As global economic uncertainty persists in the markets, a coherent and structured approach to assess macroeconomic and market scenarios and their impact on investors’ portfolios becomes critical.

Never let a good crisis go to waste. Historically, the EU used to thrive under adversity. The current European crisis is different. It will either be the end of the EU, or at least the end of the EU as we know it.

In Fodder NZ - Markets off to an ''interesting'' start with articles from Gave and Papic, plus Farrelly and Kitces.

In Fodder - Markets off to an ''interesting'' start with articles from Gave and Papic, plus Farrelly and Kitces.

The FSC has called for a cut in the company tax rate to 22%, funded by an increase in the GST. It's hard to see why FSC made this call, particularly given that its stated number one priority is "working to improve the well-being of all Australians".

All that is left of the euro is a currency that bears the same name but that has none of its original features. It is a zombie currency, an undead monetary system pretending to survive.

2016 has started poorly for the global economy - and horribly for markets. A number of negative themes are ascendant, whereas the positive ones are either pausing or petering out.

Do not be distracted by conventional presumptions about the Fed’s tightening cycle and interest rates. The ultimate bogeyman of this investment cycle will be credit quality and the warning sign will be when banks tighten lending standards.

With the Federal Reserve today moving away from zero with a 25 basis point move, has anything changed my view that bond yields will stay lower for longer? I don't think it has. 2016 should be a very interesting market environment

In Fodder NZ this week - Markets and Managers with Mohamed El-Erian, Woody Brock, Bob Huebscher, Michael Furey and Ashley O'Connor

In Fodder this week - Markets and Managers with Mohamed El-Erian, Woody Brock, Bob Huebscher, Michael Furey and Ashley O'Connor

There's a widely held belief that in order to create alpha, a fund manager needs to make meaningful bets away from the market. But is this the reality? Does greater non-market risk actually produce higher alpha?

Today's slowdown is truly global, with economies everywhere contributing to it. We witness "disappointing" growth, quarter by quarter, year after year. The consensus pays too much attention to China as the cause. So what really is behind all this?

In Fodder NZ this week - Dom McCormick on illiquid assets, Michael Kitces on goal risk tolerance plus articles from Jon Shead, Dr Marcel Erni and Fidelity Worldwide Investment.

In Fodder this week - Dom McCormick on illiquid assets, Michael Kitces on goal risk tolerance plus articles from Jon Shead, Dr Marcel Erni and Fidelity Worldwide Investment.

Risk tolerance is a key constraint in designing a portfolio, but it should also be considered a key constraint in establishing their goals for investing in the first place.

Research Roundtable helps identify quality investment solutions and their place in portfolios. Covering a diverse range of investment strategies across a continuous series of meetings, it aims to further develop Investment Committee members’ knowledge and skill in the “secondary” fund research area of “know your product”, and the related due diligence of fund research houses, fund managers and funds, as well as Investment Committee APL and multi-manager portfolio decision-making.

In Fodder NZ this week - terrorism and rate rises with Oliver Hartwich, Marko Papic, Charles Gave, Tony Crescenzi and Robert Gay

The Paris terror attacks have severe political, strategic and economic implications. After only one week, the Union moved away from its ideal of free movement of people, and fiscal rules.

In Fodder this week - terrorism and rate rises with Oliver Hartwich, Marko Papic, Charles Gave, Tony Crescenzi and Robert Gay