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Hong Kong in Turmoil

When Hong Kong citizens took to the streets in March this year, most observers expected a short disruption to life in the city.After four months, police have fired off...
Steve Johnson
Forager
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Active vs passive: Which one works better?

Passive investment strategies continue to gain in popularity as large quantities of funds across the world are being invested in them at a time when most active...
DXS
MGR
Anton Tagliaferro
IML
Expert Insights

The Chinese companies winning over the global brands

Multi-national consumer brands have benefited from the rise of the Chinese middle class. That benefit has come with minimal effort as the growing number of wealthy...
Livewire Exclusive
Livewire Markets
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For and against China as a standalone allocation

China is under-represented in traditional indices for both equities and fixed income. So, should investors focus on the country separately? And how should they...
Catherine Yeung
Fidelity International
Rapid Fire

ARK: The five platforms of disruptive innovation

When it comes to investing in disruption a lot of the capital and focus has been on finding opportunities that exist in private markets. Catherine Wood, Chief...
Livewire Exclusive
Livewire Markets
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Capturing value from the 5G evolution

The world’s biggest telecommunications companies spent hundreds of billions of U.S. dollars to build the pipes that undergird the internet, yet they weren’t the big...
PIMCO .
PIMCO
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5G set to contribute to World GDP growth

Fifth generation cellular network technology is the next step in the evolution of digital communications. Faster transfer of data, lower latency, reduced congestion...
John Malloy, Jr
John Malloy, Jr
redwheel
Livewire Live

Late cycle investing with Scott Nuttall, KKR

Humans are drawn to simplicity. It's appealing when an investment has a good narrative that is easy to understand. The problem is they are likely to be appealing to...
James Marlay
Livewire Markets
Livewire Live

Seven shocking predictions for 2020 and beyond

There's a famous saying that predictions are hard to make, especially about the future. For the closing session of Livewire Live 2019, we asked seven presenting fund...
EHE
James Marlay
Livewire Markets
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Six themes for the next five years in markets

What does the next five years hold for equity investors? It's one question that investors ask themselves every day. How should I position my portfolio? What are the...
Fidelity International
Fidelity International
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A beneficiary of the search for yield

As the dreaded ‘R’ word continues to be thrown around in the media, fixed income prices have risen quickly but with decreasing yields as interest rates are still a hot...
Josh Terlich
Josh Terlich
Mason Stevens
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Are investors missing out on Asia?

In the last two decades, Asia has become a powerhouse of global growth. Demographics and digitalisation are fuelling a boom economy that’s expected to continue for...
Catherine Yeung
Fidelity International
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Sign up for the business model of the future

Lather, rinse repeat. This set of simple instructions found on shampoo bottles is also proving to be, metaphorically, a sound business approach in today’s digital...
Matt Reynolds
Matt Reynolds
Capital Group
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Don't end up in the ditch

As recently as two months ago, pundits and talking heads of the financial world were wondering: is it different this time? The global economy was performing strongly,...
Michael Goldberg
Collins St Value Fund
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Digital currency could one day deserve 'reserve' status

In 2015, China’s yuan joined the US dollar, euro, UK pound and yen as an elite currency in the IMF’s ‘special drawing rights’ that members can access in emergencies. ...
Magellan Investment Partners
Magellan
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LICs under pressure to close discounts

In the past year, LIC discounts have increased, and the IPO market has become more difficult. We've seen a handful of LICs commence windup or restructuring...
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Daryl Wilson
Affluence Funds Management
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August preview: lower rates & lower growth

Coming into the August reporting season Australian equities had enjoyed seven months of uninterrupted gains, despite more than 250 profit warnings from ASX-listed...
CCL
COH
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Rudi Filapek-Vandyck
FNArena
Expert Insights

The most compelling theme in growth investing

As the cloud computing revolution rolls on, everyone running a business knows that they're now able to cut down on costs such as servers, hardware and IT support. For...
Livewire Exclusive
Livewire Markets
Investment Theme

Podcast - Billionaire stock picker discusses what you should be paying attention to

Magellan has produced a return of 20% for FY19 and 16% p.a. for the last 10 years. In this episode of Inside the Rope, Hamish Douglass (Magellan's Chairman, CIO...
David Clark
Koda Capital
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A winning stock in the shift to sustainable plastics

Demand for convenience has seen plastic use multiply and today plastics are fundamental to many aspects of daily life. As consumers we interact with plastics many...
AMC
Blake Henricks
Firetrail Investments
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Tech bubble trouble - but not yet!

Many investors are increasingly comparing this current cycle with the late 1990s tech boom and bust. The similarities are straightforward, i.e. rapid and unsustainable...
Brigette Leckie
Brigette Leckie
Koda Capital
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Data Wars Pose A Threat To Global Growth

Everyone knows that data has become the new oil of the global economy and as a result we have seen the rise of the FAANGs, BATs and more. The megatrend for the next...
Brigette Leckie
Brigette Leckie
Koda Capital
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The opportunity for infrastructure in Canada

Calgary Airport. Source: 4D InfrastructureCanada is a fertile investment ground for global listed infrastructure (GLI) companies, accounting for approximately...
4D Infrastructure
4D Infrastructure
A Bennelong boutique
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A high-conviction play on the emerging consumer

We believe that the emerging consumer is a key source of structural growth. Structural growth is important to our fund, because we believe structural growth is worth...
Jeremy Gibson
Munro Partners
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A leverage opportunity in a forgotten thematic

Investing in quality resource companies can let you leverage price gains in an underlying commodity. The challenge is that many commodities today have already had...
Michael Goldberg
Collins St Value Fund
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