Institutional investors embrace risk in pursuit of better returns and yield, finds Natixis survey

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Institutions seek new ways to meet long-term growth and liability goals by simultaneously mitigating and exploiting risk in low-yield, volatile market environment Key strategies include growing use of private investments,... Read more continue reading

More equity allocations in post-retirement portfolios are needed

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Boutique fund manager Merlon Capital Partners has released a new paper Rethinking post-retirement asset allocation, arguing that higher allocations to equities in post-retirement portfolios, with a simple hedging strategy, can... Read more continue reading

Tracking the Alpha Female – six techniques financial advisers can employ when working with female investors

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In line with International Women’s Day, State Street Global Advisors’ SPDR ETF business has released its Tracking the Alpha Female whitepaper, which explores six techniques financial advisers can employ when... Read more continue reading

LIF to create unique opportunities and threats for advisers

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The financial services industry will lose its emotional connection with thousands of clients unless it finds creative ways to stop mature advisers from prematurely retiring ahead of the introduction of... Read more continue reading

AMP Capital shows global listed infrastructure is not just a bond proxy as sovereign yields rise around the world

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Sovereign yields around the world are rising off the back of rising inflation expectations and political events such as the election of President Trump in the US but rising interest... Read more continue reading

Global income strategies for Australian investors

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State Street Global Advisors’ SPDR ETF business has released its Global Income Strategies for Australian Investors whitepaper, which details the opportunities for Australian investors to access new income opportunities through... Read more continue reading

Accountants face a bright future but on one condition, according to new paper

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Accounting will be one of the next professions savaged by digital disruption with up to 40 per cent of the work traditionally completed by accountants already being done by cloud-based... Read more continue reading

AMP Capital finds Asia’s aging population could be a boon for savvy real estate investors

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A significant demographic shift in Asia has resulted in the emergence of senior living real estate as a significant potential investment opportunity in economies such as Japan, China and Korea,... Read more continue reading

An investment only a mother could love: the case for natural resource equities

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Jeremy Grantham from GMO has written extensively about the long-term prospects for natural resources, but there are advantages to commodity investing beyond potential commodity price appreciation, including diversification and inflation... Read more continue reading

Calling a ceasefire in the client wars: New white paper signals greater common ground for accountants and financial advisers

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A national group of financial advisory firms predict the ‘territorial dispute’ between accountants and financial planners will soon be a trend of the past. This theme is explored in the... Read more continue reading