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Aware Super backing tail-risk hedging for retirement cohort

The $125 billion industry fund says that while it doesn’t make sense for younger members, retirement age members can benefit from tailored tail-risk hedging strategies as proxy guards against sequencing risk.

Tahn SharpeSeptember 30, 2020

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Investors backing PE credit push in desperate yield hunt: Mehmet

Private equity is taking over the lending ranks from the banks, says Lonsec analyst Ron Mehmet. As volatility tapers off again, demand for alternative fixed income yield in Australia is making alternative avenues more and more attractive.

Tahn SharpeSeptember 30, 2020

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John Hewson: SG freeze due to Covid ‘not defensible’

The ex-Liberal party leader was joined by a host of industry names on an "emergency" webinar to discuss the importance of continuing the legislated SG increase in July 2021, despite the economic effects of the pandemic.

Tahn SharpeSeptember 28, 2020

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Market sell-off tests portfolio manager efficacy: Cbus, VFMC

While the March sell-off destabilised portfolios, savvy funds used what Cbus Super's Scott Pappas called 'the mother of all stress tests' to gauge how well their portfolio managers shifted strategy and handled the duress.

Jessica SierSeptember 28, 2020

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China consumption story trumps US trade concerns

This year’s single-best trade was Chinese mid-cap semiconductor and tech stocks, according to UBS O’Connor's Kevin Russell. This illustrates how China’s domestic consumption economy allows it to combat any trade wars with the US.

Jessica SierSeptember 24, 2020

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Discussions to augment alternatives strategies happening right now

APRA's heatmap will be a catalyst for changes to partnerships and structures super funds use to execute alternatives and hedge funds strategies if discussions happening at the moment are anything to go by, Cambridge Associates's Travis Schoenleber has said.

Matthew SmithSeptember 24, 2020

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Interest rate declines hide mistakes; future growth cause for concern

Impact of central bank policy is plain to see in credit markets where the biggest concern is linked to future possibilities for economic-driven growth - GSO-Blackstone's Dwight Scott runs the numbers during a presentation at Investment Magazine's Absolute Returns Conference.

Jessica SierSeptember 24, 2020

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Macro investing has its time in the sun

The ongoing de-globalisation trend is certain to keep global macro strategies in the frame, with gold, currency and interest rates all likely to follow the cues of geopolitical and economic events, Graham Capital's Pablo Calderini explains.

Jessica SierSeptember 24, 2020

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