Interested in buying a home this spring season? Not sure if it makes more financial sense to own and occupy or buy and rent out? Weigh up these benefits and challenges. Buying a home is likely to be one of the most important financial decisions you will make in your lifetime, and with the … [Read more...]
Investor Q&A: Market Volatility
In the past few weeks, global share markets have been particularly volatile. This has been fuelled primarily by weaker economic data from China and the surprise devaluation in its currency, the renminbi. It has been fuelled by continuing weakness in a number of the other main emerging market … [Read more...]
Alternative ways to hedge your share market risk
In this article, Gareth Abley, Head of Alternatives Strategies, notes that as we head into our seventh year of a share bull market with bond yields globally at record lows, many investors are left scratching their heads. One response is to identify ‘alternative’ strategies that can generate positive … [Read more...]
China’s share market volatility
In this article, Kajanga Kulatunga, Portfolio Specialist, looks at China’s share market volatility and discusses: What has happened so far, How China has been encouraging share ownership to stimulate the economy, What impact China’s share price volatility may have on Australian investors, … [Read more...]
The Greece crisis: a summary of what has happened and how our portfolios are positioned
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...]