Grant Samuel Funds Management appoints head of institutional business

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Grant Samuel Funds Management (GSFM) has appointed Mr Charles Levinge to the newly created role of head of institutional business. Mr Levinge will be based in Melbourne and report to

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15 Mar 2017

Field of screens: why eSports are the next frontier in global sport

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The economics team at Payden & Rygel, manager of GSFM’s Payden Global Income Opportunities Fund, delves into the world of eSport, potentially the next great driver of consumer markets. It’s

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14 Feb 2017

Inflation, bonds and Donald Trump

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In the run up to the US election last month, there were many predictions published as to how markets would respond. The fact that Dow Futures were down over 600

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13 Dec 2016

When cash may be the risky option

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Despite term deposit rates scraping the lowest point in many years, the amount of cash on deposit by Australian investors has increased exponentially since the Global Financial Crisis (GFC) and

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28 Nov 2016

Payden Global Income Opportunities Fund takes a place in AMP North and Zenith model portfolios

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The Payden Global Income Opportunities Fund has been added as an investment option to the AMP North online platform and added as an option to the Zenith model portfolios. The

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23 Nov 2016

Canadian wealth management firm CI Financial acquires majority stake in Grant Samuel Funds Management

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CI Financial Corp. (CI) has agreed to purchase an 80 per cent stake in Grant Samuel Funds Management (GSFM). The transaction is expected to close on or about 15 November

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07 Nov 2016

Global Equity Advantage Fund added to Macquarie Wrap

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The Grant Samuel Global Equity Advantage Fund has been added as an investment option on the Macquarie Wrap platform, 12 months after the fund was launched to provide investors with

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27 Oct 2016

Is Japan investable through a cash flow prism?

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There are so many ways companies, sectors and economies can be viewed: many investors study traditional accounting metrics such as price/earnings (P/E) and price/book value (P/BV) ratios of companies and

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24 Oct 2016

Back to the future – are LICs the new growth story?

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The earliest Listed Investment Companies (LICs), Australian Foundation Investment Company (AFIC) and Argo, were launched in 1928 and 1946 respectively. More recently there’s been a resurgence in this investment class,

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06 Sep 2016

The four letter word that investors avoid

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Investment risk can be defined as the probability that an investment’s actual return will differ from its expected return. While most people tend to link investment risk with the sharemarket, as outlined

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22 Aug 2016