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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 ...

Chief economist update: BOJ takes breather on stimulus sprint

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2020
... introduced a new operation providing loans against corporate debt; and, raised the upper limit to purchase CP and corporate bonds by ¥2 trillion in total to ¥3.2 trillion and ¥4.2 trillion, respectively. At its April meeting, the BOJ removed the limit ...

US investment firm launches in Australia

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 13 JUL 2020
... alternative systematic investment firm. The manager seeks to generate risk-adjusted returns uncorrelated with equities and bonds. "The partnership with the well regarded team at Axius allows ARP Investments to continue introducing the firm's Liquid Alternative ...

Private equity weathers COVID-19 crisis: Research

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2020
... investments from $412 billion to $367 billion." This will impact fund returns, she said, as yields on Australian government bonds sit between 0.5-0.9% per annum, while the official cash rate is at 0.25%. "This shows that there is an increased pressure ...

RBA prepares to scale up bond buying

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUL 2020
... maintain the current policy settings, including the targets for the cash rate and the yield on three-year Australian government bonds of 25 basis points. Additionally, the RBA said while the government bond market is operating effectively and the yield ...

Hostplus bumps cash allocation up

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2020
... members informed about where they are invested, including by outlining the liquidity of the fund's investments in cash, bonds and shares." For Hostplus as a total fund, not just the balanced option, it now has a 10.8% allocation to cash - amounting ...

Balanced options in the red, but only just

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2020
... 2.6% return from the ASX in June, Dunnin said, as well as a lift in international shares, emerging markets and corporate bonds. This "risk on" appetite can particularly be seen in the success of Cbus's growth option, which has now returned 0.75% ...

JBWere to continue using Praemium

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2020
... all ASX-listed securities, more than 4000 international securities on 40 exchanges and many types of unlisted investments, bonds, managed funds and cash management accounts." The two initially partnered on client reporting and administration solution ...

AMP closes ethical option to super members

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 6 JUL 2020
... Fund underperformed in March by 140 basis points. A mandate from the fund to Alliance Bernstein for global credit and green bonds was also noted as delivering the "vast bulk" of underperformance.

New private debt fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 6 JUL 2020
... that should be considered by investors, seeking to provide superior risk-adjusted returns compared to asset classes such as bonds," Metrics Credit Partners managing partner Andrew Lockhart said. "Like all fixed income, it helps to provide portfolio diversification ...