Navigating the noise – conversations with the Natixis Investment Managers Expert Collective.

How Aziz Hamzaogullari and his team generate long-term alpha

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

3 small-mid caps with good earnings season results and 1 IML has been adding to on weakness

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

IML reporting season update: large caps

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.

The big themes driving global equity returns

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

Reality bites the sandwich generation

Two Gen Xers, Louise Watson from Natixis Investment Managers and Jacqui Fernley from Mason Stevens discuss Natixis IM’s Generation X report and the financial worries of this generation. Also known as the ‘sandwich generation’, Gen Xers are stuck between two more populous and influential generations and many of them are struggling with the twin problems of caring for ageing parents while still looking after, and financially supporting, their children.
Louise and Jacqui discuss:
How the financial advisory and investment landscape has changed over the past 20 years
Investment strategies for people at all stages of their journey to financial freedom
How Gen Xers may be able to overcome their worries about financing their retirement
How higher inflation is affecting retirees’ plans
Their careers and the under-representation of senior women in financial services
Links for further information:
Natixis Investment Managers Generation X Report
Mason Stevens Investment Regimes – the investing ‘quadrant’ graph Jacqui refers to in the podcast
Mason Stevens white paper on investment outsourcing trends among Australian financial advisers
 

IML large cap update - FY 2024

Senior Portfolio Manager Hugh Giddy discusses the performance of IML’s large cap funds for financial year 2024, as well as key stocks and market movements.

IML small cap update - FY 2024

Senior Portfolio Manager Simon Conn discusses the performance of IML’s small and mid cap funds for financial year 2024, as well as key stocks and market movements.

Why bonds are back and bond basics

Kevin Creeden, CFA from Loomis, Sayles & Company talks to Louise Watson about why bonds are in high demand while also explaining some fundamentals of fixed income investing.
In the podcast they cover:
Why 2022 was such a terrible year for bonds and why there is such strong appetite for bonds right now
Why Loomis Sayles is opening up its Global Bond Fund to Australian wholesale investors
Fundamentals of bond investing including:
How they are traded
The global aggregate benchmark
Fixed vs floating rate bonds
Benefits of hedging
Duration 
How active bond managers seek to beat the index
Read more on the Loomis Sayles Global Bond Fund https://www.im.natixis.com/en-au/funds/loomis-sayles-global-bond-fund
 

Is this small cap in the fast lane to the ASX 300?

Generation Development Group (ASX:GDG) is a company you may not be familiar with: it's only just in the ASX Top 500 and often flies under the radar of the mainstream financial press.
However, you have probably heard of its main brand GenLife, would definitely know GenLife's CEO Grant Hackett and may have seen it in the media lately as it pursues the final piece of ratings and investment house Lonsec. 
In our latest podcast Lucas Goode, IML Portfolio Manager and Equities Analyst, highlights why GDG is IML's stock of the month, shedding light on: 
GDG’s unique and differentiated product offerings
The potential Lonsec acquisition
Recent share price appreciation and future growth potential

How will Australia's $3.5 trillion wealth transfer reshape society?

Around the world, many nations are preparing for the largest ever wealth transfer in history. In Australia, it is estimated around $3.5 trillion in assets will be passed on to future generations by 2050.* 
So how will this intergenerational wealth transfer impact the Australian economy and society at large?
Find out in our third and final instalment of  Louise Watson's interview with demographer Simon Kuestenmacher.They discuss:
How and when wealth will transfer from baby boomers to future generations
The changing face of retirement
The impact it will have on the housing market
The social and ethical considerations of “the bank of mum and dad"
*Australian Government Productivity Commission 2021 report "Wealth transfers and their economic effects"