Unconventional monetary policies – part 3: Lessons for investors from unconventional monetary policies – featuring high grade bonds

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Sovereign bonds have the potential to support investor returns during periods when countries pursue unconventional monetary policies. As lacklustre economic conditions persist around the world, large-scale, high-impact strategies such as... Read more continue reading

Top five ETF trends in 2020

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The ETF landscape has expanded rapidly from the straight index replication of the past to more tailored offers covering themes, specific industries or sectors and even using alternative weighting.  Advances... Read more continue reading

Volatility back on the table for 2020 following benign 2019: Schroders

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Investors shouldn’t be lulled into a false sense of security following a benign 2019, with volatility and risk premia likely to reassert themselves in 2020, says Simon Doyle, head of... Read more continue reading

High cost of living can exacerbate financial catastrophe

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Australian life insurer, Integrity Life (Integrity) has warned the high cost of living in the latest CPI data, which, recorded an overall year on year increase from December 2018 –... Read more continue reading

Unconventional monetary policies – part 2: Japan and Germany’s experience

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The Japanese and German approaches to unconventional monetary policies have not always produced the outcome central banks desired. Japan and Germany are two nations that have used unconventional monetary policies... Read more continue reading

Knowing the limitations can help investors exploit Real Assets growth potential

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Interest in real assets continues to attract attention as more investors take note of their defining characteristics – a smoother set of returns that are lowly correlated with other major... Read more continue reading

Unconventional monetary policies – part 1: Why do central banks and governments pursue unconventional monetary policies?

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There’s plenty of lessons for other markets from Japan’s experience with zero interest rates and quantitative easing.  The uncertain economic outlook has prompted the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) to... Read more continue reading

Revisiting asset allocation for the new normal

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Investors may need to revisit their traditional balanced’ investment option in coming years, as the market cycle turns and overall returns reduce, says Jonathan Philpot, wealth management partner at HLB... Read more continue reading

Non-bank lenders to provide a greater share

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One of the hallmarks of the Australian corporate lending market has been the bank dominance of the sector, with the domestic banks currently holding around 70% market share. Due to... Read more continue reading

Which beta is better?

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Infrastructure investing is increasingly popular within retirement savings plans and it’s easy to understand why. An allocation to infrastructure can potentially deliver lower volatility and a higher dividend yield than... Read more continue reading