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Variety In Fixed-Income Funds

The number and scope of fixed income funds in Australia has grown in recent years, reflecting the growing demand from investors for breadth and depth. Some of these fund use strategies that are new to the domestic Australian market and give investors greater scope to diversify their portfolios. From an investor perspective, since some of these funds are newly launched, their strategies may only have short track records. Some of the funds some of the time can assume significant credit risk. Naturally, past performance is not a guide to future performance. As a result of their brief track records, some may have had no experience of managing their way through a rising interest rate environment and tricky credit environments.

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