A portfolio of listed companies that own ‘hard’ physical assets rewarded investors in the Legg Mason Martin Currie Real Income Class A Units Fund over the last year, with...

Mike Taylor writes that new research and real-time market realities have pointed to the significant changes now confronting financial planners....

Strategies based on particular government policy positions should be regarded as having reliable shelf-life no longer than that of the Government which introduced them....

In retirement, our investment objectives need to pivot. With most investment strategies designed for people in accumulation, Alastair MacLeod writes that retirees may nee...

A truly index unaware mandate that allows managers to simply look for the best opportunities in the market has helped the Quay Global Real Estate Fund win the Global Prop...

Not only can infrastructure and property investments help offset risk in portfolios, but the asset classes are no longer the sole domain of institutional investors as man...

Investing in improving the lives of those living in poverty in emerging markets not only has an altruistic advantage, Jack Nelson writes, but can benefit the companies th...

Chris Bedingfield makes the case for investing in global property, suggesting that Australians can use the asset class to satisfy their desire to own property while also ...

Jun Bei Liu writes that there are many benefits to long/short investing, going far beyond the most obvious advantage of reaping the rewards of both rising and falling pri...

Outsider happens to know that the Australian Securities and Investments Commission has a very serious social media strategy, but he really does wonder whether any of the ...

Outsider always enjoys attending the Money Management Fund Manager of the Year Awards not so much for celebrating those who walk away with the trophies (but congratulatio...

Outsider offers his heartiest congratulations to Premium China Fund Management’s Jonathan Wu on his recent marriage to Wendy....

Laura Dew writes that the SGH Emerging Companies Fund is bouncing back from a difficult 2018 with a focus on technology and resources stocks....

Hannah Wootton talks superannuation fund member engagement, rebranding, and improving consumer trust with a woman making strides in these areas, last year’s Women in Fina...

Exchange-traded funds haven’t been offered on the Australian market for long. Their presence is already being strongly felt however, and Hannah Wootton looks at which pro...

A lack of women in the financial services industry is having a knock-on effect on the finances of women in Australia as women find themselves with a huge gap in retiremen...

BetaShares has announced the launch of its new India Quality exchange traded fund, which will invest in a portfolio of high quality Indian companies....

Superannuation funds could control more than half the ASX within 15 years, with one-third of the $3 billion of new money the sector gains to invest each week likely to go...

International ratings agency, Fitch Ratings has pointed to some significant economic challenges confronting the re-elected Coalition Government....

National Australia Bank (NAB) has agreed to sell its managed funds service business Ausmaq to Clearstream, a post-trade services provider owned by Deutsche Boerse. ...