Economy
Staying the course when the world gets speed wobbles
10 June
If you’ve been watching the news lately, you’d be forgiven for feeling uneasy. Geopolitical tensions, persistent inflation, rising interest rates, and global trade uncertainty have created a cocktail of market volatility that’s testing even...[Read More]
We’ve been here before
3 June
Australia experienced its most painful inflation era in the 1970s, when the OPEC oil shocks pushed CPI to a peak of 17.7% in 19741. Wages and prices chased each other in a damaging spiral, interest rates climbed sharply, and real purchasing power...[Read More]
2025: The year the world chose direction
18 December
History rarely announces itself in dramatic bursts. More often, it reveals itself through quiet turning points — moments when trends harden into realities and choices can no longer be postponed. 2025 was one of those years. It did not deliver a...[Read More]
The gift of trust: How talking about us strengthens our business and community
4 December
Referrals mean more to us than words can easily express. When a happy client shares their experience and recommends us to a friend, colleague, or family member, it is one of the greatest compliments we can receive. We never take that trust for...[Read More]
We remain positive on markets but recommend active management to reduce increasing risk in portfolios
3 December
Key points The major themes dominating markets are: Strong returns driven by optimism on Artificial Intelligence (AI) prospects, lower US interest rates, strong corporate profit results and a truce in China-US trade tensions Global market share...[Read More]
How Australia’s economic evolution creates new wealth opportunities
8 October
A recent study by leading Australian universities, Five Economic Themes That Will Dominate the Next Parliament1 has identified five economic themes shaping the next Parliament. While these represent significant shifts, they also create exciting new...[Read More]
Markets remain positive despite increasing uncertainty and slowing growth in the developed world
17 September
Key points The major themes dominating markets are: Slowing economic growth in the developed world, primarily due to President Trump’s ongoing global tariff war, continuing geopolitical tensions, rising budget deficits and government...[Read More]