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Ask any Hong Kong based fund manager which stock they wish they’d doubled up on and they’ll almost certainly say Alibaba or Tencent. Both now rival Facebook in terms...

Asset quality is more than just an attractive building. Most properties are valuable because of something else entirely. Not long after my daughter turned five I...

Property prices in Sydney and Melbourne are likely to see top to bottom falls of around 20% as credit conditions tighten, supply rises and a negative feedback loop...

Companies have seen rising labour and energy costs start to crimp their margins. Natalie Tam, Investment Director at Aberdeen Standard Investments told us that while...

Snapshot: China’s export-led growth model is reaching its limits. While China’s exports grew rapidly from admission to the WTO in 2001, declining competitiveness saw...

I doubt Tabcorp shareholders will be too happy this morning. The chair of their board – you know that thing that is supposed to represent shareholders’ interests – is...

The listed Indian banking sector comprises three very different types of lenders. The “private sector” banks, such as IndusInd, are growing aggressively at the expense...

Independent Investment Research has issued a report on Qualitas Real Estate Income Fund a newly established investment trust seeking to raise funds and list on the...

Alternative lenders have been one group to benefit from the fallout of the Royal Commission. In this exclusive interview, Andrew Schwartz, Group Managing Director at...

We have been in a period where financial market volatility has been abnormally low and as such, the focus in fixed income has become overly skewed to how much interest...

Australian banks account for up to 90% participation rate in the commercial real estate debt market. The recent Royal Commission has helped put a spotlight on this,...

It is not unusual for us to invest in companies that go on to significantly underperform the broader sharemarket. In fact, this happens to us 40% of the time. It is...

Even in a rising market, there are always a handful of stocks that no investor wants to touch. Whether it’s Royal Commissions, earnings downgrades, debt problems, or...