Rising risks for sophisticated investors
Soaring property prices is creating a legion of new 'sophisticated investors' who could be pushed into riskier financial products.
Soaring property prices is creating a legion of new 'sophisticated investors' who could be pushed into riskier financial products.
A looming apartment glut could create new opportunities for savvy investors willing to bargain but beware dodgy advice.
Lenders, including the big four banks, have raised the cost of nearly 130 mortgage products in the past four weeks.
The value of exchange traded products listed on the ASX rose by $3.5 billion over the last 12 months.
Almost 10 years after the GFC, investors remain gun-shy of risk strategies with derivative overlays.
Nandan Nilekani, a co-founder of one of India's biggest information technology services companies, is an older billionaire but a young investor.
Risks have been magnified not only by asset illiquidity, but by the increasingly herd-like behaviour of investors.
Can you act like a super fund and buy your own little bit of highway?
Challenger has signed its biggest deal in several years, giving the group access to a market that is seven times bigger than in Australia.
Social impact bonds are increasing in popularity as funding models.
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