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Recession jitters? Why clients need to hear from advisers now

GFC. COVID-19. 2023… and now 2025? With recession fears once again dominating headlines and markets rattling investor confidence, financial advisers are...

The alternative asset class that can change people’s lives

Healthcare and life sciences is emerging as an economically resilient alternative asset class, given that the industry has huge tailwinds in the form of the...

Getting a grip as gold goes ga-ga

Gold’s spectacular rise has been a feature of the markets over the last couple of years, and judging from how the investment banks are sharpening the pencil...

Europe becomes flavour of the month as US equities hit a roadblock

Investors are right to diversify overseas. What they must remember is, it’s not just a US story focused on the 'Magnificent Seven.'

From work experience to GM, the journey continues

As a Curtin University commerce student in the early 2000s doing a financial planning major, Bree Stevens was delighted to be offered a part-time job with...

‘Monumental’ task has private infrastructure poised to surpass real estate in value

Private markets is clearly a rapidly growing part of the investment ecosystem, with the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) recently citing...

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)...

Deploying alternatives: A practical framework for advisers

In an evolving investment landscape, alternative assets are no longer a fringe consideration—they have become an essential component of a well-structured...

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...

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...

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...

Rethinking diversification: Foreign exchange as portfolio protection

For decades, advisers have relied on bonds as the go-to counterweight in a balanced portfolio. But as the correlation between bonds and equities turned...