In this podcast, IML large cap portfolio manager, Daniel Moore, chats to Carl McMinn about a very eventful September quarter. He outlines how the Big 4 Banks and large resources companies drove the ASX 300 over the quarter and affected IML’s large cap performance.

In this podcast, IML small-mid cap portfolio manager, Marc Whittaker, chats to Carl McMinn about a very eventful September quarter, with a special focus on IML’s small-mid cap funds, healthcare and IML’s approach to the resources sector.

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.

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 index
• Why the biggest risk to a comfortable retirement is ourselves
• Why many Australians still don’t have enough money to retire, despite our world-class superannuation system
• Initiatives 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 Sayles
• The Team’s Alpha Thesis – the deeply held beliefs and disciplined process which guide what they do every day
• The Magnificent 7 and long-term prospects for AI
• The Team’s sell discipline and its approach to mistakes
• The importance of company management
• The 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 GUD
• Ansell (ASX: ANN)
• Ampol (ASX: ALD)
• Hansen Technologies (ASX: HSN)

Recorded on 21 August

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 consumer
• The performance of banks and commodity prices
• Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) and the strength of office versus retail
• Key stocks including:
  • Brambles
  • Telstra
  • The Lottery Corporation
  • Aurizon

Podcast was recorded on 21 August.

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 volatility
• AI’s short and long-term investment potential
• Performance of sustainable funds
• Global ESG regulation - which regions are doing it best
• Nuclear energy’s future as a part of Australian and global energy mix
• The ramifications of a 2nd Trump Presidency for sustainable funds