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Global pension report reveals flight to safety

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 9 DEC 2022
As is typical in volatile and uncertain times, a flight to safety is apparent. Global public funds will be net sellers of public equity and some higher-yielding fixed-income assets. They will retreat to safe-haven currencies, with dollar holdings rising ...

2023 the year for fixed income: Schroders

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2022
... investors to be out of fixed income, the year to be back in is 2023. "2022 has certainly been a very tough year for us as bond managers," Wood said. "Inflation has dominated and driven the worst bond market returns we've seen since the 1980s, and ...

Colonial First State adds 17 new funds to FirstChoice platform

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 1 DEC 2022
... available through FirstChoice are, CFS Thrive+ Sustainable Growth, Janus Henderson Tactical Income, Western Asset Australian Bond, T.Rowe Price Dynamic Global Bond, FirstRate Cash on FirstChoice Wholesale Investments, AB Managed Volatility Equities ...

Cbus pledges $500m to support Housing Accord

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 28 NOV 2022
... closely with government and NHFIC to ensure the success of the Housing Australia Future Fund. "The introduction of the NHFIC Bond Aggregator four years ago was a significant innovation in affordable housing finance in Australia," Chatfield said. "This ...

Hostplus defies inflation fears

ELIZABETH FRY  |  MONDAY, 28 NOV 2022
One of Sam Sicilia's pet themes is that the forces of technology are deflationary, and they will inevitably kick in to be a dominant influence. The Hostplus investment chief has been on this tear for some time and hasn't changed his mind despite ...

UBS, CBRE launch global property model

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 22 NOV 2022
UBS Asset Management (UBS) and CBRE Investment Management (CBRE) have teamed up to launch a concentrated global property model through Praemium. A first of its kind in Australia, the portfolio provides investors with an actively managed portfolio of ...

Industrial property ensures big wins for TelstraSuper

ELIZABETH FRY  |  MONDAY, 21 NOV 2022
TelstraSuper investment chief Graeme Miller says exposure to industrial property delivered bumper returns for the superannuation fund as the boom in online shopping drove up values. The unlisted property sector makes up about 11% of the super fund's ...

Super is enabling private market democratisation: PGIM

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2022
... said. "Private markets that are slower to reprice can provide a bit of a ballast on their portfolio valuation when stock and bond prices are gyrating and plummeting, which has certainly been the case this year." According to APRA, MySuper funds allocated ...

BetaShares unveils interest rate hedged bond ETF

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 17 NOV 2022
The BetaShares Interest Rate Hedged Australian Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF (HCRD) is the first of its kind to be launched on the ASX. HCRD provides long-term exposure to a portfolio of investment grade fixed-rate Australian corporate bonds ...

Factor investors increase allocations: Invesco

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 14 NOV 2022
Invesco's seventh annual Global Factor Investing Study has revealed that respondents expect factor-based strategies to outperform in an inflationary environment with slow economic growth. The study, based on interviews with 151 institutional and retail ...