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Australia's super assets fastest growing: WTW

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 6 FEB 2018
... Australia's "above average" allocation to equities (49%), followed by a preference to other asset classes (22%), cash (15%) and bonds (14%). Urwin said the home bias for equities has reduced in the last 20 years from 68.7% to 41.1% in 2017. "The challenges ...

Institutional investors on the march in fixed income

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JAN 2018
... "Recent years have also seen growing interest from investors in alternative credit such as bank loans and emerging market bonds, and we expect this asset class will continue to be popular among Asia Pacific investors for the near future." In terms of ...

Acorns Australia restructures after $150m milestone

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JAN 2018
... additional top-ups. In June last year, Acorns then introduced the Emerald Portfolio: a diversified portfolio of equities, bonds and cash with an environmental, social and corporate governance overlay. It has exposure to the Russell Investments Australian ...

Chief economist update: The spook on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JAN 2018
... points" (Financial Times) "Stocks get crushed in one of their worst days since Brexit" (Business Insider) "Stocks Tumble, Bonds No Haven as Selloff Worsens: Markets Wrap" (Bloomberg) Yes Virginia, the US stock market had tumbled, sold off and crushed ...

Future Fund manager joins Fidante

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 30 JAN 2018
... Wrap and BT SuperWrap platforms. Ardea is a specialist fixed income manager focusing on local and international government bonds, fixed income derivatives, inflation-linked bonds and investment-grade credit. Ardea principal and co-founder Ben Alexander ...

Population growth drives real income

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 25 JAN 2018
... investment markets. Since inception the fund has delivered an 18% return. "The fund sits in the sensible space between low-risk bonds and high-risk equities," Reid said. "It has attributes of bonds around an enhanced income, but unlike equities the key ...

Netwealth signals managed account growth, business upgrades

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 19 JAN 2018
... expanded the investment products available to wholesale investors to include the ability to purchase over-the-counter (OTC) bonds. Netwealth joint managing director Matt Heine said: "We are really pleased with our continued growth which is a testament ...

Mercer increases Japanese footprint via acquisition

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JAN 2018
... greater governance among investors is growing. In particular, Japanese institutional investors are moving away from government bonds into areas such as foreign markets and alternative investment funds. "This acquisition will enhance the Mercer delegated ...

Chief economist update: One hike this year, one hike next year

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JAN 2018
... conditioned on the assumptions that the stock of purchased gilts remains at £435 billion and the stock of purchased corporate bonds remain at £10 billion throughout the forecast period, and on the Term Funding Scheme (TFS); all three of which are financed ...

Bravura scores platform deal

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 11 JAN 2018
... funeral bond and insurance policy business. Foresters provides investment and insurance products such as friendly society bonds, funeral bonds, and death and distress benefit funds. It supports a large network of Australia's funeral directors through ...