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Asset allocation in a post-pandemic world

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2020
... negative returns. A portfolio with 70% in growth assets, like stocks, and 30% in defensive assets, i.e. income securities - bonds, will typically have one negative year in every five," Sparks said. "While the impacts of COVID-19 have been unprecedented ...

Regal Atlantic fund perks up in April

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2020
... for March and February performance. "Long-term bond yields continue to compress, equities remain inexpensive relative to bonds and ongoing volatility offers good opportunities to profit from short-term price dislocations. We are broadly avoiding overly ...

Investment manager launches income fund

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2020
... designed with shifting markets in mind to generate steady income, the investment manager said, and will invest in corporate bonds, bank loans and asset backed securities. "Ares Australia Management's ambition is to become one of Australia's leading credit ...

BetaShares launches new ETF

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2020
BetaShares has announced the launch of a new ETF that gives investors access to long-dated sovereign bonds issues by some of the world's largest developed economies. The BetaShares Global Government Bond 20+ Year ETF - Currency Hedged (GGOV) aims to ...

Global asset manager launches new fund

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2020
... the emergence of the European and emerging market high yield markets. "The fund's high-conviction approach to high yield bonds provides a more growth-oriented play within portfolios, benefiting from fundamental research and risk analysis as well as technical ...

Chief economist update: Bad news is good news is back

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2020
... package - worth around US$2 trillion -- and the Fed has pulled out all the stops in underwriting whatever (they be junk bonds or whatnots) to ensure liquidity keeps flowing. Equity market investors can justify the rise and rise in stock prices by expecting ...

Opportunity for the brave: High yield credit

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2020
... also key to an effective bond portfolio, he said. "It is not a great idea to construct a portfolio consisting of only a few bonds because if one defaults it can wipe out all of your returns, and then some," Mitchell said. For example, those that invested ...

Investors back corporate bonds as COVID-19 winner

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2020
As COVID-19 batters the once celebrated yield-providing banks, investors have turned to corporate bonds in their search for income. Amid the spiraling economic environment, investors have become increasingly aware of the difference between "dividends" ...

How early release impacts the ASX

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2020
... raise liquidity would put pressure on asset prices. "This is a truism that applies regardless of the market - equities, bonds, property and so on - or the management style (active or passive)," he said. Funds with passive strategies are likely better ...

Chief economist update: The outlook for Australia, according to COVID-19

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2020
... monetary policy settings unchanged, "including the targets for the cash rate and the yield on three-year Australian Government bonds of 25 basis points) - puts into black and white the collective and individual thoughts of all (not most) central bankers ...