Zenith sector report: Australian shares – small companies

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Zenith Investment Partners has released its sector report on Australian shares – small companies. In it Zenith says it believes the best fishing spot for active managers is the Australian

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Don’t play Russian roulette with portfolio construction

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While tensions have been building over several years, the Russian invasion of Ukraine has still been a shock to most observers. The impact on lives and livelihoods is, of course,

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The fisherman’s advice to the billionaire – why Australian small caps is the place to fish

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Years before he became a billionaire hedge fund manager, William “Bill” Ackman, founder of Pershing Square Capital Management, trekked 10,000 kilometres to go fishing. Although Ackman had never fished a

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Problems loom for conservative choice products in 2022 YFYS performance tests

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Conservative choice products will be challenged by the Your Future Your Super (YFYS) performance test, with a number of problems and inconsistencies in the new regime set to be revealed,

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Inflation threat and the impact on markets

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It is becoming an increasingly challenging environment to achieve investment return objectives, and the asset allocation strategies that have worked for the past decade are unlikely to continue to be

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Finding income in a low yield environment

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Trying to find a reasonable income stream can be difficult at the best of times. In recent times, it has become a monumental task. The bellwether for income is the

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Zenith creates new business development manager role

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Zenith Investment Partners has appointed Gordon Roebuck to the newly created role of business development manager for Queensland. Mr Roebuck will be based in Brisbane and report to national head

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Is private real estate an effective inflation hedge?

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Milton Friedman once famously observed that ‘inflation is taxation without legislation’. Inflation landed with a thud in Australia in October 2021, with the broad Consumer Price Index rising 0.8% for

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Good COP, Bad COP – dispelling the myth of ESG underperformance

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Environmental and social issues have never been more important. The world’s eyes were firmly on Glasgow and the environmental issues discussed in the recently held 2021 United Nations Climate Change

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Zenith appoints BDM as demand for managed accounts grow

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Zenith Investment Partners has appointed Scott Garner to the newly created role of senior business development manager. Mr Garner will be based in Sydney and report to head of sales,

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