If the three finalists in the property securities category of this FMOTY awards agree on anything, it is that the listed property sector is unlikely to emulate in 2002 th...
The agribusiness industry will continue to show all the hallmarks of an immature branch of the investment industry unless it aligns itself with Australian equities rather...
al">An asset class can be out of favour for a whole host of reasons....
A vastly encompassing investment sector shrouded by an overhanging cloud of risk, emerging markets has experienced both peaks and sharp downturns in popularity over the y...
>AMP head of strategy and chief economist Shane Oliver says while emerging markets are generally out of investor favour, the asset class is geared to the global economy a...
Listed property trusts (LPT) have finished 2001 as the best performing asset class for Australia investors, rewarding those who flocked to defensive sectors both before a...
“A true hedge fund is an investment vehicle with a primary key to minimise investment risk in an attempt to deliver profits under all circumstances.”...
The huge number of investors who turned to international share funds last year will be licking their wounds when they are informed of performance numbers for the past fin...
By Damien Hatfield The article ‘Hedge funds fail the asset class test’ in Money Management (24 May 2001) is a particularly timely discussion of a number of important issu...
I must readily concede a key point made in the responses to my article on hedge funds (Money Management, May 24). The article dealt with only certain types of funds and c...
Venture capital has become a hot topic in the last few years. Fuelled by the extraordinary run in NASDAQ listed technology stocks, many of the venture capital backers of ...
As the push into defensive assets continues while markets head south, neglected asset classes continue to attract more of the spotlight. However Rob Keavney argues not al...
Finding the category and overall winners of the Fund Manager of the Year is no easy task and takes many hours of examining data, some of which stretches back over three y...
Australian investors have enjoyed a pleasant start to the new year with equity and bond markets around the world rallying after a poor run in the last half of 2000....
AM Corporation has made its first foray into international markets with the launch of a fund dealing in international traded policies....
This verdict highlights something deeply wrong and rotten at the heart of the FSCP. We are witnessing a heavy-handed, op...
Interesting. Would be good to know the details of the StrategyOne deal....
It’s astonishing to see the FAAA now pushing for more advisers by courting "career changers" and international recruits,...