Content provided by S&P Dow Jones Indicies Written by Eduardo Olazabal, Senior Analyst, Global Equity Indices, S&P Dow Jones Indices Equity markets have changed considerably over the past 10 years, reflecting the growth of stocks and sectors in each market. While this growth has led to increased concentration in most of the world’s largest equity…
November 23, 2021
Investing in Asia: the rise of the middle class in Asia
Content provided by VGI Partners Asia is at an inflection point too important to ignore. It is already the world’s largest economic region and is forecast to deliver around two thirds of global growth over the next two decades. More importantly, from an investment perspective, the region is also seeing a transition due to the…
October 27, 2021
Issue 26: Understanding investment product structures (Part 2): Equities
In our September article on Understanding investment product structures, we finished up with a question around which type of structure may suit you if you were to invest in an asset class such as Australian equities. There is no one answer to this question, for any number of reasons; not in the least of which…
April 13, 2017
Apple Inc – Looking beyond the device game
Content provided by Magellan Apple Inc (‘Apple’) is amongst the largest companies in the world. The company enjoys strong brand recognition globally and extensive market penetration for its flagship products, most notably the iPhone. While speculation around the success of Apple Watch, Apple TV, iPad, or even the likelihood of an Apple Car often captures…
December 9, 2016
Wider global choice for SMSF investors
Content provided by Magellan Australian investors now have easier access to international shares. Self-managed superannuation fund (‘SMSF’) investors are increasingly aware of the benefits associated with portfolio diversification and are looking to allocate a greater portion of their portfolios to international equities. Although Australian shares have historically been high yielding and benefit from franking credits,…