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BNP Paribas launches sustainable trusts

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 17 SEP 2021
... Australia launched three global sustainability trusts to meet demand from Australian and New Zealand clients. BNP Paribas' Green Bond Trust, EARTH Trust and China Equity Trust adhere to the firm's global sustainability strategy and are supported by the ...

NZ Super Fund delivers 30%

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 14 SEP 2021
The New Zealand Super Fund continues to outperform Australian MySuper funds, posting its a best-ever return of 29.6%. The 2020-21 financial year saw the fund reach new heights of NZD$59.8 billion, an increase of NZD$15 billion year on year. It also ...

Economic recap: Week to September 10

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 SEP 2021
... rate on Exchange Settlement balances of 0%; maintain the target of 10 basis points for the April 2024 Australian Government bond; purchase government securities at the rate of $4 billion a week and to continue the purchases at this rate until at least ...

NGS Super hikes fees

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 3 SEP 2021
Two days after shelving a planned merger, NGS Super informed members of plans to increase fees on some investment options from October. A spokesperson for the fund said the fee increases "has no connection" to its scrapped merger with Australian Catholic ...

YFYS spurs half to change asset mix

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 2 SEP 2021
... not outright expensive." History suggests that credit risk premium is valued as fair to slightly expensive, he said. While bond yields might be low, Mead reminded investors that in the last nine out of 10 recessions and equity market drawdowns bonds ...

How YFYS test will change currency investments

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 2 SEP 2021
A panel at the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) ASI 2021 conference has discussed how the Your Future, Your Super test and ESG will change funds' approaches to currency. QIC head of currency Stuart Simmons said super funds could ...

Cracking the data science code

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 SEP 2021
... exact science," she said. Ryan explains that the use of unknown factors like the relationship between 10-year government bond rates and GDP for example, is driving the data-generating process. "Is it a linear relationship; is it a quadratic ratio relationship ...

Communicate risk, defensiveness differently: Panel

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 31 AUG 2021
Funds will have to shift the way they communicate risk to members and rethink portfolios as the outlook for defensive assets changes in the coming years. That was the consensus from a panel at the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) ...

Rest streamlines asset classes

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 31 AUG 2021
In a move to better align itself to the Your Future, Your Super benchmarks, the $62 billion industry superannuation fund is changing the way it categorises its investment options, shifting from 11 asset classes to seven 'mega asset classes'. ...

Fear of greenwashing worse than reality: Report

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 AUG 2021
... on this issue will occur in the near future. The research on greenwashing comes as S&P Global estimates that sustainable bond issuance including green, social, sustainability, and sustainability-linked bonds could collectively exceed $1 trillion in 2 ...