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Quiet-achiever asset class gets on with the job
The Australian image of the taciturn farmer, hard at work completely out of the spotlight, carrying a large part of the nation’s gross domestic product (GDP)...
Navigating market extremes: Looking beyond the conventional
Equity markets continue to defy expectations, but investors face mounting risks as valuations stretch to historical extremes. Hugh Selby-Smith, co-CIO of...
Close your eyes, relax and enjoy the wealth
Relax, stop worrying; you’re well-off. Australian household wealth per person is now $623,000, putting us right up there with the richest in the world. Not...
The ART of deploying alternative investments
Institutional investors have increasingly turned to alternative assets as a means of improving portfolio resilience, managing risk, and capitalising on...
Better than hybrids, but hiding in plain sight
The planned transition of $44 billion worth of additional Tier 1 (AT1) bank hybrids to Tier 2 capital by 2032 will see the last bank hybrid disappear by March...
An alternatives lens: What to do with a problem like liquidity
The world of alternative investments is at a crossroads. As markets defy expectations and liquidity concerns take centre stage, investors find themselves...
Receiving and giving back drives the advice career path forward
What do you do when you finish high school? “Go with your strengths,” Peta Nunn’s school careers counsellor told her. So, she found herself in a maths...
Private credit’s power play: why direct lending is reshaping markets
Private credit investing has seen exponential growth in recent years, fueled by structural shifts in financial markets and a growing demand for flexible,...
Market concentration, macro headwinds slam active managers in 2024
In case any active managers needed reminding, asset consulting firm Frontier Advisors has confirmed that 2024 was the most challenging year for global active...
Alignment a welcome sight in private equity investing
Investors always have to trust the fund managers to which they entrust their capital; but even better than trust is alignment.
Placing clients at the centre has built Centaur
There are plenty of people in the investment industry who say they have been influenced by legendary investor Warren Buffett, but for Gold Coaster Hugh...
Local PE market facing $25 billion value-at-risk reckoning
Australian investors have poured money into private equity (PE) investments in recent years, but asset valuations are prone to the same combination of multiple...
Levera filling the missing link for Tasmanian advice firm
Melbourne-based Link Wealth Group has acquired its fourth advice practice, buying a majority stake in Hobart-based full-service financial advisory firm, Sky...
New Calvary John James Hospital Exemplifies Barwon’s Healthcare Expertise
Often you will speak to a fund manager that will talk about its specialist approach, the market niche that it understands well and can leverage, and how the...
Good roadmap needed for updated AML law
In September last year, the Australian government fixed a glaring anomaly in the country’s laws, under which Australia had embarrassingly fallen short of...
Mutual funds double in nine years, bond funds in driver’s seat
Managed funds inflows surged five-fold in Australia in 2024, but exchange-traded funds (ETFs) left them in the dust, as investors continued to prefer the...