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Lifecycle products cost members: Research

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2021
New Rainmaker research has found being a member of a typical lifecycle MySuper product could reduce a person's retirement savings by up to 23% by age 70. The research found that if a member were to stay in a typical lifecycle MySuper product for their ...

JPMAM unveils sustainable fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2021
J.P. Morgan Asset Management has launched a sustainable fund in Australia following the success of its European strategy. JPMorgan Global Macro Sustainable Fund opened to retail investors on February 1 and comprises a portfolio of long and short positions ...

Chief economist update: RBA extends QE

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 FEB 2021
... Facility - it also decided to purchase an additional $100 billion of bonds issued by the Australian government when the current bond purchase program is completed in mid April. These additional purchases will be at the current rate of $5 billion a week. ...

Schroders adjusts fund return targets

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2021
The fund manager has lowered its real return funds' targets as a result of low interest rates and bond yields and the impact of the pandemic on economies around the world. The Schroder Real Return CPI Plus 3.5%, Schroder Real Return CPI Plus 5% ...

ASIC policy on debenture trustees inconsistent: MSC

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2021
ASIC has applied its policies for trustees inconsistently and scared away participants, Melbourne Securities Corporation told the corporate bonds market enquiry. The MSC Group provides trustee services to debenture issues, among other trustee, advisory ...

Chief economist update: Taper talks are premature

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2021
... markets' concern du' jour - rising inflation expectations - and calm a potential repeat of the "taper tantrum" that sent bond yields up and equity markets down in 2013. In his post-meeting press conference, Powell intimated his thoughts on inflation ...

ASIC detects imposter bond scam

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2021
The corporate regulator is warning investors of scam bond investment operations targeting Australian investors with claims of high yield bond investments. The scammers are claiming to be from reputable domestic and international financial firms when ...

Market rotation signals win for value: Maple-Brown Abbott

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2021
... COVID-19 vaccine and its speedy rollout in many countries, as well as the US election result, both of which helped push long bond yields higher." Maple-Brown said that although price-earnings ratios of the most expensive stocks in the Australian market ...

Chief economist update: Virus now, inflation later

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 JAN 2021
... happening with regards to monetary policy. The US Federal Reserve was itself busily trying to "lower the temperature" in the bond markets that saw the yield on 10-year US Treasuries more than double from 2020's low of 0.5% to 1.1%. Thanks to Factset ...

Tide turns in ETFs, managed funds inflows

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 22 JAN 2021
... billion in the year, while Dimensional Fund Advisors had it worst with US$37 billion of outflows. By asset class, taxable- bond funds had a record year (US$441 billion in inflows) and so did commodities (US$37.6 billion in inflows). But equities funds ...