In the June 2015 edition of the Market Update: Global growth continues a slow recovery US Federal Reserve remains data dependent on the road to interest rate normalisation Eurozone economic recovery continues on the back of the ECB’s quantitative easing China PBoC maintains a stimulus … [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...]

In the May 2015 edition of the Market Update: Weak US Q1 2015 GDP was impacted by severe weather and port strikes Federal Reserve anticipated to delay decision on interest rate increases – remains data dependent Eurozone being positively impacted from early ECB QE implementation Global oil … [Read more...]