EQUITY MARKETS

Editorial

The world has recently seen a dramatic turnaround in investor sentiment and market performance, but should investors be worried about the cheery consensus? Dominic McCorm...

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Funds management

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

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Funds management

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...

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Superannuation

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

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Editorial

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

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Financial planning

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...

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Editorial

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....

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Editorial

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....

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Superannuation

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

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Editorial

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

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Editorial

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”?...

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Funds management

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....

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Editorial

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...

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Superannuation

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

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Editorial

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

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