Investor Insights

Since the beginning of the year, the Polen Global Growth Fund has traded, or adjusted positions in, a number of portfolio holdings and as some of the names are those you are likely familiar with, Polen Capital thought it would be more than a little interesting to shed some light on the reason for the changes.

Explore the investment opportunities presented by high-quality, growth businesses poised to capitalise on the global, secular shift of an ageing population.   Polen Capital’s International Growth team highlights the potential within the medtech sector driven by a rapidly ageing global demographic.

I have previously written here that one of the most repeatable ways to make money on the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) is to buy into a retail store rollout story early.

The monthly consumer price index (CPI) indicator released last week reported a 3. 6 per cent increase in the 12 months to April. This follows the 3. 5 per cent increase reported in March. We have seen relative stability in the rate of inflation since December 2023, albeit with slight upticks reported in the past two months.

Last week the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) released the minutes from their most recent monetary policy meeting, held earlier this month. The decision to keep the cash rate was made because there had not been sufficient data to warrant a change at this stage.

  In this week’s video insight, I discuss the remarkable progress of Telix Pharmaceuticals (ASX:TLX). Over the past ten months, Telix’s share price has seen significant growth, driven by advancements in radiation imaging and therapy technologies. Their flagship product, Illuccix, is gaining traction in the market.

One of the questions we get asked often is about the size of the companies that we can invest in with the Montgomery Small Companies Fund.

  In this week’s video insight, Sean Sequeira and I discuss the strategic decisions within the mining sector, highlighted by BHP’s latest bid for Anglo American. This move, part of a broader trend of significant acquisitions, could reshape the competitive landscape by boosting BHP’s (ASX:BHP) production in iron ore, copper, and metallurgical coal.

For almost a decade, I have described Australian residential property owners as a “protected species”; Whether we look at the banks, the banking system in its entirety, regulators, including the Australia Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA), the government and even individual politicians – many of whom own multiple residential investment properties – nobody wants to see property prices fall.

  In this week’s video insight, I discuss how private credit funds can be an effective strategy for Australians, especially during the current cost–of–living crisis. I delve into why these funds might be a helpful addition to your investment portfolio, particularly in these challenging economic times.

It has been a while since we reported on the major banks, which have now all provided half-year updates to their operating performance.   Before reporting on their results, I think it worthwhile to provide you with a usefully simplified framework for analysing or comparing a bank’s performance.

Recent data from the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) on the Australian non-bank financing sector alluded to the fact that businesses are continuing to turn to non-bank providers for funding. As evidenced in the graph below, the non-bank share of business credit is trending upwards.