A global survey by $US1.2 trillion global asset manager Natixis found that a chunk of Australians don’t know what happens to bonds in a rising interest rate environment.
More than one in four Australian investors are confident bonds will outperform equities in 2023, but 64 per cent admit they don’t know what happens to them when interest rates rise, a global study of investors has found.
They were also given the option of saying they didn’t know – which 63.5 per cent of the 400 Australian respondents selected. Natixis Australia managing director Louise Watson said part of the mismatch was because investors didn’t need the asset class for the last decade or so, thanks to strong equity and property markets.She also noted that, according to the ASX 2023 Investor Study,“We’ve had a relatively smooth path in markets over the last 10 years. We’ve had low rates and a better period for investing, while markets have been increasing.
While still high, Ms Watson said investors were starting to recalibrate what equity markets could deliver for them, and were beginning to turn their attention to other asset classes.
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