Investment portfolios should consist of both active and passive investment strategies as longer-term market cycles favour both approaches at different points, according to a fund manager.

The current economic environment typified by low interest rates does not favour the theory of value investing, but instead presents a better setting for a growth investing approach, a senior executive at a share research and funds management firm has said.

Nick Shugg provides the latest SMSF tables to assess how well client investment portfolios are performing.

The bond market is significantly more sensitive to changes in yields today than it was 10 years ago, according to Janus Henderson Investors.

A year-to-date analysis of the performance of the initial public offerings (IPO) for 2017 has revealed companies that floated on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) for the first time have generated an average return of 25.9 per cent for the nine months ended 30 September.

A company’s earnings are the key element SMSF trustees should be taking into account in order to achieve consistent earnings from the equities held in their portfolios, according to an industry educator.

The August company reporting season has unearthed some stocks with the potential to be real winners for SMSF investors seeking yield, according to an equities expert.

SMSF members should look to invest in companies that will be distinct winners in the technology sector as its evolution continues to cause disruption within conventional society, a global fund manager has said.

Good investment opportunities are arising in global credit markets in the wake of geopolitical risks around the world, a specialist fund manager has said.