Low interest rates are a headwind for people reliant on savings-interest related income. Despite this, the income cupboard isn't bare. Shares, especially Australian shares, are a sizeable income provider. You can read the full Investment Insight 2019 December here. by MLC … [Read more...]

In this update, Bob Cunneen, Porfolio Specialist, reviews events in markets during December. He discusses: Another month of strong performance in global share markets, buoyed by optimism about the Phase 1 trade deal between the US and China. America and Australia have cut interest rates … [Read more...]

In the November 2019 edition of the Market Update: In the US, trade-exposed sectors are suffering due to trade conflict, but the consumer sector appears to be holding up well Economic activity in the eurozone weakened in the September quarter The UK parliament agreed to a general election … [Read more...]

The October 2019 report, MLC’s scenario insights & portfolio positioning, states: “The seesaw of market trepidation rose once more in the September quarter as global trade policy and other political risks subdued investors’ enthusiasm to embrace risk. At Godfrey Pembroke we put investors … [Read more...]