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When private markets cross 10 per cent threshold, HNW advice has to change

Investment Trends and Praemium data show alternatives have crossed a threshold in HNW portfolios. The implications for adviser practices reach well beyond fund...

Quality over quantity: building global equity conviction at Viola Private Wealth

Alex Thompson, of Viola Private Wealth, argues the concentration risk narrative around global equities is often misdirected, the real problem may sit closer to...

Income at home, growth abroad: the case for a more deliberate global tilt

Sarah Gonzales argues the structural case for global equities has strengthened, but passive allocations are not as neutral as they appear.

Picks, shovels and patience: a framework for global equities today

Troy Armstrong favours Australian resources and global technology and defence, takes a disciplined view on AI, and argues that active management should always...

What a big bank teaches you about being a better adviser

Alex Thompson left a career in institutional banking to advise private clients at Viola Private Wealth, and found that the discipline forged in markets...

Stable earnings, rising capex, better value: the case for listed infrastructure

ClearBridge’s Shane Hurst says the listed infrastructure sector is being driven by a rare mix of growth, income and earnings stability.

The tax advantage nobody's talking about

Australia's CGT changes have widened the after-tax return gap between conventional assets and startup investing. For sophisticated investors, tax-exempt ESVCLP...

Why the next AI trade may be built in concrete, power and land

Artificial intelligence may look like a technology story, but its next investment implications are increasingly physical. For advisers, the question is how...

The concentration problem hiding inside the EM allocation

Genium Investment Partners' Tim Murphy says the emerging markets benchmark has drifted so far from the broader EM growth story that investors relying on it are...

Emerging markets: beyond the technology trade

Foresight Analytics' Jay Kumar says the EM narrative has narrowed to the point where investors risk confusing technology sector exposure with genuine emerging...

Portfolio construction in a regime of greater choice and dispersion

For advisers building growth portfolios around a domestic equity and fixed income core, Esencia's Chris Forrest is direct: the toolkit has expanded...

Why tax alpha is the returns driver HNW advisers need to measure

Praemium and CoreData research shows tax is now a structural driver of HNW returns, but most practices still struggle to measure the value created and surface...

The $2.5 trillion funding gap advisers should not ignore

Trade finance is old, essential and still under-allocated. For advisers, the opportunity starts with a US$2.5 trillion funding gap.

Why the best private markets entry point might be a single deal

FinCap’s Christian Ryan says the combination of a managed account and a direct co-investment channel isn’t just a product decision. It’s a deliberate...

Emerging markets investors face a more complex AI opportunity

AI is no longer a simple growth story in emerging markets. It is creating semiconductor winners, software casualties and fresh opportunities for disciplined...

The AI trade is shifting from chips to Chinese platforms

AI hardware winners have already re-rated. For value investors, the next opportunity may sit in Chinese platform companies still carrying a scepticism discount.