EQUITIES

Funds management

The country has fallen behind both developed and emerging market regions when it comes to equity performance....

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Funds management

A high weighting to consumer discretionary stocks has worked in favour of Australian equity funds with those funds significantly outperforming their peers and two reporti...

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Funds management

The ASX Small Ordinaries returned 7.25% in August and one fund has returned 23% over the past year. ...

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Financial planning

Investors need to resist being ruled by their emotions when it comes to market especially in times when investor confidence is low....

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Funds management

The upcoming earnings season will be the first opportunity to see the damage COVID-19 has inflicted on firms, according to Pengana....

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Tools & guides

With many fixed income options yielding less than 0%, core alternatives can provide stable income with a low correlation to equities, writes Pulkit Sharma and Jason DeSen...

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Funds management

The Australian equity sector lost 9.5% during the first half of the year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to data, with only six funds reporting positive returns....

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Funds management

The ASX All Ordinaries index could hit 6,600 in the next two to four weeks, according to Wealth Within’s chief analyst....

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Funds management

Despite reduced returns, Platinum will continue to maintain short positions and cash holdings to provide a level of downside protection as it expects markets to remain hi...

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Funds management

From a long-term perspective, equities will offer better value to investors than most other asset classes, according to DNR Capital....

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Superannuation

Australian Catholic Super has launched a custom equities strategy to customers in its RetireSmart option, in a mandate with Parametric Portfolio Associates. ...

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Expert Analysis

As companies move to slash or cancel dividends, writes Rudi Minbatiwala, investors who rely on income are having to find alternative sources to generate income for their ...

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Features

China has been under intense political scrutiny as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, but Chris Dastoor writes, its investment markets have proven resilient....

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Funds management

Three education stocks have reported serious losses since the start of the year, with one falling 70%, as the sector grapples with school closures and the possibility of ...

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Funds management

Earnings of Australian companies have taken a material hit during the COVID-19 pandemic, putting pressure on dividend yields but there are ways to improve this, according...

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