Amidst more reports of the death of the traditional 60/40 portfolio, investors will need to shift towards alternatives to make up the shortfall. It’s time for investors to move heavily into alternatives, according to Evergreen Consultants. Angela Ashton, the firm’s founder and director, says investors should explore the alternatives sector more broadly, including gold, commodities,…
Australian equities fund manager, DNR Capital, which is managed and led by chief investment officer Jamie Nicol and Portfolio Manager Scott Kelly, says the local market “continues to enjoy a strong run despite lockdowns in Melbourne, uncertainty regarding the outcome of the US elections and ongoing trade disputes with China,” which are just some of…
Impact Investment Group (IIG) announced the launch of its new $70 million impact investment fund, designed to balance profit and purpose with a sustainable and socially conscious investment thesis. Inside Investor’s Ishan Dan spoke with IIG CEO and Co-Fund Manager Daniel Madhavan about the fund and his his career at Impact Investment Group. For those…
This week we interviewed Co-founder and Co-CEO Orni Daniel from Gefen Technologies, an Israeli-based digital distribution platform that has been initially aimed at Australia’s insurance market. The company is looking at an ASX listing towards the end of the year. After speaking with Daniel, it was immediately apparent that Gefen Technologies has built what looks…
Pacific Equity Partners is looking to acquire 100% of the Citadel Group (ASX: CGL) in a transaction worth $503 million. PEP is planning to provide funding to help Citadel expand its global footprint and to develop new products in specialist software and critical-secure information management for its customers in healthcare, defence and national security, government…
“If you can’t beat ’em, join ’em,” as Bugs Bunny would say. This is exactly what NAB and CBA have done to take on the Buy-Now-Pay-Later (BNPL) phenomenon. NAB was the first to launch its new StraightUp credit card, which is aimed at millennials by offering interest-free purchases on credit anywhere that accepts Visa. Credit…
As Coronavirus cases drop, and talk of CSL’s contracts to manufacture vaccines (that is, AstraZeneca’s and/or the University of Queensland’s candidate, if they are successful) starts doing the rounds, hopefully it shouldn’t be too much longer before second-wave lockdown restrictions ease and the economy is back on track. That is the plan, notwithstanding any unforeseen…
In this piece we compare two funds in the wholesale infrastructure space: AMP Capital Core Infrastructure Fund and Magellan’s Infrastructure Fund, both pioneers in the space with a great track record.
As Covid-19 cases drop, and talk of CSL’s vaccine starts, it shouldn’t be too much longer before lockdown restrictions ease and the economy is back on track.
Broker upgrades 24-28 August 2020 Redbubble (ASX:RBL) – Morgans has upgraded its recommendation to Add from Reduce. That’s effectively a double ratings upgrade with a target price of 433c up from 54c. A 700% increase in target price. The massive upgrade comes on the back of the company’s recent profit result. The result reinforced…
