Ten most important charts for fixed income investors

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Since the end of the Global Financial Crisis (GFC) there has been eight years of ‘sunny skies’ – however, with interest rates and inflation moving upward, Brad Boyd CFA, Portfolio... Read more continue reading

Investment opportunities abound across China’s ‘digital silk road

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The advance of China’s digital economy over the last few years has been nothing short of incredible says Kim Catechis, Head of Emerging Markets at Martin Currie, the active equity... Read more continue reading

Time to break the cycle of ‘intergenerational theft in infrastructure investment’

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Prominent businessman and academic Talal Yassine OAM has called on the Federal Government to break Australia’s cycle of underinvestment in infrastructure by underwriting local superannuation fund investment in needed infrastructure... Read more continue reading

Sustainable investing, fertile ground for Nanuk

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Resource constraints and environmental challenges like climate change, pollution and water scarcity are real. Global governments have been increasingly focussed on addressing these challenges, for example China with its tighter... Read more continue reading

What is Objectives-Based investing?

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Objective-Based Investing (OBI for short) is an investment approach that seeks to align investments and portfolios with the client’s specific needs and objectives.  The result is one or more customised... Read more continue reading

When bits meet atoms

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In this third of a three-part series penned by Epoch Investment Partners, the ‘tech is the new macro’ theme is explored further to consider the implications of the second machine... Read more continue reading

Value beyond the PE multiple

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Most investors think of a company’s PE multiple as defining its value. A stock on a PE multiple of 12x is cheap and one on 24x must be expensive. But... Read more continue reading

Professional fund buyers anticipated the return of volatility but they are split over the impact on portfolios

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While some investors may have been surprised by turbulent markets at the start of 2018, professional fund buyers have been expecting a spike in volatility for quite some time. Almost... Read more continue reading

Is infrastructure a bond proxy?

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Inflation looks to be very slowly emerging from a long slumber and interest rates are heading north. This has significant implications for the world’s economy and global equity markets. For... Read more continue reading

Global equities outlook – focus on alpha

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Investors can expect continued market volatility in the coming months, according to leading investment boutique Antipodes Partners. Though there are several things they can do to reduce it within their... Read more continue reading