Digital Asset interest soars, while financial consultants are not equipped to respond

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New findings from Monochrome Research show that while a vast majority of Australian financial advisers have been asked about crypto assets in the last year, very few felt equipped to... Read more continue reading

Ninety One releases Emerging Market Debt Indicator

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Ninety One (previously named Investec Asset Management), an independent, active global investment manager, has published its latest Emerging Market Debt Indicator, that summarises recent developments across the Emerging Markets (EM) debt... Read more continue reading

GLI diversification achieves climate, financial objectives for super funds

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Global listed infrastructure (GLI) investors need to look beyond the standard global benchmarks to make the most of net zero emissions opportunities, and achieve better outcomes under the Your Future,... Read more continue reading

October brings buyback windfall for income investors

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The Commonwealth Bank and Woolworths have now completed their offmarket buybacks. CBA’s $6 billion transaction, completed October 4, enabled it to buy back approximately 67.7 million CBA shares. While the... Read more continue reading

The rise of regionalisation offers risks and rewards

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Investors looking for opportunities in global markets need to pay attention to the post-COVID shift from globalisation to regionalisation, as countries take steps to secure their supply chains and protect... Read more continue reading

Don’t fear the taper

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As vaccination rates increase around the world and we (hopefully) return to some normality in our daily lives, world economies appear to be stabilising. Economic output is near or above... Read more continue reading

Finding the fixed income balance critical for income in portfolios

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Investors got a preview of how fixed income markets might respond to a return of inflation earlier this year, when in the March quarter, US Treasury yields rose by around... Read more continue reading

HUB24 highlights the client benefits of efficient portfolio implementation

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HUB24  has quantified the benefits managed portfolios can deliver for investors by minimising delays in implementing portfolio manager changes. In HUB24’s latest Platform Series ‘Measuring the Cost of Delay’, it... Read more continue reading

Fixed Income in a low rate environment

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Fixed income investments have long been central to a diversified portfolio. This article from GSFM explores the role of fixed income in the current environment. Diversification is a central tenet... Read more continue reading

What investors can learn from 2021’s most popular equity trades

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One of the questions investors ask us most often is “When does a crowded trade become too risky?” Biologists will tell us that the movement pattern of herds is exceptionally... Read more continue reading