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One of the rationales for establishing a family office is to provide a strong & robust framework for investment policy. This in turn provides the ...

Against a backdrop of record low unemployment, high commodity prices, strong corporate profits and rising inflation concerns, the Government did not forecast a surplus, instead ...

As far as budgets go for households and families, this year’s Federal Budget looked like something straight out of the pre-Election playbook; unoffensive, reserved an...

Recent budgets have focused on incentivising capital expenditure through tax breaks and innovation, themes which have been carried through to this year’s Federal Budget bu...

The events and trends over the last 25 years now potentially make way for a new cycle, specifically one where the previous trend returns will be ...

In the best scenario, COVID will be omnipresent for a long time and will be part of our lives, even after the vaccination rollout. So, ...

The cyclical upturn, accompanying inflation and bond market fears a few months ago have evaporated over recent months. What waits after the lull?

Delivering over 12 months is great. Delivering over 25 years is truly unique.

With the Fed seeking a dual aim of full unemployment and inflation around 2%, the risk is of inflation overshoot, which the Fed states it can ...

Paul Ashworth named as one of Australia’s Top 100 Financial Advisers for the third year running.

The Goldilocks economy was coined in the US during the mid-1960’s. It was used to describe the “not too hot, not too cold” economic enviro...

At Cameron Harrison, we are a team of investment managers who have been delivering asset allocation solutions to clients for over 25 years; a period spanning t...

New superannuation contribution limits are coming. Taking advantage of the changes will enhance your retirement strategy.​

In the face of an enormous structural spending ‘black hole’, Victorians will foot the bill with new and increased taxes to hit property owners, tenants and ...

The danger is always in the assumptions. Will the vast, $4.5 trillion of household savings, get deployed into consumption demand or get directed elsewhere?

With an acceptance of higher government deficits in pursuit of economic growth and full employment, the 2021 Budget reinforces fiscal policy for a Hermit Kingdom.

As far as individuals and families are concerned, it was a straight-forward, uncontentious Budget that will please almost all through extended temporary tax cuts, superannuation ...

The 2021 Budget was full of winners, including small and medium business. There is little ‘new news’ in this year’s announcements as most policies are extens...

Have the increased inflationary expectations altered our Asset Allocation Strategy?

From stay-at-home orders to online auctions, the pandemic has touched nearly all property sectors.

Should we as investors be worried about inflation and the flow-on effects to asset markets? The answer is both yes and no.

The return outlook for fixed government bonds is meagre or awful, but opportunities remain in asset backed and credit markets.

2021 will be a year of recovery and repair but will it be enough to satisfy the markets lofty expectations.

Cameron Harrison sees big valuation problems for certain sectors such as technology, but not a critical concern for equity markets through 2021.

2021 is shaping up to be year of recovery, but is your strategy up to the task?

The last 7 days has delivered a Democrat controlled Congress. In turn, fiscal stimulus supporting pro-cyclical growth will likely be more assured through 2021.

Rotting lobster, stranded ships, and expensive wine. What is the impact of China’s trade tariffs?

Looking past China's tantrums, Australian equities should on balance perform well in 2021.

FAANGM Stocks are trading on dangerously high premium to the rest of the market, creating the risk of a painful snap-back for investors.

Careful not to play market 'hopscotch' looking through the rear vision mirror.

Over the last decade, China’s growth rate has halved from 10% to now an ‘official’ 5% per annum For the decade ahead, we forecast China growth halvin...

Unconstrained by an ideological need to balance the budget of the cycle, the Morrison Government has unleashed the Godzilla of all budget deficits, with FY2021 ...

An uncomplicated (and largely as expected) Budget as far as individual taxpayers and investors are concerned, centred around a single big-ticket tax break which will ...

This year’s Budget is a budget for many businesses, just not big business. Most of the measures are targeted at businesses with less than $5 bi...

Astuteness means we're masters of the downside risk. We don't believe everything that's written in the newspaper.

Peak performance is also about coming down the mountain well.

In a break from the market woes, economic gloom and industry scandals that dominate the financial press headlines, our Managing Partner, Paul Ashworth, has been ...

As mountain guides, we provide the ropes and routes, it’s your summit we protect.

We're in the business of mapping strategy, where the compass is never true north. It 's a journey where insights and experience are vital.

Investors looking for a long-term investment return should look beyond the FAANG’s (an acronym that refers to five leading US technology companies).

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A bit like the Artful Dodger in Charles Dickens 'Oliver Twist', the Australian economy has dodged and weaved the technical definition of a recession (that ...

We navigate with analysis, combined with 50 years of balance of risks perspective. It ensures we see the woods from the trees.

Normally in world wars, we press labour to either fight or produce the armaments that the war effort will require. Resources are fully engaged. A ...

The next wave of fiscal stimulus has been unleashed, but will it be enough to build a proverbial bridge to the post COVID-19 promised land.

In a further escalation of the extraordinary policy responses by governments and central banks, the RBA and Government both unleashed further supports to transition businesses ...

The times require extreme prudence, but with an eye beyond the crisis.

Saudi’s throw a grenade into a bloodbath. In a worrying development for coronavirus-hit financial markets, oil markets are now in crisis.

Astuteness means we're master of the downside risk.  We don't believe everything that's written in the newspaper.  

The spread of coronavirus outside China has rattled equity markets, but what is the impact for the Australian economy?

Astuteness means we're masters of the downside risk.

Interest-Bearing Securities, or Bonds, provide a key source of income and portfolio ballast to any asset allocation, an importance that has been highlighted by the ...

At the end of a bull market, when the gains have been disproportionately shared between ‘winners’ and ‘losers’, it is not unusual for governments to seek to ...

12-months ago global growth reached a post-recession peak as we experienced synchronised global growth across many different countries.

Properly diversifying your investment pool not only means diversification at an asset class level but also diversifying individual exposures at the security level.