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Overall, 2022 was a year to forget for both equity and bond investors, with both asset classes generating negative returns over the calendar year. In fact, aside from commodities and the USD, almost all other major asset classes generated negative returns over the year. In line with the broader market, Lonsec’s Listed Managed Portfolios generated negative returns over the calendar year for the first time since 2011. The declines were broad-based, led by global property and domestic property, while both domestic and global bonds also recorded double-digit falls.

Despite the negative returns over the calendar year of 2022, Australian Equities outperformed Global Equities by a wide margin with the latter being a negative contributor over the year, but the portfolio impact from Global Equities was curbed by reducing allocation to the sector to “Slightly Underweight” in October, as well as the March introduction of the VVLU ETF, which outperformed significantly for the rest of the year.

Portfolio Manager for the Listed portfolios Dan Moradi provides an update covering performance, positioning and outlook.


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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 are once again able to play that defensive role in multi-asset portfolios.

Deanne Baker explains how the Multi-Asset portfolios performed over the September quarter and how they are positioned to navigate through the current volatility.


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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 peer relative performance.

While energy was again the top-performing sector, information technology and healthcare were not too far behind. As fears of recession grow, investors have turned towards defensive sectors including healthcare, which benefited the portfolios given that many companies in the sector can contribute positively towards the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, particularly through SDG3 Good health and well-being. The outperformance of the highest carbon-emitting sectors (such as energy and resources) since the start of the year does, however, remain the key driver of portfolio underperformance over the 12 months to September.


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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 protect investors from all the losses, the portfolios managed to outperform the peer group benchmark and internal benchmark and remain well ahead on a relative basis over the 12 months to 30 September 2022.

While the portfolios’ capital component of returns has been volatile, the yield component has continued to deliver a level of stability for retirees. From an income perspective, the portfolio has delivered in excess of the 4% income target through the cycle (3-5 years).  Pleasingly, income was sourced from a wide range of strategies and asset classes, from equities to infrastructure, emerging market debt, and option premia.


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In this video, Dan Moradi, Portfolio Manager for Listed Products, provides an update on the Australian equity market following an interesting August reporting season and takes an in-depth look at how sectors and companies performed.

Similar to FY21, this year we had a challenging backdrop heading into the second half of the year, with the ongoing business disruptions caused by Covid, particularly with the Omicron wave that surged around Christmas. But given these challenges, what we saw during the reporting season from company results was pleasing, reflecting a stable operating environment and demonstrating that the underlying fundamentals of our domestic market remains strong despite the ongoing market volatility. Labour costs, labour constraints, price rises, and inventory management dominated discussions and outlook statements over the reporting period. To-date the market seems to be navigating these headwinds relatively well and we’ve seen many companies passing on the additional costs to end consumers to protect their profit margins.


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We are currently in an environment we haven’t seen since the mid-1990s, of extremely high inflation and low growth, which has surprised many investors and has been damaging for those that have a low tolerance to risk, such as retirees. Despite negative returns, and while we haven’t been able to avoid the losses entirely, the Retirement portfolios have significantly outperformed the peer group benchmark, protecting retirees. The portfolio also delivered top quartile returns with less risk than the peer group over the 12 months to June 2022. In terms of total return, the portfolio remains comfortably above its Cash plus 2.4% objective over the 4-year recommended investment timeframe.

True to our investment philosophy and approach, having true diversification in the portfolios, being dynamic in how we positioned the portfolio this year, investing in high-quality strategies, and having a strong risk control, have paid off.


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It has been a challenging period for multi-asset investors with both equity and bond markets recording some of the worse starts to a year in decades. Global equity markets fell significantly over the quarter and domestically the ASX 300 index has fallen more than 10% since the start of the calendar year.

ESG and sustainable portfolios in general have felt the pain more acutely given the wide dispersion seen in sector returns and the Lonsec Sustainable portfolios were no exception. The portfolios have had a difficult quarter, lagging the peer group benchmark by some margin. Over the quarter, Dynamic Asset Allocation added value in the Balanced risk profile which benefited most from our underweight position in Fixed Income. In the higher risk profiles, DAA was flat to slightly negative as our overweight position in real assets more than offset the gains made in Fixed Income.

Looking ahead, our Sustainable positions remain diversified in order to be resilient to further market volatility. We continue to monitor developments regarding inflation, monetary policy and the global economy and we will adjust our portfolios if necessary to navigate through the challenges ahead.


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Equity markets ended the financial year on a negative note in June, with the S&P/ASX 200 falling around 9% to finish the quarter down 12%. This drove the ASX 200 index as a whole down 6.5% for FY22. Global equities also fell significantly over the quarter, but Australian investors received some protection on unhedged investments from a 6 cent (8%) depreciation in the Australian Dollar. Rising inflation and subsequent rising interest rates were the main factors causing these negative returns.

Dan Moradi, Portfolio Manager for Listed Products, explains in detail what caused these negative returns and provides an update on the portfolios’ latest performance, positioning and outlook.


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Volatility and market uncertainty is increasing as markets react to news about interest rate rises. We asked Chief Investment Officer, Lukasz de Pourbaix, to give us an update on whether the current market situation has impacted Lonsec’s dynamic asset allocation views and whether any changes will be made to the Lonsec portfolios’ positions.

Lukasz explains that as part of Lonsec’s Investment Committee oversight process the team will continue to analyse and closely monitor the evolving situation. Rebalancing portfolios will become increasingly important over the next 12 months however the portfolios have a good built-in diversification across investment strategies and styles and Lonsec is comfortable with the portfolios’ current positions.


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