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Small-cap playbook

Smaller companies felt the impacts of the coronavirus the hardest and decisive action was crucial to survival. Oscar Oberg, Lead Portfolio Manager at Wilson Asset...
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Big discounts on offer for LIC investors

Value investors have long searched for the opportunity to ‘buy a dollar for 80 cents’, but for investors in Listed Investment Companies (LICs) this is not just an...
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Patrick Poke
A Rich Life
Rapid Fire

Volatility is for building positions. This period is no different

Eileen Riley is co-Portfolio Manager of the Loomis Sayles Global Equity Fund, which manages over $250 billion of assets across equity and fixed interest markets, and...
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Geoff Wilson: Principles for dealing with a crisis

Every May for the last two decades, the Wilson Asset Management team has toured Australia on their extensive annual roadshow, getting right in front of their investors...
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Fund in Focus

Totus Alpha Fund: Superior, uncorrelated, risk-adjusted returns

The ASX200 index fell by a staggering 21.2% in March 2020. This was its worst month on record, and many equity funds suffered similar declines. In this dire...
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James McNabb - The COVID effect on credit

Managing a credit portfolio across several asset-backed loans (and previously corporate loans), James and the team at Aquasia's enhanced credit fund have returned...
David Clark
Koda Capital
Funds

Is the Rebound Risky?

“In finance, everything that is agreeable is unsound and everything that is sound is disagreeable.” Winston Churchill With the S&P 500 Index enjoying a rebound of ~28%...
Chad Padowitz
Talaria Asset Management
Funds

The economy is not the market

The jaw-dropping economic data keeps rolling in, with massive falls in GDP and huge surges in unemployment across the major economies painting a truly desperate...
Alex Cowie
Alex Cowie
Funds
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Riding the market with Monash Investors

Monash Investors aims to achieve high rates of absolute returns by investing in a small number of compelling stocks with considerable upside while shorting expensive...
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Funds

The Value Case for Uber Technologies

“I have no way to value it and neither does Steve because they need to increase prices to have a sustainable (presumably smaller) business … I just see that y’all are...
Steve Johnson
Forager
Rapid Fire

5 reasons this fundie is bullish right now

2019 feels like a distant memory. In case you forgot, it was a bumper year for equities with ~20% returns across most stock indices. WAAAX stocks were defying gravity,...
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This isn't stimulus... it's compensation

Whether you think the pandemic was a black swan, a white swan or a pink one, the fact is that no one started 2020 with their portfolios positioned for a bowl of bat...
Alex Cowie
Alex Cowie
Funds

ETF ‘ants’ about to crawl through the US

Globally, passive ETFs have dominated market share when compared to actively managed ETFs. However, against a backdrop of extreme market volatility, there’s increasing...
Chris Meyer
Pinnacle Investment Management Limited
Funds

The time of reckoning for funds with illiquid assets is here

A time of reckoning for those super and other funds offering ready access to investors while holding large exposures to illiquid assets was going to come one day. Most...
Dominic McCormick
Investment Consultant
Funds

Podcast: Adrian Redlich - Double digit returns from asset backed debt

Adrian runs the Merricks Capital Partners Fund, a fund that provides senior asset secured debt to real estate, agriculture & occasionally infrastructure. The fund...
David Clark
Koda Capital
Funds

Ben McGarry - Going Long In Capital Preservation - Podcast

The Totus Capital Alpha Fund is up 9% CYTD for 2020, during a period when global equity markets have rerated significantly. Throughout the episode, Ben discusses the...
David Clark
Koda Capital
Funds

Current tips from legendary investor, Howard Marks

Legendary investor Howard Marks from Oaktree Capital recently released his latest client memo. This time centering on COVID 19 and its effects on markets.In it were...
Camilla Love
eInvest
Funds

How to high grade your portfolio the Cooper Investors way

Active fund managers tell us that a major part of their research process is company visits and field research. Access to management, site visits and interactions with...
James Marlay
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Funds
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Lowe by name, low by nature

Australia is in uncharted territory. With the Reserve Bank of Australia officially turning to unconventional monetary policy, what should investors expect and how...
Fidelity International
Fidelity International
Funds

Triple Threat: Drought, Fires & Corona

Can the Aussie economy take it anymore? We’ve had the triple threat of drought, bushfires and now COVID 19.The RBA has just put in place another 25bps cut as we speak...
Camilla Love
eInvest
Funds

Platinum: Calm, cautious and cashed up

Andrew Clifford and the team at Platinum Asset Management have an advantage over most investors, and it’s not just the decades of investing experience they have racked...
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James Marlay
Livewire Markets
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High returns, limited volatility

Private equity is an asset class that can deliver attractive returns without the volatility found in the listed equity market. Research from one of Australia’s leading...
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Fund in Focus

Fund in Focus: Fidelity Global Emerging Markets Fund

According to McKinsey & Co, by 2025, annual consumption in emerging markets will reach $30trn, a milestone they described as “the biggest growth opportunity in the...
Alex Duffy
Alex Duffy
Fidelity International
Funds

Myths and risks of unlisted assets

Unlisted assets have risen in popularity in recent times (as discussed in the first part of this series), in part due to their less volatile nature and the returns on...
Patrick Poke
A Rich Life
Expert Insights
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An immediate opportunity to invest in tomorrow’s leaders

Federation is a private equity fund that invests in growing businesses that meet a social and economic need in areas like renewables, childcare and health. The core of...
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