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Rejigging retirement income: First Sentier Investors

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2020
... "For many people thinking about retirement income solutions there is still a reliance on using cash, fixed interest and bonds but there is a broadening of that allocation framework and equities have been called to do the heavy lifting as rates have come ...

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 ...

Chief economist update: The RBA's lullaby

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2020
... settings unchanged - the official cash rate at a historic low of 0.25% and the target yield on three-year Australian government bonds at 25 basis points. In so doing, it conveyed the message that Victoria's second wave - and the subsequent Stage ...

Gold rally continues to hit new highs

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2020
... alternative to paper currencies. "Perhaps most importantly, the opportunity cost of holding gold versus cash or government bonds as an alternative store of value has collapsed again thanks to the renewed collapse in interest rates and bond yields," Oliver ...

Bond investor sues Australian government

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2020
... the Australian government, claiming climate change risk was not disclosed properly when she invested in exchange traded bonds. Kathleen (Katta) O'Donnell is being represented by Equity Generation Lawyers principal David Barnden, who is also taking ...

Janus Henderson lists new active ETF

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUL 2020
... portfolio allocated to corporate senior debt, followed by semi government (18%); subordinated corporate debt (9%), government bonds (5%). The rest was split across asset-backed securities, cash and derivatives, global high yield, hybrids and supranat ...

Chief economist update: Gold 2000

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUL 2020
... brought on by the pandemic could force interest rates lower and for longer. Low interest rates offer little incentive to hold bonds. Sure, there is no interest payment attached to gold, but it also does not contain the prospect of a fall in capital value ...

Super to lose $3tn by 2040

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2020
... investors into Australia's economy with their investments spanning infrastructure, property, purchase of government bonds, company shares, agribusiness, seeding start-ups and energy projects." Other shifts anticipated to occur over the next two decades ...

UBS to cough up $14m over bond bungle

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2020
... violated rules giving retail investors priority in municipal bond offerings. According to the SEC, UBS improperly allocated bonds intended for retail investors to parties known in the industry as "flippers" over a four year period. These investors then ...

Legg Mason subsidiary cuts performance fees

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2020
... provide an attractive source of income in the current environment and have a low correlation to domestic equities and global bonds," Williams said. "Regulation and long-term contracts generally offer stable cash flow and greater capital stability. "We ...