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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 ...

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 ...