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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 ...

Investment Leadership Awards finalists named

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 17 MAY 2021
... Infrastructure Index Fund Fixed Income - Aggregate Bonds Legg Mason Asset Management - Legg Mason Western Asset Australian Bond Fund Macquarie Investment Management - Macquarie Australian Fixed Interest Fund Nikko AM - Nikko AM Australian Bond Fund QIC ...

Chief economist update: The Fed and Australia

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAY 2021
... compete for the higher interest rates offered in the United States. As we've witnessed over the past few months, Australian bond yields (and those of other major economies) have risen in line with the ascent with their US counterparts. This bad news ...

Colonial Super Retirement Fund rejigs managers

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAR 2021
... (CMLA). In Australian fixed income, Macquarie's Australian Fixed Income Fund will replace the PIMCO Wholesale Australian Bond Fund. In Australian shares, Solaris Core Australian Share Fund replaces funds from Schroder, Pendal and T.Rowe Price. RealIndex ...

Chief economist update: Getting better, but not better enough

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAR 2021
... banks' targets," the bank said. "Reflecting these global developments, there have been similar movements in Australian bond markets. Changes in bond yields globally have been associated with volatility in some other asset prices, including foreign ...

Best managed funds, ETFs named

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2020
... from BlackRock its iShares Core Composite Bond ETF (ASX: IAF). The second best in the category was SPDR S&P/ASX Australian Bond Fund (ASX: BOND), which had better one, three, and five year headline returns than IAF. In international shares ETPs, BetaShares' ...

MySuper funds redeem performance

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2020
MySuper funds continue to recoup coronavirus-induced losses, as the latest Rainmaker research finds default products have on average gained three out of every four dollars lost in February and March. The 2021 financial year kicked off in positive territory ...

Active manager performance slumps: SPIVA

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2020
... About 60% underperformed the benchmark, while almost all the funds (90%) failed to beat it over a 15-year period. Australian bond funds were a safe haven for many investors, reporting small gains of 2.94% and 2.87% on equal- and asset-weighted bases. ...

MySuper products show resilience

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2020
August marked the fifth consecutive month of positive returns for MySuper products since the COVID-19 pandemic hit, recovering 70% of losses, new Rainmaker analysis shows. Last month generated a positive performance of about 1.7% for superannuation ...

Morningstar upgrades four, downgrades 10

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2020
... changes, and our degree of relative conviction." Strategies updated following the review include AMP Capital's Australian Bond, which has been upgraded from bronze to silver. "AMP Capital has continued to show the fruits of its positive attributes ...