GLOBAL EQUITIES
Financial planning
Despite a wave of indiscriminate selling by Western investors, the fundamentals remain strong for Asian equities, writes Tim Stewart....
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....
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...
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...
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...
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....
Financial planning
PortfolioConstruction Forum presents the most recent projects conducted by major funds research houses over the past month....
Editorial
PortfolioConstruction Forum presents the most recent projects conducted by major funds research houses over the past month....
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...
Editorial
Emerging market growth opportunities still exist if investors know where to look, writes Skye Macpherson....
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