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Former Courtenay House director pleads guilty

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 NOV 2022
Former Courtenay House Companies director Tony Iervasi has pleaded guilty to conducting a $180 million Ponzi scheme. Iervasi, who tricked 585 investors into falling for one of the nation's biggest Ponzi schemes, appeared yesterday in the Downing ...

The future of defined contribution asset allocation

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 7 NOV 2022
... investment strategy and equities, over long terms, always outperform bonds? This is a particularly acute question in 2022, when bond yields are rising. Why not just have a 100% equity portfolio or a blend of public and private equity? Or a blend of public ...

Equipsuper investment chief on re-energising his team

ELIZABETH FRY  |  MONDAY, 7 NOV 2022
... market. A great example of leveraging market volatility is fixed interest; we have increased our exposure to bonds after seeing bond yields move higher in line with increasing interest rates. For many years, with record low interest rates in place, bonds ...

Central banks to tighten on all sides: BlackRock

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 1 NOV 2022
... government bonds could increase the risk of financial dislocations from yield spikes sparking risk asset selloffs," it said. "Bond yields have already jumped markedly this year, and in the US, the UK and Europe, 10-year bond yields have each surged nearly ...

Insurance, retirement product excellence recognised

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 28 OCT 2022
... transparent research process conducted by Plan For Life Actuaries and Researchers. Generation Life took out the Overall Investment Bond Excellence Award, also recognised with the Bond - Estate Planning Award, Bond - Child Policy Award and Funeral Bond ...

Retirees are silent casualties of inflation: Challenger

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 24 OCT 2022
Inflation is posing a greater risk to Australian retirees than ever, necessitating the development of new approaches to manage retirement income threats, according to a Challenger report. With retirees now living for about twice as long post-retirement ...

Advisory group appoints head of investment strategy

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 24 OCT 2022
Providence Wealth Advisory Group recently welcomed a former sovereign wealth fund executive as its head of investment strategy. Marc Wait has joined the group in the role, based in Sydney. He was most recently head of treasury at the Emirates' Sovereign ...

Millionaires worry about retirement

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 21 OCT 2022
According to new research, 35% of millionaires believe it will take a miracle to retire securely. Natixis Investment Managers released The Million Dollar Question report which evaluates retirement sentiment among high-net-worth (HNWI) investors. It ...

Primewest rebrands to Centuria

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 18 OCT 2022
... also significantly invested in its Perth team, growing 37% to 85 personnel, it said. Primewest founders David Schwartz, John Bond and Jim Litis said: "This is a new era for our company, and we believe, now that our investors are familiar with the wider ...

ETF industry drops in value

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2022
... drop in the market, new data released by the ASX and Vanguard says investors are still viewing ETFs as a safe bet. "Domestic bond ETFs experienced the strongest flows of any asset class in the third quarter as investors sought to manage market risks ...