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Time and time again I have heard people tell me they want to invest in shares. My response has always been to invest in an index fund.

Think you can beat the market? Hear this cautionary tale

Time and time again, people have told me they want to invest in shares. My response has always been the same.

  • Noel Whittaker

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Do I need to worry about index funds going broke?

For some of our top index funds to go broke, banks, big mining companies and many other household names would have to become worthless.

  • Noel Whittaker
There’s growing concern that the rise of super-sized investors could curb competition.

Investment behemoths deserve more scrutiny

The rise of massive index funds on the sharemarket raises some legitimate questions about the possible effects on competition.

  • Clancy Yeates
If its shareholders approve, BHP will revert to a single primary listing on the Australian Securities Exchange, cementing its position as Australia’s biggest company by market capitalisation

BHP homecoming to lift market’s mining exposure

BHP is set to once again become the big Australian when it collapses its dual listing on the Australian Securities Exchange and the London Stock Exchange to a single listing on the local bourse.

  • John Collett
BetaShares ETFs CEO Alex Vynokur.

Turnbull advice helped turn ‘fool’ into investment guru

When he was setting up BetaShares ETFs, Alex Vynokur was frequently told he was a fool but a former Australian prime minister helped steady his hand as he started on a path to creating a multibillion-dollar index-tracking empire.

  • Alex Druce
Pendal Group chief executive Emilio Gonzalez said there are signs that value stocks in Europe are staging a comeback, particularly in the UK.

'Not changing': Pendal CEO defends active management as performance fees dive

Emilio Gonzalez says active management is the way to go during extreme market volatility, despite the group booking a sharp drop in performance fees last quarter.

  • Charlotte Grieve
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Warren Buffett: Dumped $US6 billion of airline stocks but disagrees violently with the notion that index investing is dead.

Don't 'buy the index': Investing in the time of the coronavirus

Betting on index funds to get your exposure to sharemarkets may not be the optimal strategy during the pandemic.

  • Stephen Bartholomeusz
US stocks had their worst week since the financial crisis last week.

Pressure builds on shadow banks as pandemic spurs rush to cash

Pension funds, insurers and other investors are exposed as the shadow banking system bears the initial brunt of the pandemic-induced panic now roiling markets.

  • Stephen Bartholomeusz
As the world distances itself from the fossil fuel industry, Australia is stuck in a hard place.

How the global fossil fuel divestment push is testing Australia's resolve

Three of the world's largest asset managers have signalled a move away from financing fossil fuels in recent months. What does this mean for Australian banks and funds?

  • Charlotte Grieve
Exchange traded funds continue to prove popular with investors

Exchange Traded Funds still showing astonishing growth

Game plans employed by strategic beta ETFs, which often seek to outperform the market, have grown in variety and complexity.

  • John Collett

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