Credit primes as a defensive stalwart in higher-for-longer environment
As the impacts of rising interest rates continue flowing through the economy, credit remains one of the most reliable and attractive ways to add defensiveness...
Opportunity awaits agile investors in 'new regime': BlackRock
Rapid economic and geopolitical changes have led to a new investment regime in the latter half of 2023, according to the BlackRock Investment Institute....
For advice practices, getting the tech right is key to the bottom line
Financial advice practices will find it harder to grow and scale their businesses in an increasingly tech-driven world if they aren't making smart technology...
Super tax break costs misrepresented: Mercer
The idea that superannuation tax concessions are costing the government more than the Age Pension is based on bad analysis, according to Mercer, which found...
90% of FPA, AFA members have renewed with FAAA since merger
Of the 8,946 practitioner advisers who belonged to either industry group before their April merger, 8,093 have renewed their membership with the merged entity....
Process over performance with high conviction: Claremont Global's Bob Desmond
Focussing on a concentrated portfolio of quality and growing stocks can expose investors to strong profit growth and some of the best companies in the world,...
Post-zero rate lending market opens the path for non-bank lenders
Despite facing rising interest rates, a higher cost of capital and concerns about their borrowing base, non-bank lenders have made their place in the...
Howard Marks on market dislocation and remarkable credit opportunities
The legendary investor says we're in the midst of the third major shift he's seen in his 50-year career, as a decades-long low-interest-rate environment shifts...
FSC maps out alternative super spending path for retirees
The Financial Services Council commissioned the Retirement Income Policy Roadmap to help the superannuation system put greater emphasis on the drawdown phase....
'Adapt or fail': 16pc of asset managers to vanish by 2027: PwC
While PwC expects the asset and wealth management sector to see a rebound in assets under management by 2027, it predicts a vastly changed landscape in which...
June shakeup for most-traded ASX stocks; tech boom driving US gains
After a three-month run as the most-traded ASX stock on Selfwealth's platform, Neuron Pharmaceuticals ceded its spot to CBA in June as healthcare, mining and...
Westpac's Evans sees no rate cuts before May as pessimism digs in
Bill Evans, who will step down next year after three decades as Westpac's chief economist, says "deeply pessimistic" consumer sentiment despite the RBA's...
Crane activity dips but hovers near record high as property outlook stays strong: Thinktank
More cranes signal greater construction activity and point to a sound economic outlook. Property lender Thinktank examines the current skyline and what it...
Don't get 'stranded' with fossil fuel stocks as transition gains pace: Australian Ethical
As Australia's energy transition ramps up, spurred by a greater government commitment, the ethical investment manager says investors risk getting saddled with...
India remains pricey, but potential growth remains: Mason Stevens
India's booming population has many considering whether and how to get exposure to its market, despite its year-to-date underperformance. While it may not be...
Debt ceiling crisis likely avoided, but US has other debt problems to deal with
While analysts see a negotiated deal as the most likely outcome, a compromise is still not guaranteed. The bigger concern, they say, stems from ballooning...