Trump, Tech and Trade

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China 2025 is perceived as an existential threat to US commercial and technological leadership. This raises the risk that the Trump administration could conclude that its best response is to

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The resilience of dividends in volatile markets

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With interest rates around the world hovering around historical lows, investor appetite for alternative income sources, particularly dividends, has increased markedly. Although some investors might be fearful of dividends being

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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,

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Global themes in a tech driven world

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In a recent series of presentations to advisers in Australia, industry veteran Epoch’s CEO and co-CIO Bill Priest, discussed the new world order, in which bits replace atoms, tech is

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Listed investment trusts – a listed growth story

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Led by exchange traded funds (ETFs), listed investments have experienced significant growth over the last decade, a period which coincides with the end of the global financial crisis (GFC). In

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Hold the champagne: The bond market’s ‘new pessimism’

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I’m a bond guy, and as a paid-up member of the bond managers union (BMU), I must acknowledge that bond managers have a reputation for pessimism. Some of our more

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Long/short investing – a true conviction strategy

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A long/short equity strategy, as the name suggests, holds both long and short equity positions in its portfolio. In recent months there’s been a surge of flows into these strategies

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Global small caps do some heavy lifting

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Australian investors and financial advisers have long understood the benefits of adding Australian small cap funds to a diversified portfolio. Those same benefits apply to global small caps – and

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Tribeca management acquires the interest of Grant Samuel Funds Management in Tribeca Investment Partners

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Tribeca Investment Partners (Tribeca) is pleased to announce that the shareholding of Grant Samuel Funds Management (GSFM) has been acquired by Tribeca executive management effective from June 8, 2018. Tribeca

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Ten most important charts for fixed income investors

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Since the end of the Global Financial Crisis (GFC) there has been eight years of ‘sunny skies’ – however, with interest rates and inflation moving upward, Brad Boyd CFA, Portfolio

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