DEFENSIVE

Financial planning

Over 20 per cent of advisers plan to increase their allocations to private equity and credit in the next six months as they grow bearish on US and Australian equities. ...

Funds management

Global fund managers are holding a net overweight to bonds for the first time since 2009, according to a monthly survey by Bank of America....

image
Funds management

Global economic sentiment among fund managers has plunged to new lows, with cash holdings at a record high amid stagflation expectations, according to Bank of America....

image
Funds management

Crowding by investors into defensive stocks means they cease to be defensive, according to Platinum, but certain global consumers stocks still look attractive....

image
Funds management

Defensive exchange traded funds have seen an ‘unusually large’ volume of inflows in the past week, according to ETF Securities, suggesting investors are distrustful of th...

image
Funds management

Over the past 12 months gold has seen gains during a period of sluggish economic growth and will continue to grow, according to Datt Capital....

image
Funds management

Magellan has updated its investors on portfolio positioning in its flagship Global fund saying it has moved from 3% to 15% in cash and is monitoring its exposure to compa...

image
Funds management

Investors are still seeking safe havens in ETFs amid market volatility, according to Vanguard....

image
Funds management

Lumenary Investment Management has reduced the cash weighting on its Global Founders fund by more than half, having previously held more than 50% of the fund in cash....

image
sub-bgsidebar subscription

Never miss the latest news and developments in wealth management industry

MARKET INSIGHTS

So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

4 months 1 week ago

Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...

4 months 2 weeks ago

Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...

6 months 2 weeks ago

Commonwealth Bank has formally dropped to zero advisers following LGT Crestone’s acquisition of its advice arm – some six years on from the Hayne royal commission. ...

1 week 3 days ago

ASIC has cancelled the AFSL of an advice firm associated with Shield and First Guardian collapses, and permanently banned its responsible manager. ...

3 days ago

ASIC has banned a former NSW adviser from providing advice for 10 years for investing at least $14.8 million into a cryptocurrency-based scam. ...

4 days 3 hours ago