Greece's financial and economic difficulties have been ongoing for some years now. However, recent events involving Greece and its European partners have raised the risk of default and possible withdrawal from the euro. From a portfolio perspective, our clients have a zero, or close to zero … [Read more...]

In this article, Myooran Mahalingam looks at the pros and cons of active management in the current investment environment. The pros and cons of active management versus passive management is an age-old investment debate. In the last year, it’s been reinvigorated by the poor returns recently … [Read more...]

This month, John Owen reviews events in markets during May. He discusses: How world share market performances were mixed in May The Australian dollar, which performed poorly against most of the major currencies (excluding the Japanese yen) How the accommodative monetary policies and … [Read more...]

This month, Brian reviews events in markets during April. He discusses: How world share markets posted reasonable gains in April; Why the actions of the world’s major central banks are still crucial Why it still isn’t entirely clear that the recovery in the non-mining economy will be strong … [Read more...]

This month, Brian reviews events in markets during March. He discusses: how world share prices fell back a little in March, after some very sound gains in February how the good performance of share markets in Europe and Japan comes at a time when the financial woes in Greece haven’t been … [Read more...]