According to Towers Watson, fund managers’ return expectations for US and Australian equity markets are at their lowest since 2008....

WAM Capital has posed the question of whether 2013 will be the year of the bull amid a strong start to equity markets, at the same time as announcing a strong half-year p...

Well-performing alternative investment funds are successfully delivering on their promise to improve portfolio diversification and protect investors from falls in equity ...

Some of the key assumptions about share market investing are deeply flawed and merit robust re-examination, writes Schroders’ Martin Conlon....

Specialist natural resource fund manager 90 West Asset Management has flagged making its offering available to a wider range of investors off the back of a positive asses...

Dr Stephen Nash uses both domestic and international data to argue that equities will not protect investment portfolios if there is a spike in inflation....

Declining interest rates and bond yields, coupled with investors’ thirst for income, means strategies around equity income are here to stay, according to Warwick Cumming....

Falling interest rates could force Australian superannuation funds to boost allocations to alternative assets to enhance investment returns....

AMP Capital's Michael Price explains why retirees should consider Australian equities for their income needs....

Zurich's Angus Crennan argues that traditional defensive assets are no longer delivering the desired results. So, what is the future of the current “safe havens”?...

Any portfolio with a time horizon of three years or more must have some exposure to equity markets, according to State Street Global Advisors' (SSgA's) Amanda Skelly....

What are the benefits of using a commodity trading adviser (managed futures) fund in a portfolio? What is a reasonable allocation, and where should that allocation come f...

Sentiment among SMSF investors has improved, although the urge to hold and accumulate cash remains high....

Matt Drennan writes that much of the debate about investment markets and methodologies overlooks the importance of client needs....