Insights

In this article, we outline the risks associated with political lobbying practices, consider best practice for avoiding these risks, and outline 4D’s approach to dealing with recent controversies.

Investing is a marathon, not a sprint.

Apart from the very short COVID-induced downturn in 2020, Australia has largely avoided a material economic recession since 1990-91, where unemployment peaked at almost 12%. As central banks around the world continue their crusade to deliver on their targeted level of unemployed citizens, there have been signs of some deceleration in the Australian economy.

This Best Practice CPD series is published by AdviserVoice and sponsored by Bennelong Funds Management.

It’s an ever-popular debate among investors: which are better, active or passive funds?

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Global investors often exclude emerging markets (EMs) from their investment universe due to perceived unacceptable risk. This article explores why 4D believes EMs are too important to continue to ignore in a global asset allocation, and why listed infrastructure is the perfect way to gain exposure to the long-term EM growth thematic.

This Best Practice CPD series is published by AdviserVoice and sponsored by Bennelong Funds Management.

When it comes down to it, the reason anyone invests their money is to turn one dollar into two. While that seems like an obvious statement, for an investor, there are a lot of questions and considerations behind it.