The global financial crisis (GFC) shifted the conversation from just chasing returns on investments to managing risk. ...

Investment management firm PIMCO has appointed Dr Laura Ryan as vice president, client analytics....

Traditional asset allocation models are no longer guaranteed to perform in the current economic climate and should be abandoned in favour of models that use alternative a...

Profitable investing in the post-Global Financial Crisis (GFC) environment requires far more than simple good luck or good management. Instead, a new paper by AMP Capital...

The boom is over: long live the boom. A greying developed world, China’s slowdown and the faltering performance of the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Afric...

The market or economic cycle can be an investor’s best friend or worst enemy. How can asset allocation help financial planners, wealth managers and other investors take a...

Asset allocation may have fallen out of favour prior to the GFC, but it is now critical to investment returns. That is the key finding of a new report from AMP Capital, w...

Remember the halcyon period prior to the global financial crisis (GFC), when nearly all asset classes showed strong returns and choosing the right investment manager made...

CAER has signed an agreement with the Australian National University to provide it with ESG ratings and reports...

Planners have been cautioned about objective-based and lifecycle funds stating they may venture into risky assets that ignore investor’s particular needs....

While simplicity in the multi-fund sector is widely regarded a thing of the past, the fundamental investment principles that guided the success of multi-funds still apply...

Central banks have enjoyed an extended period of almost unquestioned power, perhaps because there is no reasonable alternative, Dominic McCormick writes....

Superannuation funds must change their asset allocation to accommodate the evolving income and liquidity requirements of members, Mark Thomas writes....

Acknowledging that there is never a ‘one-size-fits-all’ strategy for investment, Tanya Debakhapouve explains how different investment approaches better lend themselves to...