly. "The after inflation return that can be achieved from 'low risk' investments, such as government bonds, are now at historically low levels," Schroders said. "In the current market environment, investors seeking above inflation ...

ASIC policy on debenture trustees inconsistent: MSC

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2021
... its policies for trustees inconsistently and scared away participants, Melbourne Securities Corporation told the corporate bonds market enquiry. The MSC Group provides trustee services to debenture issues, among other trustee, advisory and administration ...

ASIC detects imposter bond scam

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2021
... prospectuses with unrealistically high returns and falsely claiming investor funds will be pooled to invest in government bonds or the bonds of companies with AAA credit ratings. In addition, further tactics include claiming the price of the bonds is ...

Careful portfolio rebalances needed: First Sentier

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2021
... equity markets and diminishing returns from fixed income mean investors will need to carefully rebalance their equities and bonds mix in 2021, according to First Sentier Investors. In its 2021 outlook, the multi-asset solutions team said that although ...

Australian banks among most fined

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 12 JAN 2021
... over the 1MDB scandal. Goldman was hit with a further $2 billion fine from US regulators for its role in underwriting 1MDB bonds. The second largest US fine was $3 billion, handed to Wells Fargo after it was revealed the bank had set up millions of fake ...

Super underperformance needs to be addressed: Research

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 5 JAN 2021
... group are good managers of Australian shares, property and cash. Their performance in managing international shares and bonds is less impressive," Dunnin said. "Trouble is, the asset classes where the superannuation sector is struggling to add value ...

Link takeover heats up

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2020
... options, swaptions, forwards and spot trades. Fortlake's strategies target fixed income instruments, including domestic bonds, OTC securities and asset-backed securities. Fortlake founder and chief investment officer Christian Baylis said: "We chose ...

Robeco launches credit income fund in Australia

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2020
... portfolio managers and analysts manages the fund's strategy with the fund currently holding around 45% in USD-denominated bonds, 45% in EUR-denominated bonds and 3% in GBP- denominated bonds. The top holdings include Spanish banks Banco Bilbao Vizcaya ...

Best super, pension fund revealed

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2020
... reviewed MySuper products, and asset classes that include growth, balanced, moderate (capital stable), equities, property, bonds, cash and ESG investment options. The awards also consider three, five and 10-year performance, as well as the 12 months ...

AIA under fire for coal holdings

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2020
... has invested at least $3 billion and most likely about $6 billion in the coal sector. It claims the investments include bonds and equities of coal power utilities as well as loans for specific coal projects. The campaign points our AIA currently has ...