Waning central bank influence puts investors on notice

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Disruptive influences are here to stay, investors should “look to the evidence”, says global investment manager “Gone are the days when central banks could pull the levers and set global

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Income story continues to engage investors

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Global investment manager says there’s no need to sacrifice growth for income Regardless of whether improving economic data prompts the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) to keep official rates on

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Sticking to traditional investment strategies means investors could be missing out on global equity hidden gems: River & Mercantile

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Boutique global equity manager combines classic and ‘Thematic’ investing to identify often overlooked stocks Global equities fund manager, River and Mercantile Asset Management LLP (R&M), believes Australian institutional investors could

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Alternatives myths busted

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Global investment manager clears misconceptions about alternatives Despite their growing popularity, particularly in the institutional space, many investors are still unsure what alternatives really are, let alone how they can

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Investors thinking global, not local, as record ETF inflows show

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A groundswell of local interest in offshore investing has seen nearly 70% of new funds invested in ASX-listed ETFs so far this year go into International Equities exposures. Mark Oliver,

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Time to go global, advisers told

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Leading international asset manager, Threadneedle Investments, has called on Australian advisers to think outside the local equities box and ask their clients to consider the merits of a ‘borderless, active

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Weekly market & economic update

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Headline developments of the past week The past week has seen some good news on the Greek debt front with the Greek Government surviving a parliamentary confidence vote, the EU

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AMP Capital appoints Global Head of Infrastructure

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AMP Capital Investors today announced Scott Davies has been appointed as AMP Capital’s new Global Head of Infrastructure, effective July 2011. This comes after Phil Garling, AMP Capital’s current Global Head

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Insync FM Sees 2011 as a good time to buy global shares

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Why International Equities Now? International equity fund manager, Insync Funds Management, believes that now is the time to buy global stocks. “Over the last ten years large cap global shares

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Korea and Australia Financial Investment Forum to increase investment

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The Australian Financial Markets Association (AFMA) and the Financial Services Council (FSC) of Australia today joined with the Korea Financial Investment Association (KOFIA) in signing an agreement to establish the

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