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Rest closes investment options, shifts allocations

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 25 AUG 2023
Rest is closing its bonds and shares investment options to new members as of September 30. The $75 billion industry super fund said any request by existing members to switch funds into the bonds or shares options must be received by September 27. However ...

High rates impacting REITs: Quay

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 11 AUG 2023
... and 17% respectively. Over the same period, bonds also started selling off, Blaess said. In the US, the 10-year treasury yield, the benchmark risk-free rate rose from 1.4% to the current rate of 4.0%, peaking as high as 4.3% along the way. "The impact ...

Vanguard reveals the premier asset class of the last 30 years

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 AUG 2023
... return as opposed to its steep drop of -10.5% in FY22. Cash, which was the best-performing asset class last year with a 0.1% yield, managed a return of 2.9% this year, placing it among the lower-performing assets. "Although volatility smooths out in ...

UniSuper rides tech tailwinds to strong returns

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUL 2023
... strong rally, and also a negative reaction to higher interest rates. The current share price looks well supported with a of yield of 5.5%, expected to grow by 3% p.a.," Pearce explained. "Furthermore, around 90% of APA's contractual revenues are ...

Equity managed funds in record outflows: Calastone

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUL 2023
... well prove temporary," she said. Short-dated fixed income funds currently offer income of 4.4%. The 10-year Australian bond yield has risen from 3.1% to 4% in three months. "Fixed income funds have not looked so attractive since before the Global Financial ...

HESTA generates 9.59% investment return

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUL 2023
HESTA has delivered a 9.59% return for its balanced growth investment option. The balanced growth investment option, which most of the industry fund's one million members are invested in, was buoyed by strong equity market performance, bolstered by ...

Capital Group unveils multi-sector income fund

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUL 2023
... its Capital Group Multi-Sector Income Fund (MSI) to the local market. MSI combines investment-grade corporate bonds, high-yield corporate bonds, emerging market bonds and securitised credit in a single portfolio. Consistent with Capital Group's investment ...

Bentham opens fund to retail investors

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUL 2023
... Launched over six years ago, the fund invests in a multi-sector global portfolio of credit securities, including global high-yield bonds, global syndicated loans, investment-grade securities, global capital securities, asset-backed securities and derivatives. ...

Cash rate hits 4.1%

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUN 2023
... rates and price indicators from business surveys, has collapsed." Another grim tell-tale is the 10-year less 2-year bond yield, and 10-year less RBA cash rate yield went negative recently. "While Australian yield curve inversions have been less of reliable ...

VanEck launches US bond ETF

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 15 MAY 2023
... 33rd ETF later this week - the first of its kind to be listed on the ASX, the manager says. The VanEck 1-3 Month US Treasury Bond ETF (TBIL) will list on the ASX on Thursday morning. According to VanEck, TBIL is the first short-term US Treasury bond ...