That consumers are influenced heavily by well known, trusted brands comes as no great surprise. What does, though, is that they rate life insurance as the least most important tool in ensuring financial security.
Of all the reasons fund managers get outperformed by the benchmark, Paul Moore explained, the clearest is that they get distracted by macro issues that aren’t particularly relevant to their investments.
First Sentier’s decision to close a number of strategies and pivot towards private markets handily illustrates the pressures facing the Australian funds management scene – and the new period of competition into which it is now entering.
While known for being the flagbearer for financial product providers, the Financial Services Council is now making serious inroads into the financial advice sector.
The NZ science and technology investors are onto their fourth fund, which is shaping up as their biggest yet. Savvy investment and active ownership have been key ingredients so far, along with support from the NZ government.
ASIC made no secret of its assertion that Lanterne operated purely as a “licensee for hire”, which is an ominous reminder for licensees operating with thin risk and compliance standards that the regulator is watching.
Owning the largest stocks has historically been a recipe for underperformance over every period, according to value house Pzena, but the madness of benchmark construction means some investors have few choices but to.
In the near to medium term, the group forecasts “ample opportunity” in the loan asset class to generate higher than average returns while maintaining a minimal risk profile for investors.
The historic outperformance of big tech stocks in the US may look like a global outlier, but many developed markets (including ours) have high levels of concentration risk. That may not be the case for long, with a likely softening interest rate environment set to re-order indexes around the world.
Valuations at the top end of indexes are sky high, but with that comes inflated forecast earnings. For savvy investors, it may be time to rotate towards more value-oriented stocks according to Eric Marais from Orbis Investments.
Lauren Ryan from Thinktank speaks to Laurence Parker-Brown for our IN60 series.
Roy Keenan from Yarra Capital Management shares insights with James Dunn from The Inside Network on the role of active management.
Scott Bennett from Invesco speaks to Tahn Sharpe at The Inside Network’s Equities & Growth Assets Symposium in Sydney on why advisers should rethink small caps.
James Maydew from Macquarie Asset Management speaks to Tahn Sharpe at The Inside Network’s Equities & Growth Assets Symposium in Sydney on the most interesting opportunities in listed real estate.
The meteoric rise of industry funds has earned them a rightful place at the top of the superannuation food chain. But their standing is not a given, and the failures are starting to mount.
Retirement’s approach requires a profound change in how investors approach markets and construct portfolios, including arranging their income needs around three distinct periods of retired life, the financial advice firm’s founders said.
The task of standing out in a crowded market place is not getting easier for product providers. Generative AI may hold the key, Michael Kollo says.
The good news? Millions of unadvised Australians see the value in financial advice. The bad news is that the vast majority remain reluctant to attach market rates to that value, even if the advice is digital. But all that has the potential to change.