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YFYS changed how funds invest: JPMAM

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 APR 2022
... Future, Your Super reforms on super fund investment strategies. Most notably, the reforms seem to have created a more conservative approach to investing for many super funds. JPMAM surveyed 16 super fund chief investment officers, heads of investment ...

Deerpath Capital opens local office

ELIZABETH FRY  |  MONDAY, 4 APR 2022
... combined with the firm's safety-first investment philosophy, complements Australian institutional investors' conservative approach to capital allocation." "With rising inflationary and geopolitical risks present, the ability to access floating ...

AltX appoints head of property risk

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAR 2022
... someone of Pasin's calibre to join the team. "We have worked with Giamol for several years, and he shares the group's conservative ethos on property appraisals," Beinhart said. "We are confident he will very quickly prove a valuable addition to our team." ...

ATO underestimates SMSF performance: Report

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 FEB 2022
... of APRA funds. The report states that ASIC's existing emphasis on minimum SMSF balances of $500,000 is excessively conservative and could be recalibrated to $200,000. "For the SMSF Association, we think there is strong evidence to warrant a focus on ...

Advised clients' major concerns in 2022

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 28 JAN 2022
... for people borrowing money, but an issue for those investing money - particularly retirees. "Retirees tend to be conservative investors. But with cash rates earning next to nothing and fixed interest rates, in some cases, going negative in the last 12 ...

Life insurers to embrace risky assets

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JAN 2022
... and shun safe-haven assets in a bid to bump up returns in 2022. Australian life insurers are tipped to shed their conservative nature this year amid a tough macroeconomic environment, according to bfinance. Many will move away from fixed income and towards ...

Choice products not so choice: APRA

CHLOE WALKER, KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 17 DEC 2021
... featured on the list. Christian Super's Ethical Stable failed the benchmark by 1.22% p.a., as did EISS Super's Conservative Balanced, which failed by 1.29% p.a. Aware Super Personalised Diversified Socially Responsible Investment option failed ...

EG swoops in on Forza industrial assets

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 7 DEC 2021
... asset's logistics operators. "We raised $21.3 million of equity from wholesale investors and married that with a conservative gearing strategy," Forza director Adam Murchie said. In the early years our focus was to secure extensions from existing tenants ...

Retirees require 3.3% drawdown: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 DEC 2021
... their initial portfolio balance each year while adjusting for inflation. "Lowering the withdrawal rate to 3.3% is a conservative measure in a zero-sum game - you either run out of money before you die, or you don't. However, the fact of the matter remains ...

Default super delivers best performance in 34 years

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 29 NOV 2021
New research reveals that default workplace superannuation funds achieved the best average returns of 18.8% in the last 34 years. Rainmaker reviewed more than 3200 investment options in its 2021 Super fund performance study, which are offered by 238 ...