International share funds return 34% – Zenith explains where to from here

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While 2013 isn’t quite over yet, global and emerging markets have returned far greater results than one would have expected at the start of the year.  One year returns (as... Read more continue reading

Video: What’s happening in Australian small and mid-caps right now?

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James Abela, Portfolio Manager of the Fidelity Future Leaders Fund, shares where he is finding opportunities in Australian small- and mid- cap stocks.... Read more continue reading

Bad debts hobble any European recovery

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December 2013 In Europe, there’s a number that punctures immediate hopes for the region. It is the amount of bad debts that sit on eurozone bank balance sheets. Accounting firm... Read more continue reading

Just how expensive are the banks?

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Australian banks have been among the strongest performing stocks in the Australian share market this year. Attractive dividend yields have been a primary driver of the banking sector’s outperformance in this... Read more continue reading

Standard Life Investments Select Property Fund sells in Australia to reinvest in Japan

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Standard Life Investments Select Property Fund has completed the sale of 82 Eagle Street – a prime asset in Brisbane, Australia – to Japanese property group, Jen Retail Properties Ltd... Read more continue reading

Portfolio efficiency leads new product design

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The nirvana for many financial planners and investors is a seamless system of managing portfolios which takes into account the full spectrum of administration, asset allocation, best interest duty and... Read more continue reading

RBA: Caught between a rock and a hard place

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Standard Life Investments, the global asset manager, believes the Reserve Bank of Australia is likely to keep interest rates on hold well into 2014, with the strength of the housing... Read more continue reading

Predictability and sustainability of earnings growth the key to success in 2014

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Market sentiment has improved over the past year, and with it investors’ appetite for risk, according to equities specialist Hyperion Asset Management. Hyperion’s Chief Investment Officer, Mark Arnold, and Portfolio... Read more continue reading

Investors ‘doing a Rumsfeld’ – they don’t know what they don’t know

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Investors at risk through failure to achieve true diversification, says BlackRock Diversification can provide one of the most effective methods of limiting risk, while maximising returns lies in adjusting portfolios... Read more continue reading

AMP Capital completes deal for the Greater Gabbard clean energy

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AMP Capital, as part of a consortium with Balfour Beatty and Equitix, has been granted a £317 million (A$570 million) transmission licence as part of the Greater Gabbard offshore transmission... Read more continue reading