How much more pain for the AUD vs USD?
The AUD has declined 9% against the USD over the past year, primarily due to U.S. economic strength amid Australian ...
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Portfolio Construction: Avoiding Bad Behaviour
Category: Behavioural Investing
Produced as a companion to our behavioural investing podcast series with Ensombl, this white paper explores the outcomes of the poor investor behaviour that our biases can drive, and examines the ways advisors can better connect values, goals, and risk, to drive better advice outcomes.
Factors, Funds and Performance Chasing
Category: Factor investing
In this white paper, we provide empirical evidence for the mean reverting nature of outperformance in both Aussie equities and Aussie fixed income. We also discuss the role of investment styles and market factors in driving manager returns and how understanding these factors can lead to a more comprehensive evaluation of a manager’s true performance.
Quarterly Market Update
Category: Market updates
In our regular quarterly update, we discuss what has happened in markets for Q1 of 2025, and provide our market outlook and how this relates to our current portfolio positioning. Our quarterly update also summarises all the trades we have made over the last 12 months and our rationale for these. These are available in both PDF format and as video updates featuring Dinyar Irani and Rafio Khan
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Some Thoughts on A.I. and Historical Precedents
This reflection highlights the historical parallels between AI and previous technological revolutions, noting how past innovations created new industries and ...
Starting Valuations Part 1
Are High Valuations a Warning Sign?
The S&P 500's stellar returns have sparked concerns about its high CAPE ratio of 38, ...
How behavioural biases drive the factors that underpin returns
Investor behavioural biases—like overreaction, underreaction, and conservatism—distort market efficiency and drive factor returns. These biases create opportunities for factors such ...
Innova Asset Management – 2025 Outlook
As we close the year, we reflect on 2024's unique market conditions and share our 2025 investment outlook. We expect ...
Ensombl ALPD, Adviser questions answered: Overcoming behavioural biases with goals-based investing
We presented an engaging session at the Ensombl all licensee PD day addressing the topic overcoming behavioural biases with goals-based ...
The Irony of Factor Investing
Factor investing offers the potential for higher risk-adjusted returns, but its success demands patience and resilience against behavioural biases. With ...
Quarterly market update | Q3 2024
In our regular quarterly update we discuss what has happened in markets for Q3 2024, as well as our market ...
Quarterly market update | Q1 2025
In our regular quarterly update we discuss what has happened in markets for Q1 2025, as well as our market ...