Congratulations to all the winners and nominees for this year’s Fund Manager of the Year Awards. For Lonsec and Money Management, these awards are a celebration of the very best of the funds management industry and we will recognise the very best innovations and products and services that improve the investment outcomes of Australians. As […]
We are pleased to reveal the Fund Manager of the Year Awards finalists for 2023. As previously announced, we are thrilled to be partnering with Money Management and Momentum Media to deliver this year’s Fund of the Year Awards. As the exclusive Research Partner, we bring a wealth of experience and expertise to the awards and will […]
It has been a stronger quarter for sustainable investors as many of the headwinds facing the sector throughout 2022, eased substantially. The dispersion between energy and information technology has narrowed considerably, with investors turning to quality and defensiveness as economic growth looks set to slow across the remainder of the year. Against that backdrop, the […]
Late in the quarter, we removed our long-stranding underweight position in Australian Fixed Income back to neutral given the significant rises we have already seen in bond yields over the course of the year. While further volatility can be expected, Australian fixed-income securities are now offering better value than they have in several years and […]
The Lonsec Sustainable portfolios outperformed the peer group benchmark and the internal benchmark over the September quarter. Dynamic asset allocation added value thanks mostly to the underweight position in fixed income. Rising interest rates saw real assets bear the brunt of the volatility in Q3, with the exposure to REITs and listed infrastructure detracting from […]
It has been another challenging quarter for multi-asset investors with both equity and bond markets for the most part continuing their declines. High inflation prints, aggressive central bank policy tightening, and fears of recession are driving extreme market volatility. However, the Retirement portfolios have weathered the storm relatively well. Whilst we haven’t been able to […]
Quarterly Update – Q1 2022 Global equities were the Listed portfolios’ main detractor from returns over the quarter. Although the BetaShares NASDAQ 100 and VanEck MSCI International Quality ETFs bounced back in March, both finished the quarter 10% lower, while the defensive sector exposures in Healthcare and Consumer Staples outperformed the broader market benchmark year-to-date. […]
Quarterly Update – Q1 2022 The first quarter of the year was a particularly challenging period for the Sustainable portfolios as the Russian invasion of Ukraine pushed oil and gas prices higher. The energy sector outperformed the less carbon-intensive sectors such as information technology by 30% during the quarter which proved to be a major […]
Quarterly Update – Q1 2022 From a portfolio perspective, geopolitical risks, such as the current Russia/Ukraine conflict, are typically hard to position for. What we tend to see is that the market tends to respond sharply and then recover quite quickly thereafter. And that appears to be the case this time around. The Australian equity […]
Quarterly Update – Q1 2022 It’s been a volatile quarter for equity and bond markets, with existing inflationary fears further exacerbated by the Russian invasion of the Ukraine. While Russia is small in terms of its impact on capital markets, it is a big exporter of commodities, including oil, gas and agriculture as well as […]
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