How to invest like the professionals
Most investors hold bank shares and deposits, which book-end a rich capital structure. Yet few have exposure to the assets that reside in between.
Christopher Joye, Columnist
Christopher Joye is a contributing editor to The Australian Financial Review. He is a leading economist, fund manager and policy adviser who has previously worked for Goldman Sachs and the RBA, and was a director of the Menzies Research Centre. He is currently a director of Smarter Money Investments.
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