Showing 41 to 50 of 140 articles: GOPI KARUNAKARAN | FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2019 The interest rate duration inherent in conventional bond investments is the central diversification play used by most balanced portfolio construction frameworks. Read more CHRIS BEDINGFIELD | FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2019 Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) has been gaining attention in recent months - some positive and some not so positive. Read more GOPI KARUNAKARAN | FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2019 In fixed income investing, there are two conventional sources of return that investors are familiar with - collecting interest payments from bonds (i.e. income) and correctly predicting the direction of rates, which delivers capital gains or losses ... Read more CHRIS RANDS | FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2019 Over the past five years, financial market participants have held more of a negative view of fixed rate bonds given that interest rates were expected to consistently move higher. While rising interest rates are obviously a risk for fixed rate investments ... Read more TOM NELSON , PHILIP SAUNDERS | FRIDAY, 17 MAY 2019 The fast view Read more MARK ARNOLD , JASON ORTHMAN | FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2019 The secret to making money in a capitalist system Read more ANDREW MACKEN , CHRIS DEMASI | THURSDAY, 18 APR 2019 In the hit TV series, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Miriam "Midge" Maisel - married, mother of two from the upper west side of New York City - discovers a hidden talent for stand-up comedy. Her natural, unexpected wit creates twists and turns ... Read more ILAN ISRAELSTAM , DON HOANG | FRIDAY, 29 MAR 2019 The above quote is now referred to as Amara's 'law' and was coined sometime in the 1960s by Roy Amara, Stanford University computer scientist and long-time head of the Institute for the Future. In current times of technology disruption and ultra-fast ... Read more DAMIEN WOOD | FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2019 It is not often you will get this writer singing the praises of our bank regulator. But the recent discussion paper released by APRA on how to increase capital to meet global standards for our major Australian banks, in our view, is not only spot on ... Read more RANDAL JENNEKE | FRIDAY, 8 FEB 2019 For the better part of the last two years, we have been positive about the broader economic outlook, confident that improving global growth and strong corporate earnings would drive markets higher. At the same time, reasonable valuation levels only ... Read more |
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Passing the baton
LIAM ROCHE
ADVICE ASSOCIATE
EUREKA WHITTAKER MACNAUGHT PTY LTD
ADVICE ASSOCIATE
EUREKA WHITTAKER MACNAUGHT PTY LTD
Liam Roche's experience in customer relationships and paraplanning has set him up for success as a financial adviser. Now undertaking the Professional Year, the advice associate at Eureka Whittaker Macnaught tells Karren Vergara how a new breed of advisers is flying the flag.