Traditional fixed income sleeves will take an entirely different shape in the post-pandemic era, with the allocation of negative bond yields and cash investments hard to justify in portfolios according to Sunsuper head of asset allocation Andrew Fisher. The post Sunsuper: Fixed income to look different, post pandemic appeared first on Investment Magazine ..read more

In today’s overvalued markets, a portfolio can provide more safety from downturns and flat returns if it extends holdings beyond equities. The post Find comfort in multi-asset margin appeared first on Investment Magazine ..read more

Diversification, dynamic asset allocation, stress testing and inflation resilience will be critical for portfolios in the coming years, experts say, as portfolios calibrated to benefit from past market conditions will suffer in a fast-changing environment. The post Asset portfolios need to adapt or suffer appeared first on Investment Magazine ..read more

Institutions look to cryptos as bonds lose their effectiveness as part of a defensive strategy, Pendal Group's Vimal Gor explains. The post Cryptocurrencies offer ‘significant’ positives as a defensive asset: Pendal’s Gor appeared first on Investment Magazine ..read more

Managing money for default super is a possibility for the sovereign wealth fund, which also wants to become more nimble. The post Future Fund could manage money for default super appeared first on Investment Magazine ..read more

Media Super boss Graeme Russell identifies “relentless” regulatory change and inflated asset prices as the fund’s two greatest challenges. The post Graeme Russell: Keep your long-term focus amid the changes appeared first on Investment Magazine ..read more

BT Financial Group is changing its reputation as the provider of a retail fund that is overly fee-conscious and vanilla in asset allocation. Under the direction of chief investment officer, Patrick Farrell, the group – which manages $27 billion of super and adviser-directed personal investments – has increased the size of its investment team to […] The post Bank super fund changes its spots appeared first on Investment Magazine ..read more

QSuper’s Damian Lillicrap says ordinary savers would be better served if more super funds dumped their peer-relative performance objectives. The post Be peer aware, not peer anchored appeared first on Investment Magazine ..read more

Australia’s $2.1 trillion superannuation system has edged ahead of the Canadian pension scheme to rank as the world’s fourth largest. The post Australia’s pension system becomes world’s fourth largest appeared first on Investment Magazine ..read more

The Future Fund has shifted its allocation away from developed markets equities and debt securities as it uses dynamic management to reduce risk levels at the margins. The volatile environment in global markets has led, in the past year, to a portfolio reduction of 360 basis points of equities in developed markets, a 130 basis […] The post Future Fund reallocates assets to reduce risk appeared first on Investment Magazine ..read more