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3 reasons why investors should be wary of Hybrid investments in 2022
Content provided by Income Asset Management In his latest feature for Income Asset Management, bond market expert Matthew Macreadie – Director of Credit Strategy at IAM – highlights the risks for investors to be aware of with Hybrid investment instruments. In today’s low interest rate environment where term deposit rates have remained stuck near zero,
How investors can combat rising inflation
Content provided by Income Asset Management Rising inflation poses a huge challenge for investors and necessitates the need for higher yields to ensure portfolios and investment incomes are not declining. Building a 6% Bond Portfolio 6%pa yield — that’s the magic number many investors said they need to achieve their desired lifestyle. What stood out
Green growth: Australian landscape for renewable energy investments
Content provided by ITP Development Global political action, extreme weather events, technological breakthrough and changing consumer sentiments have shifted climate-related risks into an investment fundamental for all. Corporations are having to assess the direct impact of climate-related risks on all business operations, financial standing and reputation. Meanwhile, SMSF trustees are seeking new ways to strengthen
Increasing Diversification of the Australian Equity Market
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
Diversification with regular income (webinar)
Content provided by Zagga In this short webinar, Zagga CEO & Co-Founder, Alan Greenstein, provides a brief introduction to commercial real estate debt (CRED) and explains how this subset of the broader Private Debt asset class is experiencing strong growth globally. Given the low-return environment we have experienced of late, sophisticated investors are looking to options
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
Immigration: The key to growth?
Content provided by Msquared Capital Written by Paul Miron, Managing Director, Msquared Capital Australia has been blessed over its economic history, weaving and dodging through major financial crises relatively unscathed. It entered the COVID-19 pandemic, which has caused the most severe global economic shock since the Great Depression, from a position of extreme strength: the
Co-ops: the new ESG investment vehicle for SMSF portfolios
Content provided by ITP Development Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) has become increasingly prominent in investment portfolios as awareness and action around climate change accelerates. This article outlines some aspects of ESG and how investors can directly support local projects through member-owned co-operatives. Responsible investing through ESG is an opportunity to extend an investment beyond
It is confirmed “Australia is the lucky country” … backed by property
Content provided by Msquared Capital Written by Paul Miron, Managing Director, Msquared Capital The end of financial year normally marks an annual ritual of self-assessment of one’s investment portfolio performance relative to the market as well as creating financial goals for the next 12 months. A key takeaway from living through the extraordinary circumstances due