Have we learned the lessons of the GFC?

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Brad Boyd, senior vice president with fixed income specialist Payden & Rygel, was in Australia recently and shared a range of insights with advisers around the country. In this article,... Read more continue reading

Calvert welcomes publication of standards from the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB)

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What the SASB standards mean for investors? Calvert Research and Management, a leader in Responsible Investing and an affiliate of Eaton Vance, believes the competitive functioning of securities markets requires that companies... Read more continue reading

BlackRock 2019 Asia Investment Outlook

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BlackRock investment professionals have set out their investment outlook for 2019 on the Asian equities and credit markets. The year 2019 could be this year’s mirror image when risk assets... Read more continue reading

Second straight monthly loss for super members as volatility becomes the new normal

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Super members have suffered their second straight month of negative returns and are now firmly in the red for the financial year as market volatility and political uncertainty weighs on... Read more continue reading

The cost of care – part 1 – the cost of cancer

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In analysing common methodologies used across the life insurance advice sector, we were able to identify a missing link that could help advice be more tailored and personalised. The Cost... Read more continue reading

Theresa May’s Brexit steeplechase has only just begun: an investor’s perspective

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Franklin Templeton Fixed Income Group The UK government has largely come together behind a European Union (EU) withdrawal deal UK and EU negotiators have agreed to. But UK Prime Minister... Read more continue reading

Investing for the long term – ‘future quality’ companies

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This paper discusses the belief that investing in ‘Future Quality’ companies will lead to outperformance over the long term. Drawing on academic evidence, it outlines the three fundamental concepts which... Read more continue reading

Mobile adoption curve and 5G – a unique opportunity in global listed infrastructure investment

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Communications infrastructure, a sub-segment of the infrastructure asset class, is enjoying rapid growth driven by a huge expansion in data demand. For global listed infrastructure in particular, there is a... Read more continue reading

Australian ETF industry thriving despite sharemarket decline: BetaShares October 2018 Australian ETF Review 

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Australia’s ETF industry has recorded its highest ever trading value in October, with $3.9bn in value traded according to the BetaShares Australian ETF Review – October 2018. Dramatic sharemarket falls caused... Read more continue reading

In the AI age, active managers making smart human decisions will win

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Summary One of the pleasures of getting older is that you start to have proper grown-up conversations with your children. Recently, one of my daughters started her first job, which... Read more continue reading