GLOBAL EQUITIES

Financial planning

Major considerations for investors in Asia are the same as for any asset class - risk and return. In Asia though, the potential returns and risks can be very different fr...

image
Financial planning

Despite a wave of indiscriminate selling by Western investors, the fundamentals remain strong for Asian equities, writes Tim Stewart....

image
People & Products

Threadneedle Investments has added to its global equities team, with the appointment of Neil Robson as a fund manager....

Funds management

New FSC/Plan for Life research confirms Australia's standing as a regional funds management hub....

image
Editorial

Given the dichotomy between high growth emerging markets and low-growth developed markets, should all portfolios be 'overweight' to emerging market equities? If so, overw...

image
Editorial

This month PortfolioConstruction Forum asked the research houses: Given the dichotomy between high growth emerging markets and low-growth developed markets, should all po...

image
Financial planning

The search for safety amid global market downturns has hailed the return to more conservative asset classes, according to EPFR....

Financial planning

Morningstar has taken a cautious view of fully hedged international share funds in its International Equities Sector Wrap-up, with only two of the 49 strategies given the...

Funds management

Centuria Property Funds has seen a pickup in enquiries from financial planners over the past four months as an increase in volatility sends investors back to unlisted pro...

image
Financial planning

With the typical balanced portfolio in need of more risk diversification and the traditional safe haven of bonds offering little yield, investment grade credit and privat...

Financial planning

Multiple global concerns including sovereign risk, geopolitics and policy errors, Chinese growth, inflation and the next bubble suggest a new focus on risk management may...

Financial planning

Russell rates China and India as good investment destinations in current environment....

image
Financial planning

PortfolioConstruction Forum presents the most recent projects conducted by major funds research houses over the past month....

image
Editorial

PortfolioConstruction Forum presents the most recent projects conducted by major funds research houses over the past month....

image
Financial planning

Platform provider netwealth has announced a major overhaul of its investment menu, adding 39 new investment options and removing 21 funds on behalf of advisers and dealer...

image
sub-bgsidebar subscription

Never miss the latest news and developments in wealth management industry

MARKET INSIGHTS

So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

2 months 3 weeks ago

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

3 months ago

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

5 months ago

ASIC has suspended the Australian Financial Services Licence of a Melbourne-based financial advice firm....

2 weeks 3 days ago

The corporate regulator has issued infringement notices to three AFSLs whose financial advisers provided personal advice to a retail client while unregistered....

3 weeks 1 day ago

ASIC has released the results of its first adviser exam to be held in 2025, with 241 candidates attempting the test....

3 weeks 6 days ago