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Good year for active managers in fixed income

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUL 2021
... tightened aggressively," Zenith said in its 2020 AFI review. Zenith said the negative benchmark returns came as government bond yields traded in a wide range and experienced volatility. Active managers had it rough in October 2020 but benefited from ...

Super fund awards first ESG mandate

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUL 2021
... to the UN Principles of Responsible Investing (UNPRI) and the reputation it has gained for introducing ESG into mainstream bond investing, Watson added. Also commenting, Cameron Hume managing director and co-founder Chris Torkington said the fund manager ...

Alternatives, equities dominate mandates

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUL 2021
Not-for-profit superannuation funds appointed 377 mandates in the 12 months ending March, with alternatives and Australian equities winning the lion's share. By number, alternatives mandates were the popular (46% of 377), followed by equities (29%) ...

Mercer bolsters alternatives team

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUL 2021
... opportunities, diversification and protection against inflation." "In the current environment of near-zero cash rates and low bond yields, we're encouraging our clients to explore the opportunities that alternative asset classes can provide to reach ...

Active Super returns 23%

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 12 JUL 2021
... raising interest rates." He said a higher cash rate probably won't happen for a while but pointed to the RBA trimming its bond-buying program last week. "Slowly that will have an impact on the fixed income market and maybe even the share market [as] ...

Active managers lead new ETF issuers

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 12 JUL 2021
... Company into an active ETF. The Hyperion Global Growth Fund also launched on the ASX in March and the Coolabah Active Composite Bond Fund launched on Chi-X in June. Meanwhile, active ETFs only made up 11% of the $8.8 billion of inflows, up 1% from 2020 ...

Economic recap: Week to July 9

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 JUL 2021
... its July 6 meeting, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) kept the cash rate unchanged at 0.1% and retained the April 2024 bond as "the bond for the yield target" - against speculation that it would roll this over to the November 2024 bond. At the same ...

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 ...

Economic recap: Week to July 2

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 JUL 2021
... at its meeting in May, it announced that: "At its July meeting, the Board will consider whether to retain the April 2024 bond as the target bond for the 3-year yield target or to shift to the next maturity, the November 2024 bond. The Board is not considering ...

ASI product development lead exits

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUN 2021
... ASI has pulled the plug on three funds: Aberdeen Standard Diversified Fixed Income Fund; Aberdeen Standard Inflation Linked Bond Fund and Aberdeen Standard Australian Fixed Income Fund.