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Death of dividends greatly exaggerated: Epoch

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2020
... said. "Many local investors, perhaps focused too much on the benefits of franked dividends, are unaware of the diversification benefit and potential of comparable dividend income gained by investing globally." McIntyre added in uncertain times such as ...

BetaShares launches new ETF

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2020
... of G7 nations, hedged into AUD. BetaShares said global government bonds have historically provided significant diversification and defensive benefits to portfolios during periods of market decline. The bonds which GGOV invests in are typically of very ...

AMP Capital ups jail stake

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2020
... in the ASCF aligns closely with CommIF's positive social impact objective and provides investors with increased diversification benefits," Savage said. "CommIF has established itself as a leader in the brownfield community infrastructure sector, backed ...

Opportunity for the brave: High yield credit

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2020
... determine if the price/spread on offer for the individual bond represents an attractive opportunity," Mitchell said. Diversification is also key to an effective bond portfolio, he said. "It is not a great idea to construct a portfolio consisting of only ...

Investors back corporate bonds as COVID-19 winner

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2020
... outright yield on three-year government bonds in Australia, and while they are an important part of a portfolio for diversification and risk management, investment grade corporate bonds is where we see opportunities." Corporate bonds may have looked ...

Hedge fund with zero correlation to equities to launch

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2020
... million fund, set to launch in early June, aims to have -0.5 to 0.5 correlation to equities and provides "genuine diversification" for equities investors, Norden said. "We trade different products to increase the diversification further but tend to favour ...

Is it really as bad as it seems?

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2020
... volatility looks set to continue in the coming weeks and months, protection in the form of safe haven assets, portfolio diversification and volatility insurance will be increasingly important for investors. "As rates remain lower for even longer, securities ...

Industry fund revalues unlisted assets

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2020
... "On that higher number the various diversified options still maintain their shape in terms of multi-asset class diversification."

Bitcoin bonanza amid COVID-19 crisis

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2020
... institutional investors. Investors, both institutional and retail, had started to consider cryptocurrency as a source of diversification, De Corrado said. "They have seen the rapid appreciation in value for the asset over the past decade, and want to ...

Tail-risk hedging pays off for super fund

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2020
... The strategy is designed to protect investors against extreme market volatility, situations in which traditional diversification strategies break down. Tail-risk hedging is often described as a type of insurance as it promises to deliver when equity ...