July 2019
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Financial advisers may need to consider allocating more to defensive equity strategies for retiree clients to defend their income, according to Vertium Asset Management, a Copia investment partner. In its June quarter research paper, the equity income fund manager compared the past seven share market corrections during global slowdowns since 1990 to the most recent…
July 2019
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In our quest to evolve as fund managers we are constantly reading. Reading the likes of Peter Lynch, Warren Buffet (Alice Schroeder), Joel Greenblatt, Barton Biggs and Jack Schwager to understand what makes portfolio managers great. The list below is by no means exhaustive but includes some of these key attributes identified in our reading:…
July 2019
- News
Bear markets are great! Let me explain. Lower prices mean greater future returns. Bear markets always occur during global slowdowns as investor confidence is shaken from lower growth expectations. It is only when investor expectations are low that the foundation is set for fantastic returns. The usual definition of a bear market is based on…
July 2019
- News
Let’s face it, there are few free lunches in giving investment advice. Which makes any reward from reducing a client’s tax burden well worth the effort. For most advisers, the chance to present a tax effective investment solution to clients has strong appeal as part of the advice value proposition: the challenge is how do…