Australian investors in 2016 should guard against ‘four areas of complacency’

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Global asset manager AllianceBernstein (AB) yesterday warned Australians against becoming complacent about the country’s economic outlook, even though 2015 is ending the year on a stronger note than many economists had

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Reality check for Australia’s new PM: Living standards have fallen 1.4% a year since 2011, says AB

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Political opinion polls and consumer sentiment data in Australia have surged in the two weeks since Malcolm Turnbull became Prime Minister, but global asset manager AllianceBernstein (AB) questioned today whether

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2Q:15 Divergence best tackled by ‘balanced bonds, active equities and defensive alternatives’

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Investors will face a patchwork of risks and opportunities during the second quarter of 2015 as trends in macro developments, economic growth, asset class and industry performance continue to diverge

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Diamonds in the rough: the search for returns in 2015

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AllianceBernstein portfolio managers and economists expect that the investment playing field of 2015 in Asia and Australia will require fancy footwork—sidestepping macro risk while at the same time uncovering hidden

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