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Green bonds in focus as ESG becomes entrenched

For much of the investment industry, committing to ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) has become a recently-adopted core belief. A concept that was...

E is not for easy

Recent years have had pundits focus on the potential growth and relative valuation of emerging markets. The terminology alone is obtuse, just what is emerging?...

In Defence of Fixed Income

INBrief Andrew Canobi - Franklin Templeton

SAA a casualty of COVID-19, but TPA to the Rescue

The days of thinking wholly in terms of traditional asset classes when it comes to portfolio construction may have been numbered for some time; in Australia,...

The sun shines on M&A activity in renewables

Mergers and acquisitions have come to a grinding halt this year. But activity in the renewable energy sector is heating up with a number of deals. According to...

The future of big retail

The pandemic lockdown has forced businesses to rethink modes of distribution and introduce automation in response to an increase in online shopping for...

Split personality the dual attraction for the quoted fund

The listing on the ASX this month of the Magellan Group’s Airlie Australian Share Fund as the first “Quoted Fund” – the first dual...

Six must make changes to portfolios before 30 June

As the financial year comes to a close, it’s worth reflecting on what we have just experienced; not just in investment terms, but our health and...

Finding the value in waste

A new take on environmental, social and governance (ESG) investing has emerged with the launch of a fund tackling sustainable opportunities in the water and...

It's gotta be bonds?

The toughest asset sector in an investment portfolio is the fixed income. Putting aside the difficulties in convincing an investor to have an allocation to...

Magellan's next generation ETF is a 'potential game changer'

Magellan Financial Group has done some back office re-engineering to develop what it claims is the next generation of active exchange traded funds – a...

REITs: victims of fashion

A dedicated allocation to ASX listed REITs is largely an Australian idiosyncrasy as a legacy from the high weight and structural elements of the property trust...

Credit LITs surge back from discounts, but door is closing quickly

Of the many opportunities that were thrown up by the Covid-19 Crash, one of those that is still open – although weakening by the day – is that in...

ETF Spreads are the Real Killer

How does ETF investing go seriously wrong? If you don't pay attention to ETF buy-sell spreads, the advantage of low MERs can evaporate.