Quality investment research is the secret ingredient in successful managed account portfolios

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A successful managed account portfolio must balance model outputs with professional judgement and insights, Andrew Yap head of portfolio solutions at Zenith Investment Partners says. Mr Yap says while quantitative... Read more continue reading

2026 to be a year of transition as the global economy adjusts to a regime of ‘controlled disorder’

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The global economy is adjusting to a regime of ‘controlled disorder’, where a tech revolution is reshaping an already multipolar world faced with geopolitical tensions and fiscal concerns, according to Amundi, Europe’s... Read more continue reading

RBA: looking for a signpost

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The wage price index (WPI) won’t move the dial for the Reserve Bank of Australia’s (RBA) Monetary Policy Board (MPB). It is fair to say that at the margin the... Read more continue reading

J.P. Morgan releases 2026 long-term capital market assumptions, highlighting resilient 60/40 portfolios and opportunities to enhance diversification in a new era of economic nationalism and AI advancement

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J.P. Morgan Asset Management has released its 2026 Long-Term Capital Market Assumptions (LTCMAs), providing a comprehensive 10-15-year outlook for returns and risks across asset classes as the forces that drove... Read more continue reading

Bentham says AI euphoria, tariff shockwaves and policy paralysis will shape the road to 2026

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The next 18 months will be shaped by the collision of tariff-driven economic slowdowns, volatile inflation dynamics and an extraordinary surge in artificial intelligence investment   reshaping capital markets at unprecedented... Read more continue reading

Why Artificial Intelligence is a mid-cap trend, too

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Artificial intelligence (AI) has helped drive results for the Magnificent Seven and other large-cap companies. But they’re not the only ones benefiting from this trend. The world’s largest tech firms... Read more continue reading

CPD: SMID stocks – a global growth story

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Advisers seeking long-term growth for clients often look beyond the blue-chip large cap stocks to the more dynamic small and mid-cap (SMID) sector. While many portfolios include Australian SMIDs, you... Read more continue reading

Schroders: an optimistic global growth outlook for 2026

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We continue to be more optimistic than consensus about the global economy and expect growth across both developed and developing economies to be higher in 2026 than this year. We... Read more continue reading

Alternative private sector data points to a growing US economy despite lack of economic data releases from the US government

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The U.S. federal government shutdown has halted most economic data releases over the past month. While the timing is suboptimal given the cooling U.S. labor market, this does not mean... Read more continue reading

Passive flows create multi-billion opportunity in small-cap and LIC markets

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A decade of heavy passive fund inflows has reshaped Australia’s equity market, concentrating capital in a handful of large-cap names, leaving many smaller companies and listed investment companies (LICs) behind.... Read more continue reading