Corporate cash is key to growth of risk assets in 2014

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Standard Life Investments, the global investment manager, believes that global equity markets can move higher if corporate earnings come through and companies invest their war chests of cash. Speaking about... Read more continue reading

Even in a rising rate environment, bonds have an important role to play

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Over the past year or two, investors globally have become more wary about bonds, envisaging the end of the 30-year rally in bond yields. Yields on bonds remain relatively low,... Read more continue reading

Senior investors see diverse investment potential across global asset classes in 2014

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Managers and strategists at global investment manager Neuberger Berman envision positive momentum across many asset classes in 2014, as the global economy stabilises and generates moderate growth, according to Solving for... Read more continue reading

Three Questions for 2014

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“As we enter the new year, markets are more or less where we left off in December. Investor appetite for risk is up, liquidity is free flowing and credit markets... Read more continue reading

Saxo Bank publishes its investment outlook for Q1 2014

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Emerging Asia will become the world’s primary weak spot in 2014, but we have reached the beginning of the end of this crisis Saxo Bank, parent company of Saxo Capital... Read more continue reading

AMP Capital invests in New York City power generation facility

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AMP Capital’s Infrastructure Debt Funds I and II (IDF I and IDF II) have successfully closed a US$100 million subordinated debt financing for New York City-based Astoria Project Partners, a... Read more continue reading

International share funds return 34% – Zenith explains where to from here

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While 2013 isn’t quite over yet, global and emerging markets have returned far greater results than one would have expected at the start of the year.  One year returns (as... Read more continue reading

Video: What’s happening in Australian small and mid-caps right now?

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James Abela, Portfolio Manager of the Fidelity Future Leaders Fund, shares where he is finding opportunities in Australian small- and mid- cap stocks.... Read more continue reading

Bad debts hobble any European recovery

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December 2013 In Europe, there’s a number that punctures immediate hopes for the region. It is the amount of bad debts that sit on eurozone bank balance sheets. Accounting firm... Read more continue reading

Just how expensive are the banks?

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Australian banks have been among the strongest performing stocks in the Australian share market this year. Attractive dividend yields have been a primary driver of the banking sector’s outperformance in this... Read more continue reading