OpenInvest has signed its first new partnership for 2023, joining with a Sydney-based firm to launch a digital investment service with thematic portfolios.

India has exhibited signs of positive macroeconomic developments that should encourage individuals to look to invest in there.

Shorter payback periods are a characteristic individuals should focus upon when contemplating investment asset purchases in 2023.

Non-listed alternative assets can still play a valuable role in investment portfolios despite the fact their returns have fallen recently.

Significant market volatility has been forecast to continue in 2023, but investment returns are expected to lift in the coming year.

Investors can look at a portfolio consisting of a 60 per cent weighting to equities and a 40 per cent weighting to bonds as a good starting point.

Investors should be considering alternative strategies given the usual risk-reducing relationship between bonds and shares has been nearly overturned.

Individuals should not lend too much weight to market forecasts to determine the asset allocations within their investment portfolios.

Individuals should currently be undertaking an investment portfolio rebalance to strengthen their capital protection and lower their overall risk.