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How China is leading the e-money race

Around 600 BC, the Chinese were among the first to invent money when they used coins worth the metal within to overcome the hassle of bartering. The invention of paper...
Michael Collins
Michael Collins
Magellan Investment Partners
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Are you (still) a crypto-bull?

One of the oft-quoted failed predictions from the start of the technological age is attributed to Ken Olsen in 1977: "there is no reason anyone would want a computer...
Mia Kwok
Mia Kwok
Livewire Markets
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Researcher-approved funds to explore over the next 5 years

Portfolio trends are shifting. No longer can investors and advisers think about asset allocation as a simplistic framework of equities and bonds that span purely...
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Livewire Markets
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Bright spots create optimistic outlook

The content of recent media and academic reports so often represents climate as an insurmountable challenge where vested political, financial, and social interests...
Chris Rasmussen
Octopus Investments
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The next generation of lithium batteries

Lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries have become a staple of modern technology over the last 20 years. But like all technologies, it will eventually be replaced by something...
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Patrick Poke
Livewire Markets
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The utility of ESG scores in the investment process

We examine the relationship between ESG scores and investment performance and observe that there is a significantly stronger relationship between investment...
John Goetz
Pzena Investment Management
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Sticker shock! How to position portfolios for a potential inflation breakout

Along with rising commodity prices over recent months, the recent much higher than expected lift in United States consumer prices has heightened global market concern...
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David Bassanese
Betashares
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6 long-term investment ideas from Australia's top-rated fund managers

Welcome to Livewire’s Top-Rated Funds Series, where we put the spotlight on some of Australia’s best-rated funds. We’re kicking off this show by featuring six managers...
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MQG
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3 asset classes offering value in a frothy market

To quote the legendary Jeremy Grantham’s thoughts on markets from The Rules of Investing podcast: “This is a bubble, this is serious”. Livewire readers share that...
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Livewire Markets
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There’s no going back for the ESG investing landscape

In recent years, the general sentiment across much of the investment sector has been one that pushes industries towards a greater embrace of environmental, social and...
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Jon Deane
Jon Deane
Trovio
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How to play the shift to net-zero emissions

The shift to renewables. We all know it’s coming. To meet net-zero emission targets by 2050, experts predict that we need to hit peak emissions by 2030. In just nine...
Nicholas Plessas
Nicholas Plessas
Livewire
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Why India could be third-placed by 2030

India is the world’s sixth-largest economy by GDP (US$3trillion) and is likely to shift closer to being the third-largest by the end of this decade (US$5-7trillion),...
Mugunthan Siva
India Avenue
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How to talk to clients about Bitcoin

Fear of missing out is a powerful force in investing. And it’s difficult to ignore an asset that has gained more than 500,000% in just a few years, eliciting...
Matt Reynolds
Matt Reynolds
Capital Group
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Disruption, innovation and climate change

The fight against climate change is characterised by two steps forward and one step back—yet the direction is inevitable, and as the world shifts from a...
LGT Crestone
LGT Crestone
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What Elon's bitcoin bombshell means for investors

Elon Musk has replaced Donald Trump as the world’s most influential tweeter. Whatever you think of the controversial Tesla boss, you can’t ignore him any more than you...
Tom Stevenson
Fidelity International
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Why it's not (yet) time to buy crypto

As we were coming into 2021, I hadn’t planned on making Bitcoin, and the world of cryptocurrencies it inhabits, the subject of one of my commentaries. However, it’s...
Jonathan Armitage
MLC Asset Management
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The prophets of doom are getting louder and the “winners curse” is getting closer

Over the past four weeks, the price to earnings ratio (PE) for the 100 largest Nasdaq listed companies (NDX) has dropped by 4 PE points. For perspective, during the...
David Poppenbeek
K2 Asset Management
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Early days in the Value recovery

Pro-value cycles have historically been long and durable. The evidence suggests we are in the early stages of what may be a powerful period of value outperformance....
John Goetz
Pzena Investment Management
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What an M&A boom would mean for investors

Global mergers and acquisition activity topped US$1.3 trillion in the first quarter of 2021, setting a new record for the strongest opening period ever and suggesting...
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Glenn Freeman
Livewire Markets
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How to invest in the changing energy paradigm

With the regular news cycle and upheaval of last year it is easy to overlook huge changes taking place in how the world generates and consumes energy. Though recent...
Alex Debney
Alex Debney
Conscious Investment Management
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It's time to look at Alternatives

As we approach the halfway mark of 2021 it’s fair to say there’s a lot going on. The first 100 days of the Biden presidency have elapsed, the COVID-19 vaccine is...
Daniel Tamone
Daniel Tamone
The SILC Group
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Bitcoin LIC is a "golden goose" at war

As Geoff Wilson prepares to go to 'war' with his latest LIC (his "preferred investment vehicle" according to the WAR prospectus issued on Friday), the world's biggest...
Chris Meyer
Pinnacle Investment Management Limited
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Venture capital set for further growth

This month we focus on venture capital and growth equity investments. We highlight the trend toward increased allocation to these type of alternative assets, the...
Scott Haslem
LGT Crestone
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Biden’s infrastructure plan, what it means for investing in America

The details of the first of two parts of President Biden’s ‘Build Back Better’ plan, The American Jobs Plan (‘AJP’), was released on March 31 by the White House with a...
Tim Snelgrove
Tim Snelgrove
Coaster Capital
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This is what you need to know now about 5G

After years of cable broadband, is 5G set to change everything in the communications market? How are the opportunities in 5G benefitting infrastructure, and...
Tim Humphreys
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