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A busy year for takeovers

Despite continuing equity market volatility and ongoing geo-political uncertainty (both domestically and overseas), corporate activity again remained elevated towards...
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Andrew Mitchell
Ophir Asset Management
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5 big issues for investors in 2019

There’s no shortage of big-picture issues playing on investors' nerves right now. Macro and geopolitical forces have a firm grip on sentiment, and 2018 will be...
AMP
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Fresh ideas from Future Generation

This week on The Rules of Investing podcast, we've got a special episode featuring three guests from Future Generation (ASX:FGX & ASX:FGG). The Future Generation...
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China: Will they have the last laugh?

Two of the world’s largest economies are going head-to-head and investors are fretting. Will the United States and China make a deal? Will tensions ensue and tariffs...
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The global consolidation wave in 5 charts

As a wave of mergers and acquisitions has swept the business world in recent years, more industries have come to be dominated by just a few massive companies. In many...
Paul Hennessy
Capital Group
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Seb Beloe: 3 big themes for the long-term

WHEB Asset Management is a UK based fund manager at the forefront of the growing movement in Impact Investing, they are also leaders in measuring the impact associated...
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Battle tested for market stress

Given recent market volatility, Christian Obrist, Head of iShares for Australia recently told Livewire; “ETFs have already been battle-tested. If you look at the...
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Blackrock
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AI - A generation-shaping thematic

One of the challenges with artificial intelligence (AI) is that its implementation is so ubiquitous and its applications so broad that it’s easy to be over-awed by its...
Todd Hoare
Todd Hoare
LGT Crestone
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$5 trillion in ETFs and growing

The growth of Exchange Traded Funds has seen the value of funds under management pass US$5 trillion on a global basis, and A$40 billion within Australia. We spoke with...
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Inflation, not Recession, the Big Risk for Investors

Some US homebuilders’ share prices are down more than 50% this year. A large cohort of the global auto sector is trading at 6 to 8 times earnings. These sectors are...
Steve Johnson
Forager
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Wilson: 25,000 reasons to stop changes to dividend imputation

Labor’s proposal to scrap franking credit cash rebates has been one of the most divisive and important topics of debate for Livewire readers. Earlier this week Geoff...
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Two key areas of opportunity

Volatile times can create opportunities for patient investors, and there’s been no shortage of volatility for emerging markets investors lately. Alex Duffy, Portfolio...
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Opportunities in China and India

The performance of Shanghai Composite Index is lagging the US market by a massive 30% so far this year. Mary Manning says this divergence is extreme when compared to...
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The multi-billion dollar opportunity for alternative lenders

Alternative lenders have been one group to benefit from the fallout of the Royal Commission. In this exclusive interview, Andrew Schwartz, Group Managing Director at...
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Finding ‘the next Facebook’

Huge winners like Facebook don’t come along very often, and they’re incredibly difficult to identify when they do. So how can investors benefit from these big winners,...
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One thematic to play the election cycle

The prospect of a Labor government has far reaching ramifications for investors. However, there is one sector that stands to benefit from the election cycle whatever...
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An ‘absolutely massive’ investment thematic

There are few long-term investing themes as powerful as demographic trends, and the rise of Millennials as the biggest cohort of consumers is a prime example. We sat...
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How much left of this bull market?

This bull market is now one of the oldest on record, yet reasons to be wary of it are growing. We sat down with Matthew Haupt, Portfolio Manager at Wilson Asset...
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The big trends in dividends

Dr Don Hamson from Plato Investment Management is always on the lookout for the best income opportunities from equities. His research suggests that there has been a...
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Being an obvious idiot: the toughest part of being a Value Investor

Being a contrarian can be a lonely existence. It involves doing nothing for long periods of time. And then when you do something, you are usually going against...
Steve Johnson
Forager
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The end of the mining cycle?

After a stellar two-year run that saw the ASX 300 Metals & Mining Index more than double, it has slipped by 10% in 3 months as trade tensions and China data hit...
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Disruptive Innovation Could Add Fuel to This Bull Market

Concerned that the nine-year bull run has overstayed its welcome, many strategists have highlighted the narrow leadership of the US stock market as it has bucked...
Nikko AM
Nikko AM
Amova AM
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A profound med-tech breakthrough

Catherine Wood, CEO and CIO at ARK Investment Management (ARK), invests on the cutting edge of robotics, energy storage, next-generation internet and blockchain...
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Why is energy such a burning issue?

With a 38% increase, energy was the best performing sector on the ASX last financial year. In this short video, Stephane Andre, Principal at Alphinity Investment...
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Housing credit crunch

Freely available credit has long helped fund a love affair with property investment, with Australian household leverage up 23 of the last 25 years. Hamish Chalmers...
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