Alternatives

Alternatives have long been a mainstay in institutional portfolios, while retail allocations have been much lower. But is that about to change? Volatility in...

Everyone is finding it harder to make money - professionals, retail traders, and, as it turns out, the Future Fund. Livewire's Hans Lee takes a deep dive into the...

For more than two decades, investors have put faith in the value of the traditional 60:40 portfolio (1). This portfolio structure was designed to protect investors...

With financial conditions poised to tighten from current levels, investors can expect poor risk-adjusted returns from equities and volatility in capital markets. So,...

If income is your primary investment goal, a broad fixed income exposure  is only going to get you halfway there, at best, based on recent returns.  So said JP...

Just when you thought it was safe to go out maskless, Omicron has sent markets into another fit. In the crosshairs are the usual suspects, particularly airline and...

Inflation. Love it or hate it, you really have to hate it, right? Well - not so fast. Wealth manager Credit Suisse points out that equities are historically the...

We are delighted to invite you to our ‘Alternatives – how to use them and why the right time is now’ webinar. Investors have had a fun ride over the past 10 years,...

Wealth manager Credit Suisse has dubbed 2022 the "great transition", as the world begins to see a future beyond COVID-19, and as global growth and inflation continue...

Two years since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, investors are still looking further afield to generate asset returns, both geographically and beyond public...

The expression ‘TINA’ (There Is No Alternative) has reached meme status in recent years as high prices in almost every asset class have left investors frustrated. With...

For over a decade now, interest rates have been suppressed and money has been cheap and free-flowing. This has produced outstanding returns for traditional asset...

Keep it simple, stay optimistic, take a long-term view and don't get carried away with the noise of daily news flow. That's sage advice from Wilsons' David Cassidy....

Things are changing quickly in the $130 trillion global bond market, and with change comes opportunity. For the better part of the past two years, investors have...

The Australian private equity industry has shown resilience through the challenges of the last two years and, with plenty of capital to deploy and debt at historically...

In the sixth episode of the WAM Alternative Assets education series, portfolio manager Dania Zinurova discusses private debt, an asset class with added layers of...

In the fifth episode of the WAM Alternative Assets education series, portfolio manager Dania Zinurova discusses investing in real assets, such as agriculture, timber,...

In the fourth episode of the WAM Alternative Assets education series, Portfolio Manager Dania Zinurova discusses infrastructure, an asset class that plays an important...

Hard-bitten infrastructure investor Jonathan van Rooyen, co-founder of unlisted infrastructure fund manager Invest Unlisted, kicked off a recent interview with a...

When you're amid a market decline, you're never quite sure if you're riding out a dip or on the precipice of a deeper downturn. It may not be the next financial...