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Climate change has rapidly become a key focus for investors and the financial industry at large. More than US$100 billion of sustainable bonds were issued globally in...

On 13 February 2021, Vivendi announced that it was considering distributing its 60% stake in Universal Music to Vivendi shareholders in the form of a special dividend...

2021 has started in a more volatile fashion than 2020 did. It wasn’t actually until mid-March that 2020 saw volatility, although clearly, it was extremely volatile...

MSCI China was the third best performing country index out of 28 MSCI classified emerging markets indexes over one year to 31 January 2021 (figure 1). Despite...

Each year, Warren's Buffett's investment company Berkshire Hathaway puts out a letter to shareholders. These letters, which have been published publicly since 1977,...

The local market started strong positive before fading into a negative day as RBA waffles pitch for endless QE. The move in global markets on the first day of March...

In his 1841 book, Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds, Scottish journalist Charles Mackay observed that “Whole communities suddenly fix their...

Technology investments have seen extraordinary growth over the past decade fuelled by trends such as virtual connectivity and e-commerce. With many technology company...

While investor interest in ‘battery metals’ has focused on lithium and graphite, copper has been the quiet achiever in terms of its role in the renewable energy...

You know you’ve been kicking around the markets too long when you start hearing echoes of echoes. Last week’s downward lurch in the bond market was certainly a...

The prevailing narrative in markets recently has been that rising interest rates would not be an issue for investors, given growth is accelerating and a pick-up in...

The February 2021 company reporting season that concluded on Friday and was one of the more interesting over the past decade, coming as it does after the doom and...

As structural and secular trends are disrupting the retail, office and industrial sectors, these trends are also supporting the emergence of alternative sectors. In...

A new regulation set to shake-up the fastest-growing portion of the global funds universe will come into effect in the next few months. In addition to helping stamp...

The February 2021 ASX reporting season was the first comprehensive assessment of the health of corporate Australia since the onset of the pandemic. Marcus Bogdan from...

This month we take a look at the impact and recovery of listed managed investments (LICs and LITs) from the COVID-19 downturn in 2020. 2020 was certainly a...

The path forward for equity markets has transitioned from being in a state of "Nirvana" at the end of 2020. It has now become complex and dangerous according to...

Unlike those who champion the merits of a diversified portfolio, Claremont Global's head of international equities, Bob Desmond, has an entirely different philosophy. ...

The local market was jammed up on lower than usual turnover against the tide, as RBA accelerated QE buying to support the bond market bubble. Given every major Central...

Afterpay’s announcement of a capital raise of up to $1.5 billion may seem huge, but it’s unlikely to be the last big cap raise in the Buy Now Pay Later sector. When...