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Aussie active equity managers lack persistent outperformance: SPIVA

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2026
... managers showed some signs of skill, with several funds consistently outranking their peers in the medium term. Australian bond funds proved "notably better persistence." Of the 17 top-quartile funds in 2023, seven (41.2%) remained in the top quartile ...

MST Financial acquires FIIG Securities' unit, boosts assets

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2025
... management service to MST Financial for an undisclosed figure. Investment management responsibility of the FIIG Australian Bond Fund and the FIIG Monthly Income Fund were also taken over by MST Financial. Upon finalising the acquisition in June, FIIG ...

PIMCO expands active ETF offering with EARN

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2025
... ETF (PGBF), PIMCO Diversified Fixed Interest Active ETF (PDFI), PIMCO Global Credit Active ETF (PCRD), and PIMCO Australian Bond Active ETF (PAUS) - offer Australian investors institutional-grade access to global and domestic bond markets. "EARN is designed ...

ANZ fined $240m for bond trading, retail misconduct

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 15 SEP 2025
... "Instead of trading gradually throughout the day to limit market impact, ANZ sold a significant volume of 10-year Australian bond futures around the time of pricing which placed undue downward price pressure on the bond price," ASIC said. "ANZ knew its ...

Fewer global equity managers underperform: SPIVA

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 9 SEP 2025
... underperformed in the short term, this is a marked improvement from the 85% that underperformed in the long term. As for Australian bond funds, the proportion of underperforming active managers increased to 46% compared to 30% in 2024 and 26% in 2023. ...

Private debt leads fixed income returns: Research

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUL 2025
The Morningstar Fixed Income Sector Wrap found the fixed income sector has seen a robust 12 months across the board. Morningstar's qualitative research assessments currently cover 79 fixed-income strategies available to Australian investors. "It was ...

The top-performing (and worst) asset classes of the past year

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2025
Mercer's annual periodic table, which charts 17 major asset classes investment returns on an annual basis over the last decade, reveals that there's few reliable themes, except that greater risk tends to be rewarded by greater return. Equity ...

Sliver of Aussie global equity managers beat index: SPIVA

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2025
... and small-cap funds, 63% outperformed the benchmark with an asset-weighted average return of 14.5% p.a. Active Australian bond fund managers stole the spotlight with just a 30% underperformance rate in 2024, following a 26% rate in the prior year. They ...

BlackRock rebalance sparks record-high ETF trades on ASX

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2025
The ASX recorded its biggest-ever ETF market turnover in a day earlier this month, hitting a whopping $2 billion on March 6, largely thanks to BlackRock reducing its equities exposure and shoring up defensive assets within its model portfolios. The ...

RBA delivers 'cautious' cut, road ahead unclear

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2025
... to own the back-end of curve, which provides protection against a global growth slowdown, especially when the Australian bond curve is steep relative to our counterparts."
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