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Active funds continue underperformance

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAR 2022
S&P Dow Jones Indices SPIVA Australia Scorecard has revealed just over half of Australian equities funds beat their benchmarks last year, with active funds underperforming. Last year, just over half of Australian funds in the Equity General and Equity ...

BetaShares launches new bond ETF

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 7 FEB 2022
BetaShares has launched an Australian Composite Bond ETF, offering investors access to a diversified portfolio of Australian bonds. The new ETF, ticker code OZBD, aims to track the Bloomberg Australian Enhanced Yield Composite Bond Index, before fees ...

Yarra Capital bolsters investment team

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 DEC 2021
... experience in fixed income and works with the team on the strategic direction and portfolio positioning for the Australian Bond Fund strategy. Phil Strano has also been promoted to deputy portfolio manager for Yarra's RMBS and LBO strategies. He ...

Majority of Aussie fund categories underperform: Data

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 DEC 2021
... weak performance persistence in topper forming funds in Australia across the three- and five-year periods, with Australian bond funds tending to have the strongest performance persistence among all the categories."

Best fixed interest funds revealed

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 20 AUG 2021
... Sustainable Australian Fixed Interest Fund returned 5% per annum on a three-year basis, AMP Capital Wholesale Australian Bond Fund returned 4.8% and rounding out the top five was the QIC Australian Fixed Interest Fund with 4.7%.

Good year for active managers in fixed income

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUL 2021
... the majority (44) did not see a rating change. The six highly recommended funds were: Legg Mason Western Asset Australian Bond Trust Class A, Macquarie Australian Fixed Interest Trust, PIMCO's Australian Bond Fund (Class A) and Australia Bond Fund (wholesale ...

MySuper performance soars

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUL 2021
MySuper options have delivered the best annual financial returns in over three decades, new research shows. The latest data from Rainmaker Information's Default MySuper Index recorded 2020/21 financial year returns of an average of 18%, after all fees ...

Investment Leadership Awards finalists named

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 17 MAY 2021
... Infrastructure Index Fund Fixed Income - Aggregate Bonds Legg Mason Asset Management - Legg Mason Western Asset Australian Bond Fund Macquarie Investment Management - Macquarie Australian Fixed Interest Fund Nikko AM - Nikko AM Australian Bond Fund QIC ...

Chief economist update: The Fed and Australia

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAY 2021
... compete for the higher interest rates offered in the United States. As we've witnessed over the past few months, Australian bond yields (and those of other major economies) have risen in line with the ascent with their US counterparts. This bad news ...

Colonial Super Retirement Fund rejigs managers

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAR 2021
... (CMLA). In Australian fixed income, Macquarie's Australian Fixed Income Fund will replace the PIMCO Wholesale Australian Bond Fund. In Australian shares, Solaris Core Australian Share Fund replaces funds from Schroder, Pendal and T.Rowe Price. RealIndex ...