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Signal or noise? How to tell if your manager is underperforming or just out of fashion

When portfolio construction decisions are driven by short-term performance anxiety rather than process, the real cost is conviction. Shane Brereton explains...

Why advisers may want a speedboat alongside the cruise ships when allocating to alternatives

As hedge fund allocations crowd into mega-platforms, CastleKnight offers a sharper, more concentrated source of catalyst-driven alpha for investors seeking...

Behind the GP-led revolution in private equity secondaries

Pantheon Managing Director Jack Wasserman says the rise of GP-led secondaries has fundamentally changed what the secondaries market is for. What was once a...

Beyond income: what unlisted property actually does in a private wealth portfolio

Unlisted property investment has shifted from a selective add-on to a structural allocation. Advisers explain how sizing, liquidity and active management shape...

Sizing up: why a 10-20 per cent allocation to global small caps belongs in portfolios

Ausbil Investment Management's Tobias Bucks argues that global small caps are the most overlooked part of the opportunity set, and that deglobalisation and...

Fear, euphoria and the emerging-markets opportunity investors keep missing

Pzena Investment Management president Allison Fisch says the assumptions that steer investors away from value in emerging markets don’t hold up. If anything,...

Why advisers should tilt global and lean into AI exposure

Arrow Private Wealth's Ryan Synnot argues advisers cannot afford to underweight global equities or sidestep AI, with the real concentration risk often hiding...

Credit's time: portfolio diversification reimagined in volatility

Harrison Lane, investment director at Apostle Funds Management, makes the case for global sub-investment grade credit as a smarter approach to portfolio...

The quiet return of Australian equity income 

Australian equity income is reasserting its place in client portfolios, not as a nostalgic reach for yield, but as a way to combine regular distributions,...

Knowing the full private markets spectrum is now table stakes

Escala Partners' Will Hauser says public markets are becoming increasingly commoditised, the adviser edge is narrowing and the practices that do not understand...

The myths holding clients back from private markets

FinCap executive chair Christian Ryan says private markets are more familiar, more accessible and more visible than most investors assume. The barrier is...

The queue that isn’t forming: why Australia’s IPO market has stalled

Katie Hudson, head of Australian equities research at Yarra Capital Management, argues that the IPO drought gripping listed markets is not a demand problem, it...

The Egyptian wheat loan that can answer a key challenge in client portfolios

Egypt was the sovereign headline, but the wheat facility shows why investors can seek comfort in analysing the guarantees, collateral, creditor status and...

When life changes, advice relationships matter most

White Rabbit Advisory's Nicola Beswick argues that knowing clients at a human level is not a soft skill. It is the most operationally important thing an...

The 25-year cycle: how history is pointing advisers toward small caps right now

After 26 years in small cap investing, Wellington Management's Peter Carpi has a clear message for advisers: the rotation from large caps to small caps is not...

The invisible practice problem: generic positioning is killing your growth

Drew Meredith of Wattle Partners says most advice practices are invisible because they try to serve everyone. The fix is simpler than most think: find a...