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Absolute-return bond funds fail ambitious returns: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAY 2023
An analysis of absolute-return bond fund managers found that they have "ambitious" returns as only one in seven strategies meet their objectives. The Morningstar research found that most absolute-return bond managers will not always provide positive ...

Industry funds' illiquid assets scrutinised

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAY 2023
The Australian superannuation system allows investors to shift between options and funds daily, raising critical questions about liquidity. Despite requirements under SPG530 - Investment Governance, public disclosure on liquidity stress-testing is relatively ...

Supercharging Australia's climate investment action

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2023
Australia is one of the world's savviest and highest-performance institutional investor markets, and the way it has embraced climate active and ESG investment strategies is about to be supercharged. After almost a decade-and-a-half of climate and ...

Australia's enviable debt levels

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2023
... issue, bringing the broad Australian government total to almost $1.4 trillion. But focusing on Australia's central government bond debt position, even though this amount is projected to climb 19% by June 2027, Australia's central government debt ratio ...

Funding boosts ASIC greenwashing remit

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2023
... boost the government's sustainable finance agenda. About $8.3 million over the period will establish a sovereign green bond program to raise capital for environmental and climate change-related programs. Some $1.6 million will develop a sustainable ...

Australian Retirement Trust reduces fees, ups premiums

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2023
Australian Retirement Trust is reducing fees across a range of its investment options, including most indexed offerings. However, any savings will be offset by substantial increases in insurance premiums. The fund notified members that, from July 1 ...

Courtenay House affiliate faces prison

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2023
Former Courtenay House Investments contractor and promoter Athan Papoulias has been sentenced to two years' jail time for his role in the unlicensed financial services business. As part of his sentence, Papoulias will also complete 120 hours of community ...

Finfluencer receives jail sentence

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAY 2023
... received two and a half years imprisonment for market manipulation but was immediately released on a five-year good behaviour bond. The HotCopper trader also copped a $42,840 fine after pleading guilty yesterday in Melbourne County Court to 23 charges ...

Aware retires VicSuper brand, expands investment menu

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 28 APR 2023
As VicSuper members migrate to Aware Super on May 11, a wider range of investment options will be made available to them. Aware Super will finally retire the VicSuper brand next month, just shy of its 30 th birthday. The brand was retained in the merger ...

Morningstar downgrades PIMCO, Vanguard funds

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 27 APR 2023
... positive environments for credit. The competitive advantages here are less obvious to us." Further, the PIMCO ESG Global Bond Fund - Wholesale and the PIMCO Global Credit W have been bumped down from Gold to Silver. On the global bond option, Morningstar ...