Yield not to the yield

The $87 billion Future Fund has sounded a note of caution over investors' search for high-yielding assets. After the fund benefited from recent market performance, general manager Mark Burgess said share prices had been pushed up by the record low interest rates. "Don't just look at the yield, look at what risk you're prepared to take," he said.

By InvestSMART · 30 May 2013

By InvestSMART ·
30 May 2013

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The $87 billion Future Fund has sounded a note of caution over investors' search for high-yielding assets. After the fund benefited from recent market performance, general manager Mark Burgess said share prices had been pushed up by the record low interest rates. "Don't just look at the yield, look at what risk you're prepared to take," he said.