Global equity markets have been slow to react to aggressive rate cuts but Chris Selth says it is too early to dismiss the significance of these moves. He says a more resi...

Rob Keavney is no stranger to controversy. A recent article Keavney wrote to counter some of the extremes of exuberance on hedge funds sparked a number of detailed respon...

Despite the best efforts to create an international investment hub in Australia, the local industry is still tied to what happens in the traditional markets of Europe and...

Macquarie’s overall profits of $242 million in the year to March 31 announced today included a loss of around 3 per cent made by its fledgling financial services group (F...

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...

The message repeated throughout the AMP annual general meeting today was that while global economies are showing weaknesses, AMP’s outlook for 2001 was positive....

Salomon Smith Barney (SSB) has expanded its neutrally branded IndexShares product range with the introduction of IndexShares 100 High Yield Instalments....

In the year of the tech-wreck in global equity markets, declining interest rates and a slowing global economy, those fund managers who stuck to investment fundamentals ha...

As always, developments in the equity market have had a powerful influence on the investment decisions made by fund managers specialising in property. With the slower equ...

Technology stocks are cyclical, according to Salomon Smith Barney Asset Management's chief economist Brian Parker....

International shares had a tough run in February, thanks to continued downturns on the Nasdaq and European markets....

The Australian Scholarships Group Friendly Society (ASG) has launched two new education funds, enabling investment in fixed interest securities for the first time....

Hedge Funds of Australia (HFA) has continued its roll-out of hedge funds for retail investors with the launch of a suite of three funds....

Asset classes encountered another topsy turvy month in the last month of 2000 with poor results in equity markets juxtaposed against a soaring listed property trust class...