MARKET VOLATILITY

Funds management

Contrary to most fund managers, Spatium Capital is hoping for more volatility, not less, after short-term mispricings helped its Small Companies fund see returns four tim...

Funds management

Interest rate forecasts are a "distraction",  according to one asset manager, which has described the market as a “demonic beast”, working to “trick” investors into makin...

Funds management

Recent market volatility should serve as a reminder of the risky game many investors are playing by continuing to ignore a value and blindly chase momentum. ...

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Funds management

While Joe Biden is rising in the polls to take over from President Donald Trump in November 2020, his election would be unlikely to calm the tensions in the US/China trad...

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Policy & Regulation

There has been an upsurge in retail investors seeking to time the market in pursuit of quick profits and the Australian Securities and Investments Commission has warned t...

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Funds management

Sam Twidale, manager of the DNR Capital Australian Emerging Companies fund, has been repositioning the portfolio in light of COVID-19, with small-cap equities unlikely to...

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Funds management

While many Australian equity funds are suffering, two ETFs are managing to achieve strong gains as a result of their short positioning....

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Funds management

Politics has not managed to sway the All Ordinaries Index, as it continued to rise despite the Federal Budget announcement and the RBA’s interest rates discussion, accord...

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Superannuation

Allianz Retire+ has launched a new product that aims to do what all retirement products ultimately seek: deliver growth of retirement savings while protecting against inv...

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Superannuation

Super fund members suffered sharp declines in December 2018, and they can expect further losses over the coming months according to SuperRatings. ...

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Funds management

Perennial Value has warned investors against over-negativity on the Australian economy s the recent market sell-off will open up new opportunities for patient investors....

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Financial planning

The risk of heightened global market volatility should encourage Australians to review their current financial plans, according to Dixon Advisory....

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Financial planning

New research has pointed to financial planners seeing themselves as being more comfortable as asset allocators rather than stock-pickers and leaning towards goals-based a...

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Funds management

Money Management last January asked key investment specialists to predict how things would roll out in 2018, with Stephen van Eyk emerging closest to the market with his ...

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Funds management

Nine years into the global market’s bull run, ETFs appear to be pushing US tech stocks into unrealistic valuations in ways that may end badly for many, a new whitepaper s...

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My view is that after 2026 there will be quite a bit less than 10,000 'advisers' (investment advisers) and less than 100...

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