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Fresh Fundies

For the love of growth: How Michael Frazis finds 100-baggers

It's highly likely that over the past 12 months you have become acquainted with fresh-faced portfolio manager Michael Frazis. After all, he has graced the pages of...
APT
CTT
Ally Selby
Livewire Markets
Education

The ASX companies benefitting from 3 seismic shifts

There have really been three key phases to investment markets over the last year: the chaos at the start of the pandemic, followed by the incredible financial...
Ed Prendergast
Pengana Capital Group
Meet The Investor

Meet Andrew: He loves small caps, growth funds and cycling

A few weeks ago, an unexpected email hit my inbox. The note was from Andrew, a regular Livewire reader based in Victoria managing his investments. Andrew’s note...
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James Marlay
Livewire Markets
Education

Middle child syndrome

The psychologists call it middle child syndrome. The firstborn gets the responsibilities and privileges. The youngest is the over-indulged baby. But what about the...
Tom Stevenson
Fidelity International
Education

Why we invested in Avanti, the future of banking

Holon Global Investments recently announced that we had become a selected shareholder in the Avanti Financial Group, Inc (Avanti Bank) through their $US37 million...
Heath Behncke
Heath Behncke
Holon Global Investments
Expert Insights

6 adviser-approved managed funds for your portfolio

Trying to find the right managed fund can be tough, tiresome, if ultimately rewarding, work. After all, this land of only 25.4 million people boasts 897 Australian...
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Livewire Exclusive
Livewire Markets
Education

Media worth consuming – April 2021

A monthly wrap-up of interesting and informative media on finance, economics, politics and society that you might have missed. Short sellers have been pulling back,...
Jonathan Rochford
Narrow Road Capital
Education

Seven tips on selecting assets for your portfolio

What have we learned over the past seven decades in multi-asset, and how does it relate to what we can expect in the future? A lot has changed in financial markets...
Schroders Australia
Schroders
Education

How to vastly improve your portfolio: A real-life case-study

Following Medallion Financials recent Livewire education piece “How to transform your portfolio” , I thought this Wire would be worthwhile in order to add further...
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Michael Wayne
Medallion Financial Group
Expert Insights

How to transform your portfolio

The majority of Australians' portfolios, for better or worse, suffer from a little thing called "concentration risk". In fact, Medallion Financial Group's Michael...
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Ally Selby
Livewire Markets
Education

What really drives rotations from growth to value stocks?

One of the prevailing investment themes of the past decade has been the long-term underperformance of value stocks versus growth stocks. Many have blamed falling bond...
Schroders Australia
Schroders
Education

Savvy Australian investors are diversifying with Israeli innovation stocks

A Q&A with one of Israel’s leading equity fund managers. Q. What does Alpha LTI invest in? A. Alpha LTIs investable universe includes listed and pre-IPO companies...
Gabi Dishi
Gabi Dishi
Pengana Capital Group
Education

Setting and understanding investment goals

Why invest The simple answer to the fundamental question of why we invest is of course to make money. Perhaps to build personal wealth, or perhaps to build a...
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Michael Goldberg
Collins St Asset Management
Education

Governance of technology and COVID-19

The global response to COVID-19 has been nothing short of a technological revolution in the healthcare sector. Perhaps most remarkable has been the speed with which...
Ted Franks
Pengana Capital Group
Education

Why equities are still king

Even before the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, investors faced significant challenges building long-term wealth. With a muted outlook for economic growth and...
Andrew Mitchell
Ophir Asset Management
Education

Protection finally cheaper just as markets push higher

With markets testing new all-time highs, volatility is finally starting to decline with the VIX Index recently touching post-Covid lows, closing near 16 on Friday....
Alastair MacLeod
Elston Asset Management
Education

Funding non-bank lenders

The lending landscape in Australia has changed significantly over the past two decades. Twenty years ago, banks in Australia controlled over 80% of both business and...
Chris Black
Chris Black
Alexander Funds Management
Education

Australian ETF Review – Raise the bat!

The Australian ETF industry now exceeds $100 billion in funds under management (FUM), topping the milestone figure for the first time just three months after the end...
Ilan Israelstam
Betashares
Education

Your most-asked ETF questions answered

There are so many things in life that remain unanswered: how to cure hiccups, why time runs in only one direction, why there is only one word for thesaurus. However,...
Buy Hold Sell
Livewire Markets
Education

Back to Basics: Choosing the right broker for you

Education, education, education. You asked for it and we listened. In our annual reader survey, it was one of the most requested topics for the Livewire team to cover....
Nicholas Plessas
Nicholas Plessas
Livewire
Education

A guide to a more sustainable portfolio

From small beginnings, environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors have become important considerations for asset managers globally. As you will see in this...
Masja Zandbergen
Masja Zandbergen
Robeco
Education

How to build your investments with a capital structure

To invest well, you need to consider your financial goals, investing time frame and risk tolerance. Investment risk is the likelihood that you’ll lose some or all the...
Philip Ryan
Trilogy Funds
Buy Hold Sell

Where exactly are we in the recovery?

After a year in which Britain almost succumbed to a different sort of wide-ranging existential threat to survival, the words uttered by Winston Churchill in 1940...
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Buy Hold Sell
Livewire Markets
Education

Investors beware: “News” impairs your mental and physical wellbeing

In my previous wire, I showed that overconsumption of news misinforms investors and wastes their time. But that’s not all: in this article, I cite evidence that...
Chris Leithner
Leithner & Company Ltd
Collections

From classic cars to crazy art: How to turn passion into profit

There are those that collect for the joy of it. Fine wines, postcards from far-off places, stamps from all-too-often forgotten eras, playing cards reminiscent of our...
Ally Selby
Livewire Markets
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