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In April this year the Financial Review wrote an article on “Savvy Investors filling up on Service Station assets”, the article highlighted the key attractive...

I have two types of friends when it comes to investing. One half lob their fortnightly paychecks into Tesla call options, crypto and speccy mining stocks. The other...

In an environment where interest rates remain at record-lows and term deposits can no longer deliver the yield they once did for income-hungry investors, there are...

When investors think about commercial real estate investment opportunities, asset classes such as office, retail and industrial typically spring to mind -...

Investors have been demanding more liquidity from their investments ... even in the realm of fixed income. Perhaps still jaded from last year's drawdowns (and tapping...

Right from the start over 50 years ago, Australian real estate investment trusts (AREITs), then known as listed property trusts (LPTs), were tailored to risk averse...

If income investing was an Olympic sport, Australia would hold a silver medal, ranking second highest in the world for its dividend yield. And you can thank our...

The decline in dividends and other traditional sources of investment income has made it hard for investors to find the income they need without taking on too much...

After 18-months that has seen retail investment soar to previously unimaginable highs, it's obvious that many are chasing the next big idea. We’ve all heard the terms...

Based on Plato’s analysis, 2020 was the worst year for dividends in Australia over the past 40 years. The 35% cut in dividends surpassed the falls seen over three...

Recently, the Reserve Bank of New Zealand caused markets to react after announcing that interest rates could be on the rise sooner than expected. The New Zealand...

Legendary but perhaps lesser-known investor David Swensen passed away earlier this month. Mr Swensen had been the CIO of the Yale University Endowment since 1985 – so...

Over the past 20 years, the trend of investors seeking out lower cost investments that seek to match (rather than beat) the benchmark has exploded. As of March 2020,...

The 20th Century didn’t get off to a great start. The First World War produced death on a previously unknown scale. Then, in its final year, a global influenza...

The banks are back, baby. Or so it seems. National Australia Bank (ASX: NAB), Commonwealth Bank (ASX: CBA), ANZ Bank (ASX: ANZ), and Westpac (ASX: WBC) have handsomely...

Earnings expectations have fully recovered the COVID-19 decline while dividend expectations have recovered only two thirds due to current conservative dividend payout...

Whether you think there is a bubble, or the current valuations are justified doesn’t matter. It’s a fact that valuations are higher than they have ever been for many...

Most of the time, financial markets ebb and flow like the tide. All boats are lifted or fall together. But sometimes, different assets part company, responding to the...

There’s a saying that “to the man with a hammer, everything looks like a nail”. Equity investors must hammer equities. Fixed Income investors must hammer debt. We...

Australian investors love dividends. The topic of investment yield was a battleground issue in our most recent federal election, and it’s never far away from the minds...