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Top concerns of the rich revealed: Survey

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 SEP 2022
... inflation, while 54% fear a recession and 53% are highly concerned about geopolitical uncertainty. Recession and market volatility are of greater concern among family offices with assets of less than US$1 billion, while social unrest and geopolitical ...

Crescent Wealth invests in water rights

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 SEP 2022
... principles and range of alternative investment options. They're also a great option for members wanting to reduce the volatility in their portfolios, he added, because returns are uncorrelated to traditional asset classes. This is because the drivers ...

Apostle launches high yield credit fund

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 12 SEP 2022
... lie ahead and take advantage of the recent sell off in bond markets." "The fund has been constructed to have lower volatility and better defensive characteristics than the broader high yield market, leading to better risk adjusted returns over the medium-to-long-term. ...

BetaShares to list new fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 8 SEP 2022
... associated with holding the portfolio of underlying NASDAQ-100 shares alone. It will also aim to provide lower overall volatility than the index. "The fund's approach will be to provide exposure to the NASDAQ-100 Index, and at the same time, to sell ...

Defensive equities strategies protect against downturn: Report

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 5 SEP 2022
... results. Defensive Equity and Market Downturns: Is This Time Different? issued by bfinance revealed the main types are low volatility, income, classic quality, quality value and quality growth. It said defensive long-only strategies have shown historic ...

Future Fund assets drop to $194.4bn

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 AUG 2022
... last year. During today's media briefing, Future Fund chief executive Raphael Arndt commented that, given market volatility, the return is strong. "To put that in context global equities and global bonds both fell over 10% during the year and that ...

Link Group acquires HS Pensions

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 30 AUG 2022
... two years have seen a high level of corporate activity for Link Group in addition to the global pandemic and market volatility associated with higher inflation and higher interest rates." "Despite these challenging and potentially distracting factors ...

Australian Ethical sees profits drop, record super flows

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 26 AUG 2022
... driven by strong average growth in its funds under management. It started the year with $6.94 billion in FUM but market volatility and the loss of a $200 million institutional mandate saw this drop to $6.2 billion by year end. Its merger with Christian ...

A strong super system cushions the economy: ISA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 25 AUG 2022
... Australian economy and the envy of the world. According to the report, in periods of economic uncertainty and market volatility, the long-term focus of industry funds allows it to provide capital that supports individual companies navigating short-term ...

QIC multi-sector private debt team wins mandate

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 25 AUG 2022
... Allison Hill said she is confident the team can deliver attractive risk-adjusted returns, capital preservation and low volatility. "In this current volatile and inflationary landscape, we need a holistic private debt offering which has scope to move ...