When sustainable practices yield sustainable profits

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A recent research study from Charles M. Williams Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School George Serafeim, conducted in collaboration with Calvert Research and Management, examined about 3,800 companies... Read more continue reading

Blitzscale and hope – unicorns, IPOs and the fear of repeating the late 1990s

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The current hype about two-sided digital platforms, blitzscaling and winner-takes-most markets has fuelled a surge in IPO listings. It is perhaps unsurprising that this exuberance, especially when combined with inordinate... Read more continue reading

Circumventing ‘flat earth’ market thinking

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GSFM recently hosted fixed income specialists Payden & Rygel, who addressed advisers around the country. The presentation took a different view to the general bond market approach; instead it looked... Read more continue reading

History tells retirees to protect equities – 10 major market falls in 27 years

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No one can predict the stock market, but history shows risk can and does erode retiree capital. Be they called “corrections, downturns or crashes”, the impact on capital can be... Read more continue reading

Portfolio governance frameworks

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Financial advice practices face a myriad of decisions every day. One of the more important decisions is whether to insource or outsource portfolio construction at a financial planning practice level.... Read more continue reading

Growth capital, private investments’ value creator – now worth over $30bn

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Private capital investment is booming and last year the Australian industry reached a new high of more than $30 billion in assets under management. Growth capital investors will meet in Sydney... Read more continue reading

Investors need to keep sharp eye on commercial property opportunities

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The beginning of a recovery in residential property prices should not deflect investors or self-managed super funds (SMSF) trustees from considering the long-term benefits of investing in commercial property, says... Read more continue reading

Good financial returns may be hard to find

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“Intensified trade tensions and disappointment with interest rate cuts by the Fed could provoke a relapse in equity markets.” That’s the view of Principal Global Investors Chief Global Economist, Dr... Read more continue reading

Neo-chartalists or neocharlatans? A dive into Modern Monetary Theory

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A small revolution is brewing in the world of macroeconomics. It’s an idea that counts a Democratic socialist presidential candidate and a hedge fund manager among its adherents. The economics... Read more continue reading

Where profits come from, and the vulnerabilities in Australian corporate earnings

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Key points Equity investors rejoiced in June as the Fed signaled it may cut interest rates – but interest rates do not drive long run equity performance. Profits do. While... Read more continue reading