Trade deals and stimulus: the key drivers for stock returns

Over the past year, investors have navigated a complex landscape shaped by geopolitical tensions, shifting monetary policies and economic uncertainty. While markets have shown resilience, the focus now turns to the future. The key consideration is what level of returns investors can reasonably expect and what risks may lie ahead.

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Trade deals and stimulus: the key drivers for stock returns
Magellan

Magellan

Global Equities and Global Listed Infrastructure

Magellan’s portfolio managers provide their insights into the global equity and global listed infrastructure landscape, highlighting key market trends and developments over the past year and sharing where they see opportunities emerging in the future.

Global Equities


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Global markets have remained resilient, with strong returns and lower risk strategies proving valuable. Arvid Streimann and Alan Pullen explore key debates shaping the market and share what it means for investors.

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Global Opportunities


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Alan Pullen shares his views on the long-term potential of emerging technologies like Generative AI, which continue to drive innovation, value creation and growth across key portfolio holdings.


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High Conviction


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Global investing is entering a transformative era. Nikki Thomas shares insights on how AI-driven innovation is reshaping industries and creating new structural dynamics for companies worldwide.

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Global Listed Infrastructure

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Ben McVicar and Ofer Karliner discuss their focus on investing in quality businesses with strong fundamentals, with many long-term holdings performing strongly amid recent market volatility.


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Airlie

Airlie Australian Equities

Airlie’s portfolio managers reflect on the evolving Australian equity market, exploring how their robust investment process is informing and identifying areas of opportunity across both large and small-cap companies.

Airlie Australian Share Fund

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Emma Fisher and Joe Wright reflect on Australian market dynamics and share insights into how fundamentals shape their long-term investment approach.


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Airlie Small Companies Fund

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Will Granger discusses how long-term structural trends are shaping opportunities across Australia’s diverse and under-researched small-cap universe.

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Vinva

Vinva Systematic Equities

 

Despite a volatile year, equity markets delivered positive returns, and Vinva Investment Management achieved another year of strong outperformance. Backed by decades of experience and a disciplined investment approach, the team remains committed to delivering strong outcomes through the ongoing pursuit of alpha.

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