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Investing in the land of opportunity as tensions tighten

WaveStone Capital's Catherine Allfrey believes there is another issue that investors are perhaps sweeping under the rug; China. And more specifically, whether investors can continue to benefit from export opportunities to this growing nation, with bilateral tensions ever the more fraught between Beijing and Canberra.

How Ben Griffiths consistently beats the benchmark

Having a clear and focused strategy along with guts and conviction to execute is key to victory. And the Eley Griffiths Emerging Companies Fund is certainly no stranger to that. The fund has delivered investors returns of 18.71% annually for the last three years to May 2021, compared to just 7.89% for the small-cap benchmark.

Introducing fund profiles and Livewire’s Top-Rated Funds Series

Tomorrow, is an important day for the team at Livewire as we take the first step on the next leg of our journey. We’ll launching a new website feature called Fund Profiles and the 100 Top-Rated Funds Series.

7 trends these fundies believe will shape the next decade

While the battle against COVID-19 isn’t yet won, the emergence of vaccines has provided a faint light of hope at the end of the tunnel. And with the world’s biggest vaccination campaign in history underway, 2021 will be the year of transition into a world that's forever changed.

Don't be contrarian for the sake of it: Hugh Giddy

Are you a crowd-pleaser or are you a contrarian? asks Hugh Giddy, senior portfolio manager at Investors Mutual. Although it wasn't initially intended as advice, it's the best piece of question he has ever been asked in his career to date, and so he asks this question of himself and his investments.

The patient investor: Jay Sivapalan

Two years ago, when Livewire Markets asked Jay Sivapalan from Janus Henderson for his predictions for 2020 and beyond, his response was shocking but now appears eerily prescient.

A quick explainer on fund ratings

Livewire just released our inaugural list of 100 Top-Rated Funds and we've been delighted with the interest in the series. In compiling the list we drew on the latest rating information from three prominent research houses Lonsec, Morningstar and Zenith.

Why PIMCO’s Adam Bowe suspects inflation is a transitory fad

Throughout our discussions with the managers of Australia’s top-rated funds, it’s become evident that their views around the biggest tail risk for markets have evolved. Out with COVID-19; in with inflation.

T. Rowe Price embraces the unloved as euphoria grips markets

Markets are becoming increasingly complacent, with warning signs flashing red across various facets of the financial sphere. That's according to T. Rowe Price's...

A critical question for income investors

The big iron ore miners have become unexpected favourites of income investors over the last few years. A combination of rising iron ore prices, a lack of new production coming to market, and reduces capex bills have seen miners return huge sums of cash to investors in the form of regular dividends, special dividends, and buybacks.

Lonsec's Peter Green: Why it pays to be cynical

For someone who spends his days assessing the performance of the investment industry's mightiest, Lonsec's Peter Green is refreshingly candid, approachable, and down-to-earth.

Think slow: Kate Howitt's secret to winning the long game

After completing an education in one of the world’s leading business schools, the Booth School of Business at the University of Chicago, she pursued a career in management consulting where she became fascinated with understanding what separates great companies from mediocre ones.

Markets are ‘drunk with liquidity’, but is a hangover imminent?

Is this the late stage of the long bull run that started in 2009 or the beginning of a new uptrend after markets crashed last year? Or are markets in a fleeting moment of ecstasy because of the vast sea of government stimulus?

Any company can be a good (or bad) investment

It all depends on the price you pay. That’s the philosophy of Patrick Hodgens and the team from Firetrail Investments.

Getting long term value from small-cap stocks: Eiger Capital

The Eiger is a 4,000-metre high mountain in the Swiss Alps, with a sheer cliff face that sits above the picturesque town of Interlaken, Switzerland. When I asked two of the three founders of Eiger Capital what their namesake means, they said it was an homage to their past.

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 broad domestic, international, and emerging markets.

Marcus Burns: A toasty small cap for the long-term

A reckoning is overdue for stock markets, warns Marcus Burns, co-founder and portfolio manager of Spheria Asset Management.

Spheria Australian Smaller Companies Fund

Spheria

The 6 biggest investing myths and tips to avoid the traps

We here at Livewire Markets are dedicated to separating fact from fiction; modern-day (investing) MythBusters, if you will.

3 asset classes offering value in a frothy market

Against a frothy valuation backdrop, we invited Australia’s leading researchers to share an overlooked asset class offering value on Livewire’s Top-Rated Funds Series.

David Wright's formula for future returns: Alternatives, ESG and key person risk

Having co-founded one of Australia's most respected investment research and funds rating houses, Zenith Investment Partners' David Wright is truly one of the industry's most respected heavyweights.

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100 Top-Rated Funds Series

Get inside the heads of Australia's best Fund Managers. Find out how they are positioned, how they make decisions, and who’s got skin in the game.

Discover Australia’s top-rated funds across each asset class

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Follow the money: which top-rated funds are seeing the biggest inflows

Discover all Top 100 Rated Funds on Livewire

Hyperion duo turn down the noise to dial up returns

Check back tomorrow for more from our Top 100 Rated Funds Series

Featured wires

Follow the money: which top-rated funds are seeing the biggest inflows

Discover all Top 100 Rated Funds on Livewire

Hyperion duo turn down the noise to dial up returns

3 asset classes offering value in a frothy market

David Wright's formula for future returns: Alternatives, ESG and key person risk

Check back tomorrow for more from our Top 100 Rated Funds Series

Featured wires

Hyperion duo turn down the noise to dial up returns

Follow the money: which top-rated funds are seeing the biggest inflows

3 themes Morningstar's Aman Ramrakha is watching

Why rising markets are making Schroders' Simon Doyle uneasy

Discover all 100 Top-Rated Funds on Livewire

Investing in the land of opportunity as tensions tighten

How Ben Griffiths consistently beats the benchmark

Introducing fund profiles and Livewire’s Top-Rated Funds Series

7 trends these fundies believe will shape the next decade

Don't be contrarian for the sake of it: Hugh Giddy

The patient investor: Jay Sivapalan

A quick explainer on fund ratings

Why PIMCO’s Adam Bowe suspects inflation is a transitory fad

T. Rowe Price embraces the unloved as euphoria grips markets

A critical question for income investors

Lonsec's Peter Green: Why it pays to be cynical

Think slow: Kate Howitt's secret to winning the long game

Markets are ‘drunk with liquidity’, but is a hangover imminent?

Any company can be a good (or bad) investment

Getting long term value from small-cap stocks: Eiger Capital

Researcher-approved funds to explore over the next 5 years

Marcus Burns: A toasty small cap for the long-term

The 6 biggest investing myths and tips to avoid the traps

3 asset classes offering value in a frothy market

David Wright's formula for future returns: Alternatives, ESG and key person risk

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