Quality fundamentals key to withstanding looming recession

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High quality companies with strong fundamentals are better positioned to withstand short-term volatility in the market and a potential recession, according to portfolio manager and ESG head at ECP Asset Management... Read more continue reading

Without a crystal ball, what are the possible scenarios for 2024?

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Making predictions is hard, they say, especially when they are about the future. One of the many truisms attributed to baseball player and popular philosopher Yogi Berra, this pearl is... Read more continue reading

The investment case for global smaller companies

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Financial advisers have long understood the benefits of adding an Australian small cap exposure to a client’s diversified portfolio. Those same benefits apply to global small caps – and on... Read more continue reading

Underpriced Asian equities could benefit from artificial intelligence boom

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Asian equities represent much better value than US equities with attractive investment opportunities in several nations including in China, India, and Taiwan, with some Asian companies well positioned to benefit... Read more continue reading

Infrastructure’s role in a high-tech future

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The rise of technology will be a key growth thematic in 2024 and beyond for the infrastructure sector as it continues expanding to keep up demand for dependable and high-speed... Read more continue reading

The return of the prodigal product – Credit default swaps explained

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Background One of the downsides of the Global Financial Crisis (GFC) has been the tarnished reputation of certain financial instruments that were developed with good intentions, namely derivatives. While there... Read more continue reading

Playing the long game

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In Australia and around the globe, companies face escalating costs, high inflation, tight labour markets, and dwindling consumer demand. The spectre of a recession looms as well. But the companies... Read more continue reading

RBA minutes, Bullock commentary and bond markets waiting for policy rate cuts like waiting for Godot

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RBA minutes, Bullock commentary: a December policy rate hike looks unlikely. Governor’s communication well framed Yesterday’s Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) Board meeting minutes from the 7 November  Board meeting... Read more continue reading

Superfunds should take active ownership like AustralianSuper in protecting core infrastructure

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As the takeover bid for Origin Energy (ASX: ORG) heats up, Emanuel Datt, CIO of Datt Capital, an Australian equities investment manager, says that it welcomes news that AustralianSuper, Origin’s... Read more continue reading

Long/short funds are too expensive: fact or fiction?

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Fee pressures have been felt across the Australian funds management landscape for over a decade. Whilst investors have benefitted from meaningful compression in traditional global long-only equities products, the global... Read more continue reading