Insights

Investing for Good

Max Cappetta - June 2021

Sustainability is a necessary criteria for the long term, but it should be combined with a range of other stock-selection disciplines to deliver cost-effective and risk-efficient outcomes for investors.

This article was written for One Mandate Group and their recent publication, Australia’s Nobel Laureates Vol III – State of our Innovation Nation: 2021 and Beyond.
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The Renewable Energy Investment Case

Toby Bellingham & Ganesh Suntharam - March 2021

The huge scale, long timeframes and potential volatility of the impending energy transition will require investors to consider a diversified approach that considers both investment merit and portfolio risk.

Global listed infrastructure benchmarking in a
Your Future, Your Super world

Ganesh Suntharam - March 2021

We take a look at the benchmarks used for managing the global listed infrastructure component of superannuation options and find that the varied nature of benchmark rules and construction methodologies results in differing risk and performance characteristics of these commonly used benchmarks.

Why tax matters in an investment portfolio

Max Cappetta - October 2020

Tax is the largest single cost to investors, and tax matters. The application of several systematic steps can assist in tax impact management.

The law of ‘quant’ amid a global pandemic

Max Cappetta - July 2020

With investors forced to navigate increasingly volatile and unpredictable sharemarkets, and with a global recession looming, it is an environment where the investing methodology that is quantitative investing comes into its own

Deciphering Global Infrastructure returns during COVID 19

Ganesh Suntharam - June 2020

As markets continue to throw out new challenges, risk management and diversification across both stock and infrastructure sub sector becomes ever more critical

Socially responsible Australian equity portfolios
Max Cappetta - June 2018

Can investors, in their quest to 'invest for good', still own a 'good investment' ?

Why the FANGs could bite into your portfolio
Anthony Corr - June 2018

Past lessons should be taken into account when looking at high growth stocks

Why Infrastructure has a place in a retirement portfolio

Eric Smith - May 2015

The benefits listed infrastructure can deliver have not been fully incorporated into the thinking of many individual investors.

The impact of increasing interest rates on infrastructure companies

Alex Stephen, March 2017

The recent move by the US Federal Reserve (Fed) to increase interest rates by 0.25% should be a consideration for investors looking to invest in listed infrastructure.

Using SMAs to build better client outcomes
Max Cappetta - November 2016

Building effective strategies for implementation via a SMA structure is a key challenge now facing investment managers and platform providers: it also presents a major opportunity.

Is it as easy as E-S-G ?
Max Cappetta - October 2016

Considering an investment thesis for incorporating the broader concept of sustainability into equity portfolios.

Can you out smart beta ?

Max Cappetta - June 2016

It’s tempting to think that we can all beat the standard, passive benchmark return, that we can out-smart beta. But the reality is, not everyone can.

A New Climate for Change

Max Cappetta - February 2016o

There is arguably no greater investment challenge today than the impact of climate change.

Which Beta is Better ?

Max Cappetta - July 2017ou

The importance of diversification in capturing the essence of infrastructure