The draft US/EU trade agreement just concluded sets a 15% tariff on most European exports to the US against a 0% reciprocal tariff. The match goes to Trump, 15 to nil.
The urgent question facing liberal democracies is this - will the West soon be history? The answer depends on two factors: military strength and moral clarity.
The subject at hand being so difficult, it is no surprise that almost all commentators can find some logical justification for any theory of currencies they may hold.
Markets seem to have grown less reactive to US President Trump's unpredictable actions. But despite recent market calm, ongoing trade wars, economic disruption from Trump’s policies, and geopolitical tensions warrant a cautious investment strategy.
This paper provides a great summary of the role played by asset consultants and the existing literature on asset consulting (including why they're fired).
Private debt has grown in popularity as an alternative source of debt financing, with the asset class tripling in size since 2008. This self-paced, two-hour online short course equips you with the expertise to navigate private debt investment confidently across diverse market conditions.
Led by behavioural finance expert, Herman Brodie, the Behavioural Finance - Investment Decision-Making course will help you identify, analyse and evaluate the principal human preferences that influence decision-making in situations of uncertainty, so you can recognise and identify these preferences in others, to improve investment decision-making.
Jerome Powell's term as Fed chair does not end until May 2026. But US President Donald Trump is reportedly preparing to name the next chair early in an effort to undermine Powell.
The steady rise of stablecoins is setting the stage for the next financial meltdown. The Federal Reserve could defuse the time bomb by issuing a digital wallet, the mother of all stablecoins.
The core principles underpinning multi-asset, multi-manager investing (MAMMI) go back thousands of years. This preface introduces why MAMMI expertise is more complex, more difficult to successfully practice and more important than ever.
Three investment experts offer and debate their high conviction thesis on a long-term, deep rooted structural change impacting markets over a decade or more.
This paper examines the impact of a key feature of competitive markets on moral behaviour - the possibility that a competitor might step in and conclude the deal if a conscientious market actor forgoes a profitable business opportunity for ethical reasons.
The 1973 Yom Kippur War and Iran's Islamic Revolution in 1979 led to a massive spike in oil prices that fuelled severe stagflation. This time is likely to be different for many reasons.
The key to the near-term outlook is not US tariffs or the Iran war but their geopolitical interplay. This year's twin shocks make a global recession look increasingly likely.
While there is a grain of truth in many of the arguments supporting the claim that private credit is set to blow up, most are vastly overblown or, where correct, can easily be managed.
While the impact of US trade tariffs will be far less than investors fear, broad portfolio diversification is paramount and indexed strategies are no longer appropriate.
Retirement is just one phase in life. This paper provides some interesting insights into mandatory superannuation and its implications for pre- and post-retirement consumption.
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