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Reproduced with permission by the Financial Planning Association of Australia

Selected articles of interest, from March 2008.

Emerging markets and commodities: who’s driving who? (6-Feb-2008)
Emerging markets used to be regarded as an investor’s fair weather friend. However, as Nick Field writes, it seems that has all changed over the past five to 10 years. Previously believed to be highly cyclical and heavily dependent on another highly cyclical asset group, commodities, the dynamics between emerging markets, G7 markets and commodities have changed. report
 
Private equity: a fine vintage (6-Feb-2008)
As Australian savings and investment portfolios grow, individuals and institutions are looking to expand their asset allocations into the alternative asset classes. Alternatives include any assets that are not vanilla equity, fixed income or cash, writes Simon Ford. report
 
Alternatives for the benefit of clients (6-Feb-2008)
In recent times there has been increasing coverage of alternative investments and their growing use by a broad range of investors, writes Robert Graham-Smith. report

Source: Reproduced with permission by the Financial Planning Association of Australia - Financial Planning magazine, March, 2008.

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