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Portfolio holdings disclosure a failure: Morningstar

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 15 NOV 2021
... Kennaway said the disclosure around bonds is so opaque it makes the disclosures meaningless as simply listing the issuer of a bond tells investors nothing about its credit quality and interest-rate risk. Super funds investing in external bond funds will ...

Brokers warn of looming disaster

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 15 NOV 2021
The Finance Brokers Association of Australia (FBAA) has issued a dire warning, claiming Australian borrowers could not afford to pay 1% more on their mortgages or rent. The FBAA commissioned a survey, conducted by research firm McCrindle, to assess ...

Economic recap: Week to November 12

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 NOV 2021
Did the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) jump or was pushed by the bond market to scrap its target to keep the April 2024 Australian government bond yield at 10 basis points. The answer to this question becomes important because it would dictate future ...

BetaShares introduces suite of ethical SMAs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 NOV 2021
BetaShares has become the first ETF manager to launch ethical SMAs for financial advisers, with four new products on offer. This represents a milestone for BetaShares, becoming the first Australian ETF manager to successfully bring an ethical direct ...

Metrics Credit Partners acquires

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 12 NOV 2021
Metrics Credit Partners has acquired a small and medium-sized enterprise business lending specialist. Metrics has acquired SME lender Bigstone Finance. Metrics managing partner Andrew Lockhart said the addition of the Bigstone team to the funding capability ...

£450bn in inflation-linked UK DB liabilities unmatched

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 12 NOV 2021
New analysis from Alpha Real Capital, a specialist income manager, suggests that £450 billion of inflation‐linked liabilities belonging to UK defined benefit pension schemes are unmatched. Alpha's analysis showed that higher inflation risks have ...

The search for income outside defensive assets

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 11 NOV 2021
The eighth wonder of the world, compound interest, has been diminished and retirees must look elsewhere in their search for yield. Speaking at the Financial Standard Best Practice Forum on Retirement Income, Fidelity International cross asset investment ...

Australia-first private equity ETF to launch

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 9 NOV 2021
VanEck will shortly list an ETF providing investors exposure to private equity investments through the convenient ETF structure. The VanEck Global Listed Private Equity ETF (ASX: GPEQ) will list on the ASX and is the first Australian private equity ...

Economic recap: Week to November 5

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 NOV 2021
... inflation, inflation. Financial markets' worrying about central banks worrying about inflation have pushed up short-term bond yields that, in turn, put pressure on equity markets. For instance, the all ordinaries index fell by 1.1% in the week ended ...

Ninety One launches net zero index

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 1 NOV 2021
... Zero Sovereign Index to address the growing need among asset owners and managers for the means to show that their sovereign bond portfolios are Paris-aligned and on a credible path to net zero." "We believe the index provides greater capacity to support ...