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Harnessing Currency to Enhance Your Portfolio Returns

As the world adjusts to the knock-on effects of Trump’s new tariffs, currency markets are playing an increasingly pivotal role in driving portfolio outcomes. Whilst currency exposure is often an after-thought for Australian investors, it can be a powerful lever for both risk management and performance enhancement. In short, now’s the time to ensure currency is your portfolio’s friend rather than its foe…

28 July 2025
 · 6 MIN READ

Profiting from the Great Era of Managed Fund Fee Compression

Long gone are the days when investors would happily pay a 2% p.a. management fee + a 20% performance fee to their fund managers. Fee compression has been a major theme across both the managed fund and ETF sectors for many years now. This shift has been driven by the rise of passive investing, the democratisation of financial technology, and growing investor awareness of the long-term eroding impact of fees.

23 July 2025
 · 6 MIN READ

Smart Investing Toolbox: New InvestmentMarkets Features Make Finding the Right Funds Easier Than Ever

With more investors understanding the importance of high quality information which helps them identify the right funds and ETFs for their portfolios, the InvestmentMarkets (IM) platform is evolving. Morningstar performance data has been added to the platform for a large portion of the listed funds, while fund comparison functionality has also been added.

21 July 2025
 · 5 MIN READ

The Case for Global Diversification in a Fractured World

How fast markets change. After more than a decade of U.S. equity market dominance, the MSCI EAFE index, which tracks developed markets across Europe, Australasia, and the Far East, has outperformed the S&P 500 by 15% year-to-date (as of May 1st). In a world increasingly redefined by geopolitical tensions, inflation risks, and de-globalisation, investors are rightly asking: does this dramatic trend reversal signal a longer term turning point for the relative performance of U.S. versus global markets?

2 June 2025
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