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BlackRock to launch first active income-focused ETF

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2025
... deliver returns above RBA Cash Rate. The diversified portfolio will primarily focus on Australian investment-grade corporate bonds, including subordinated and senior credit. There will be a capacity to add select securitised exposures for diversification. ...

HESTA, Vision Super divest Israeli securities

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2025
As HESTA and Vision Super move to divest members' money from Israeli bonds and shares, other superannuation funds' ethical options continue to overlook human rights abuses. HESTA confirmed the move, saying that as part of its investment strategy ...

Feature: Retirement | The right mix

LACHLAN COLQUHOUN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2025
... such as Perennial offering a retirement "income model" and life insurers in the market with an alternative in investment bonds. But while many Australians are engaging with these products, many are not. In addressing this, the solution lies in education ...

BlackRock expands fixed income ETF lineup

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 27 OCT 2025
... Bond Index, and investors can access 19,000 securities including government, securitised and investment grade corporate bonds across multiple regions. BlackRock Australia head of global product solutions Steve Ead said fixed income ETFs continue to play ...

Super funds raise stakes in US investments to US$1.44tn

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2025
... investment in the US at the time would grow to about US$1 trillion over a decade. Most of this is invested in US equities and bonds, on top of significant investments in US infrastructure, real estate and private equity. At an event to celebrate BHP's ...

Super moves: AusSuper, Aware, MLC, JANA, VFMC

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2025
... management and banking, covering fixed income, interest rate derivatives and currencies. Most recently, he was at Jamieson Coote Bonds for nearly four years, having left VFMC, where he was senior portfolio manager, fixed interest and absolute returns ...

GAM names distribution and product lead

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2025
... expanding its evergreen alternatives offerings. The GAM/Swiss Re ILS Fund offers spreads nearly double those of high-yield bonds through a feeder fund into their offshore ILS offering, co-managed with Swiss Re. Additionally, GAM is about to launch an ...

PIMCO expands active ETF offering with EARN

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2025
... preservation and liquidity in a short-duration, actively managed strategy. EARN will invest in a portfolio of investment-grade bonds which is built for investors seeking a modest shift from traditional savings vehicles. It offers monthly income and daily ...

Classic 60/40 approach underdelivers for women retirees

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2025
... inflation over time. For the first 10 years, Monash used 25-year rolling mean returns of 5.59% for equities and 1.23% for bonds. The standard deviation for equities was 13.49% and 7.32% for bonds, with 0.508 correlation. For years 11-25, it assumed a ...

ETF market hits $300bn milestone early

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 10 OCT 2025
... continue to attract investors and financial advisers seeking simple, cost-effective and diversified exposure across equities, bonds, commodities and alternative assets. "The ASX investment product market is not only expanding but accelerating," Campion ...