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Integral Diagnostics (ASX:IDX) had a great year in 2024; its share price was up around 50% as its business recovered from the post-Covid doldrums. It has just completed a merger with Capitol Health to make it Australia’s second largest radiology provider and IML portfolio manager Marc Whittaker believes this has it well set up for its next phase of growth.
In this podcast Marc discusses why Integral Diagnostics is one of his highest conviction holdings in IML’s small and mid cap funds.
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Nitin Gupta, Managing Partner and Co-CIO of Flexstone, believes that every investor in private assets should have an allocation to the lower middle market as it drives both portfolio diversification and alpha. He says that this lower middle-market focus, along with Flexstone’s relationships and access, due diligence and investment process and strategy all combine to give Flexstone its enviable track record of never losing money on any of its funds, over its nearly 20-year track record.
In this wide-ranging podcast he talks to Louise Watson from Natixis Investment Managers about:
How he first started in investing and why he chose private markets and Flexstone (3min 12sec)Flexstone’s focus on the lower middle market and its investing ‘special sauce’ (7min 2sec)The best and worst investments in his career and what he learned from them (10min 30sec)The growth of private assets and whether there is a bubble (17min 24sec)Why Flexstone invests in everyday, ‘boring’ businesses (19min 48sec)How Flexstone adds value to the businesses it invests in (22min 50sec) -
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China is Australia’s largest trading partner, so any significant changes in the Chinese economy can have big impacts on Australia’s economy, share markets and the wellbeing of everyday Australians. In this podcast Jason Guthrie chats to IML Portfolio Manager Daniel Moore after his return from a research trip to China. They discuss:
How China’s economy is performing, including on-the-ground feedbackThe recent Chinese stimulus and potential future stimulusThe ramifications of a second Donald Trump US PresidencyThe Chinese property marketChinese steel and lithium industries -
Brambles is an Australian global success story and a high-conviction holding in IML’s large-cap portfolios. It has had a very successful year and is up around 35% in 2024, but is it in now fully valued, or is there more to come?
In this podcast, IML Equity Analyst Josh Freiman talks Jason Guthrie through his investment thesis for IML’s Stock of the Month, Brambles, and why he forecasts compound annual earnings per share (EPS) growth of more than 10% for the next three years.
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Chris Wallis, Vaughan Nelson CEO and CIO thinks that AI is both ‘over-hyped and underappreciated’ and better investment opportunities could lie outside megacap tech, particularly in global small-mid caps. In this in-depth podcast Chris talks to Louise Watson, Head of Country for Natixis Investment Managers Australia about:
Why he first started investing and why he loves itWhere he is seeing the best investment opportunitiesHis thoughts on the global economy and future prospectsWhy global small-mid caps are misunderstood and why it is an attractive asset classWhat sets Vaughan Nelson apart, including the Vaughan Nelson culture -
The global economy takes its lead from the US and it is an important market for many of Australia’s largest companies. IML Equity Analyst Josh Frieman has just returned from a US research trip where he gained first-hand insights into the US economy, as well as Australian companies operating in the US. He joins Natixis IM Distribution Director Carl McMinn to discuss his findings in our latest podcast.
