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Australian ETF market shows strength

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2020
... Brycki said ETFs will continue to be the success story of the wealth industry as investors look to add better diversification into their portfolios. "The transparency and performance of ETFs have been a boon during the recent share market sell-off," ...

Asset allocation in a post-pandemic world

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2020
In times of extreme volatility, it's more important than ever to ensure proper diversification, but the decisions made now will affect performance once we return to the status quo. Within the allocation to growth and defensive assets, it's crucial to ...

Investment manager launches income fund

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2020
... focused on finding reliable sources of higher income without risking severe capital losses and with better risk diversification than traditional investments in their portfolios," he said. "In Australia, a lot of investors looking for higher levels of ...

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 ...