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Research

The optimal portfolio with 10 asset classes

This study explores which asset classes add value to a traditional portfolio of stocks, bonds and cash.  The results suggest that real estate, commodities and high yield add most value to the traditional asset mix.   To access the paper click below: Strategic Asset Allocation
 December 21, 2011
Research

Call for action on Euro crisis

A group of prominent academics from across the globe have called on governments to substantially reform the world’s banking system and have laid out a plan for dealing with the Euro crisis.
 December 14, 2011
Research

US state SWFs in spotlight

The rise of sovereign wealth funds signals a shift in the balance of economic and financial power in the world, with fast-rising powers creating sovereign wealth funds to invest vast sums of relatively new-found wealth.
 December 7, 2011
Events

Opportunity Australia – 2011

High profile members of Australia’s financial services sector, senior political figures and offshore managers met last month in New York and London to discuss the risks and opportunities involved in entering Australia’s fast growing investment market. Australia’s ambassador to the United States, Kim Beazley, was at  key note speaker in New York and other speakers […]
 December 5, 2011
Research

Investing for the long run

Long‐horizon investors have an edge. This paper argues to take advantage of the long-run investors should institutionalise contrarian behaviour by adopting a rebalancing rule, and redefining the concept of risk away from just volatility.
 November 30, 2011
Research

IMF assess China’s financial system stability

The International Monetary Fund has conducted a detailed analysis of the stability of the Chinese financial system. The stability of the financial system of the world’s second biggest economy has come under the spotlight as concerns about price bubbles in real estate markets, spiralling local government debt, and the sharp increase in off-balance sheet lending […]
 November 16, 2011
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