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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Zenith Investment Partners presents ‘Industry Contribution Award 2021’ to infrastructure expert Richard Elmslie, ClearBridge Investments

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Richard Elmslie, Managing Director at ClearBridge Investments[1] and co-founder of RARE Infrastructure (now ClearBridge Investments Limited), has received this year’s Industry Contribution Award by Zenith Investment Partners for his long-term

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The durability of real return funds in an inflationary environment

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As the world adjusts to COVID and vaccination rates continue to rise, there’s much hope that life will return to some form of normal in the near to medium term.

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Zenith builds ESG momentum with internal appointment

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Zenith Investment Partners has appointed Dugald Higgins to the expanded role of head of responsible investment & real assets, to lead the growth of the business’s responsible investment offering and

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‘Peak everything’ but equities momentarily safe

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Many of the favoured reflation trades have come under pressure in recent months, with the possibility of a period of peak growth, policy and liquidity combining to create the perfect

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Extracting value from bonds in a rising rate environment

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Active Australian fixed interest managers have multiple avenues through which they may seek to extract outperformance. Included amongst these are interest rate, macro credit and bottom-up security selection strategies. Regarding

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Active fund managers outperform during reporting seasons

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Over the past 10 years active fund managers in Australia have outperformed the S&P/ASX 300 Accumulation Index benchmark by 2.7 per cent during reporting seasons, according to the latest Australian

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Zenith managed account client base continues to surge as adviser demand grows in the wake of COVID-19

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Zenith Investment Partners has launched four new managed portfolio clients on the MyNorth platform and a new client on Macquarie Wrap, furthering the growth of its customised managed account client

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