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Asset Allocation

3 infrastructure strategies tipped to catch the COVID snap-back

Power companies are boring but critical; water is a liquid asset with a solid outlook; and mid-sized infrastructure opportunities are on the rise, say a trio of...
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Glenn Freeman
Livewire Markets
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There may be trouble ahead…

But while there’s moonlight and music, and love and romance, let’s face the music and dance… That’s kind of how it feels at the moment as we head into the later part...
Raf Choudhury
Raf Choudhury
State Street Global Advisors
Asset Allocation
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You are invited to Pinnacle’s 2020 Virtual Summit

At a time when it's harder than ever to make sense of financial markets, Pinnacle’s 2020 Virtual Summit will bring together some of the brightest minds in Australian...
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Livewire Markets
Asset Allocation
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Finding tomorrow’s star performers

Ahead of the Pinnacle 2020 Virtual Summit, we asked two Alternatives managers and two Emerging Strategies managers to share a chart from their presentation and explain...
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Livewire Markets
Asset Allocation
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Real assets to underpin infrastructure-led recovery

Ahead of the upcoming Pinnacle 2020 Virtual Summit, we asked three Real Asset and Infrastructure managers to share a chart from their presentation and explain its...
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Livewire Markets
Asset Allocation

How should investors allocate to government bonds today?

The increase in borrowing by governments around the world because of COVID-19 will push budget deficits to well above peak levels during the financial crisis and into...
Vishal Teckchandani
Livewire Markets
Asset Allocation

Markets in the eye of the storm

Investment markets are in the eye of the storm. The initial storm danger came as COVID-19 hit, decimating jobs and smashing demand. Governments and central banks ably...
Damien Klassen
Nucleus Wealth
Asset Allocation

The changing face of diversification

I have spent an awful lot of the past 30 years saying basically two things - don’t try and time the market and be well-diversified. Both of these investment mantras...
Tom Stevenson
Fidelity International
Asset Allocation

If you're not prepared for low rates, you'll work forever. Have you told your boss?

Many readers of Livewire will be either managing their own portfolios and want to be informed, or they have outsourced the management of their portfolios and are...
Mark Todd
Mark Todd
Bank of China
Asset Allocation

Vaccine or no vaccine: Hamish Douglass is preparing for either scenario

When is Magellan’s Hamish Douglass going to spend the $11 billion his Global Equities strategy has sitting in the bank? And what’s he going to buy? The deployment of...
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Vishal Teckchandani
Livewire Markets
Asset Allocation

Get More From Your Cash Allocation

For the last decade, the Australian cash rate was high enough that investors could allocate a portion of their portfolio to cash or term deposits and earn a reasonably...
Aaditya Thakur
PIMCO
Asset Allocation

Assets that march to a different beat

Australian investors overwhelmingly rely on the local share market to generate income, but with the outbreak of COVID-19 clouding the outlook for economic growth and...
Sarah Jones
Sarah Jones
Livewire Markets
Asset Allocation

Livewire Webinar: Putting the income pieces together

Over the past few weeks, we have featured a series of nine educational articles focused on investing in income-generating asset classes. I recently hosted a live...
James Marlay
Livewire Markets
Asset Allocation

Will Insolvencies topple the Australian economy? w/ Caroline Di Russo | Webinar & Podcast

Markets have disconnected from economic reality; seemingly unphased by some of the worst economic fundamentals we've seen. We’re looking at factors that could bring...
Damien Klassen
Nucleus Wealth
Asset Allocation

Why diversity doesn't mean share price equality

Diversity issues have exploded into the global zeitgeist over the past few months as Black Lives Matter protests have rocked cities around the world. From an...
Damien Klassen
Nucleus Wealth
Asset Allocation

Happy days for markets as flood of money continues

There are plenty of investors questioning the veracity and sustainability of the rally in equity markets through the June quarter (particularly in the US), in the face...
Simon Doyle
Schroders
Asset Allocation

A bridge to recovery or a financial cliff? Magellan holds the line on cash

Since Magellan’s core strategy nearly doubled its cash weighting, stock prices have been on a tear as investors (plus those Robinhood punters) chased everything from...
Vishal Teckchandani
Livewire Markets
Asset Allocation

How to find Income in a 0% Interest Rate Environment | Webinar & Podcast

Today we turn our attention to an emerging issue faced by both institutions and investors alike: finding income in the zero interest rate environment that could last...
Damien Klassen
Nucleus Wealth
Asset Allocation

How a draw-down event can impact a concentrated investment portfolio’s return

We have been reminded in the last six months that risk assets from time to time can perform in a volatile and even an aggressive manner, and that valuations do matter....
James Smith
James Smith
Providence Independent Investment Advisory
Asset Allocation

The best performing asset class in FY20

The past financial year was poor for investors as coronavirus knocked economies into what is likely to be their biggest hit since the 1930s. Shares were hit hard, but...
Shane Oliver
AMP
Asset Allocation

Do you trust this market?

The ASX200 fell roughly 10% in the financial year just finished, which included a terrifying 35% plunge and euphoric 30% rally in a 16-week period. This loss-making...
Jerome Lander
WealthLander
Asset Allocation

Global Valuations: Everything is Expensive

Following the fastest S&P500 bear market on record in March, the response from policymakers has been unprecedented, causing markets to rally aggressively. The S&P500...
Chris Watling
Longview Economics
Asset Allocation

Is the market recovery driven by Robinhood & Robots? With Kevin Muir (The Macro Tourist)

Are Robinhood & Robots responsible for the stockmarket recovery? Kevin Muir (The Macro Tourist) joins us today to to offer his take on the driving forces behind the...
Damien Klassen
Nucleus Wealth
Asset Allocation

Lost in translation - Investing in private markets

Alternative investments continue to be prominent in the portfolios of some of the world’s most sophisticated investors, including sovereign wealth funds, endowments...
Martin Randall
Martin Randall
LGT Crestone
Asset Allocation

A look inside the AustralianSuper engine room

With more than $170 billion of assets under management at the end of 2019, Mark Delaney from AustralianSuper manages one of the largest pools of funds in the country....
Patrick Poke
A Rich Life
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