Responsible investments hit major milestone, tipping to over half of all Australian investments: New report

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Responsible investment in Australia has hit a major milestone, with a new report finding over half of all professionally managed investments in Australia are now invested as responsible investments. Environmental, social,... Read more continue reading

Absolute return investing helps investors manage rising market risks

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Absolute return investing is a tried and tested investment approach that can help investors accumulate wealth whilst also avoiding some of the major downside risks in the market, although it... Read more continue reading

China continues to offer strong infrastructure investment opportunities: RARE

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RARE Infrastructure, a specialist global listed infrastructure investment manager, notes that even though June was a difficult quarter for emerging market (EM) equities, Chinese renewables rallied strongly during the quarter,... Read more continue reading

How can Artificial Intelligence be harnessed in an investment portfolio?

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Artificial Intelligence (AI) describes programming computers to perform tasks that traditionally require human intelligence. The current stage of AI is known as deep learning where artificial neural networks allow sophisticated... Read more continue reading

As high yield bond goes global, it’s time to look more closely at this asset class

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Since the Global Financial Crisis (GFC), investors have operated in an era of low interest rates which have helped fuel strong growth in equities. The strong rally has even lead... Read more continue reading

Emerging markets and infrastructure – a natural partnership

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Emerging market (EM) economies are expected to grow rapidly over the next 30 years, attracting huge infrastructure investment. EMs and infrastructure are natural, complementary investment partners. Rapidly growing EM economies... Read more continue reading

Global small caps do some heavy lifting

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Australian investors and financial advisers have long understood the benefits of adding Australian small cap funds to a diversified portfolio. Those same benefits apply to global small caps – and... Read more continue reading

How do rising rates affect fixed-rate bond returns?

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Assuming an easing in current global trade war concerns, it still seems likely that global long-term bond yields will rise rather than fall somewhat over the next year or so.... Read more continue reading

Beware the dividend honeypot—the lesson of Telstra

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Shareholders burnt by Telstra’s dividend cut and spiralling share price should be wary of high yield shares with attractive dividends but shaky fundamentals. Telstra sparked an exodus of investors after... Read more continue reading

Retail and residential population growth – the impact of demographics on real estate

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Demographics really matter! The study of populations, how and where people move, is integral to real estate. Very little can stop the effect of demographics on the economy – it... Read more continue reading