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MySuper funds redeem performance

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2020
... UniSuper Personal Accounts - Sustainable Balanced (6.6%). Rainmaker noted that international equities (7.3%), international bonds (2.5%), Australian bonds (0.4%), and cash (0.5%), drove its MySuper index to positive territory. Its direct property index ...

Lazard launches new fund

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2020
... to a US$500 billion asset class. The Lazard Global Convertibles Fund offers exposure to a global portfolio of convertible bonds, with a maximum 10% equity position reflecting bond conversions. Lazard said the fund typically holds between 60 and 80 securities ...

Manipulative trading at J.P. Morgan costs it over $1bn

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2020
... connection to a related proceeding regarding manipulative trading activity in the secondary cash market for US treasury notes and bonds. Under the resolution, J.P. Morgan Securities will pay $10 million in disgorgement and a $25 million civil monetary ...

Low rates put retirees at risk: Vanguard

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2020
... as a target for income from their investment returns could have relied on a diversified portfolio of 50% equities and 50% bonds back in 2013. However, Vanguard said, to obtain the same result today, investors will need to shift to 100% equities and almost ...

Financial advice firms facing failure: Dynamic Asset Consulting

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 28 SEP 2020
... urgent need for action right now," Lander said. "The bubble is not actually just in equities as most people think - it is in bonds and traditionally defensive assets. We could be entering an environment where you get absolutely no return out of cash ...

Chief economist update: RBA negative on negative interest rate policy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2020
... Debelle revealed that the RBA board is assessing "best support for the economic recovery". The first three were: "(1) buy bonds further out along the curve, supplementing the three-year yield target. Purchases would still be conducted to maintain the ...

Rest climate change case pushes ahead

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2020
... Commonwealth and Ors is a potential class action with lead claimant Katta O'Donnell, who owns Australian government bonds. O'Donnell is seeking to hold the Australian government to account over climate change risks, arguing that failure to act ...

Melbourne boutique raising $70m for new fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2020
... (like large scale solar farms), impact private equity, venture capital and debt for impact-focussed startups, social impact bonds, environmental assets and regenerative farming. The first close is set at $70 million and the fund is for wholesale investors ...

Brace for 5% returns from global stocks

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2020
... a mere 0.6% return premium to developed markets." In fixed income, it expects an interest of 1% from 10-year US Treasury Bonds. Global high yield will produce an annualised return of 5.6% p.a. over the period. "Low but steady interest rates should translate ...

Aussie small caps outperform

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2020
... example, is an easy place to goose returns. Through time, credit securities produce higher yield than highly rated government bonds. So long as there is not a credit crunch the fund will show a higher return than the benchmark. This is not skill, it ...