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Natixis Investment Managers’ Global Retirement Index attracts great interest in Australia each year. This year Louise Watson discusses the report’s findings with its author Dave Goodsell. They talk about:
How Australia’s rankings changed in this year’s indexWhy the biggest risk to a comfortable retirement is ourselvesWhy many Australians still don’t have enough money to retire, despite our world-class superannuation systemInitiatives for improving retirement savings around the world -
Louise Watson talks to Aziz Hamzaogullari, Founder, Chief Investment Officer and Portfolio Manager of the Loomis Sayles Growth Equity Strategy Team, about his team’s private equity approach to investing and the investment philosophy they follow to generate long-term alpha. Louise and Aziz also discuss:
The early days of Aziz’s investing career and why he decided to join Loomis SaylesThe Team’s Alpha Thesis – the deeply held beliefs and disciplined process which guide what they do every dayThe Magnificent 7 and long-term prospects for AIThe Team’s sell discipline and its approach to mistakesThe importance of company managementThe potential implications of the US election -
In the second in a special series of reporting season podcasts, Simon Conn, IML Senior Portfolio Manager in the small-mid cap team chats to Jason Guthrie about his main takeaways from Reporting Season so far, including an update on the small-mid cap sector, as well as the results from four key stocks
Amotiv (ASX:AOV), formerly GUDAnsell (ASX: ANN)Ampol (ASX: ALD)Hansen Technologies (ASX: HSN)Recorded on 21 August
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In a special series of reporting season podcasts, IML’s portfolio managers give an update on the main themes they are seeing and performance of key stocks. In this podcast IML portfolio managers Hugh Giddy and Daniel Moore discuss:
The health of the consumerThe performance of banks and commodity pricesReal Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) and the strength of office versus retailKey stocks including:BramblesTelstraThe Lottery CorporationAurizonPodcast was recorded on 21 August.
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In the lead-up to his trip to Australia, Jens Peers, CIO of Mirova US, caught up with Louise Watson to discuss the big themes currently driving returns for Mirova’s global sustainable equity strategy including AI, obesity, renewable energy and global supply chains. In a wide-ranging conversation they also discussed:
Current market volatilityAI’s short and long-term investment potentialPerformance of sustainable fundsGlobal ESG regulation - which regions are doing it bestNuclear energy’s future as a part of Australian and global energy mixThe ramifications of a 2nd Trump Presidency for sustainable funds -
Two Gen Xers, Louise Watson from Natixis Investment Managers and Jacqui Fernley from Mason Stevens discuss Natixis IM’s Generation X report and the financial worries of this generation. Also known as the ‘sandwich generation’, Gen Xers are stuck between two more populous and influential generations and many of them are struggling with the twin problems of caring for ageing parents while still looking after, and financially supporting, their children.
Louise and Jacqui discuss:
How the financial advisory and investment landscape has changed over the past 20 yearsInvestment strategies for people at all stages of their journey to financial freedomHow Gen Xers may be able to overcome their worries about financing their retirementHow higher inflation is affecting retirees’ plansTheir careers and the under-representation of senior women in financial servicesLinks for further information:
Natixis Investment Managers Generation X ReportMason Stevens Investment Regimes – the investing ‘quadrant’ graph Jacqui refers to in the podcastMason Stevens white paper on investment outsourcing trends among Australian financial advisers -
Kevin Creeden, CFA from Loomis, Sayles & Company talks to Louise Watson about why bonds are in high demand while also explaining some fundamentals of fixed income investing.
In the podcast they cover:
Why 2022 was such a terrible year for bonds and why there is such strong appetite for bonds right nowWhy Loomis Sayles is opening up its Global Bond Fund to Australian wholesale investorsFundamentals of bond investing including:How they are tradedThe global aggregate benchmarkFixed vs floating rate bondsBenefits of hedgingDuration How active bond managers seek to beat the indexRead more on the Loomis Sayles Global Bond Fund https://www.im.natixis.com/en-au/funds/loomis-sayles-global-bond-fund
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Generation Development Group (ASX:GDG) is a company you may not be familiar with: it's only just in the ASX Top 500 and often flies under the radar of the mainstream financial press.
However, you have probably heard of its main brand GenLife, would definitely know GenLife's CEO Grant Hackett and may have seen it in the media lately as it pursues the final piece of ratings and investment house Lonsec.
In our latest podcast Lucas Goode, IML Portfolio Manager and Equities Analyst, highlights why GDG is IML's stock of the month, shedding light on:
GDG’s unique and differentiated product offeringsThe potential Lonsec acquisitionRecent share price appreciation and future growth potential - Mostrar mais
