Make sense of the Australian investment landscape with timely investment updates, articles, videos and podcast interviews from Airlie's seasoned investment experts.
Emma Fisher and Joe Wright explore key drivers and share insights from the recent quarter, as well as offering their perspectives on the market’s outlook. They discuss how the portfolio has navigated the turbulent environment and highlight the opportunities they are closely monitoring.
Emma Fisher and Joe Wright explore key drivers and share insights from the recent quarter, as well as offering their perspectives on the market’s outlook. They discuss how the portfolio has navigated the turbulent environment and highlight the opportunities they are closely monitoring.
Playing a pivotal role in Australia’s health transition.
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Owen Rask from RASK Media sit's down with Airlie's Will Granger to talk about small cap process, risk management and opportunity.
The Airlie 2024 ‘InReview’ offers comprehensive insights into the Australian investment market. Our portfolio managers reflect on market drivers from the past year, discuss their current portfolio strategies and share their future outlook.
Growing through the cycle.
Portfolio Manager, Emma Fisher is joined by Analysts Joe Wright, Vinay Ranjan, Trang Tran and Jack McNally, discussing lessons learnt in the past year and analyse the winners and losers across various sectors. They also share insights into the outlook for sectors and what they are thinking about when positioning the portfolio.
The Airlie Small Companies Fund has reached its one-year anniversary and has demonstrated an impressive performance since the fund’s inception. Portfolio Manager Will Granger discusses what has contributed to the Fund’s success so far and how to navigate the small cap market to pinpoint high-quality opportunities. Will also takes us through the disciplined Airlie investment process that focuses on understanding businesses well and avoiding the more speculative junk in the small caps index.
Ignore ‘market noise’ and focus on investing in quality companies.
Emma Fisher provides insights into key takeaways from reporting season as well as market sentiment. Emma also discusses new opportunities in the portfolio and touches on the healthcare sector and how she assesses it. (Viewing time: 14 mins)
Airlie's Will Granger shares his tips for a concentrated and high-quality portfolio of ASX small companies.
In the recent Livewire Fund in Focus, Airlie's Will Granger discusses how his four factor approach to assessing stocks and how to use the fund in a portfolio.
Fuelling the economy from a strong position. (Reading time: 6 mins)
The Airlie Small Companies fund has reached its one-year anniversary, Portfolio Manager Will Granger talks us through what has contributed to the Fund’s success so far, what has been driving the market over the last 12 months and where he is seeing current opportunities. (Viewing time: 8 mins)
Joe Wright, Senior Equities Analyst, recently spoke with Equity Mates about investing in resources and identifies a company with strong growth prospects. (Listening time: 33 mins)
Gain access to a portfolio of shares in one easy transaction. (Reading time: 4 mins)
Emma Fisher provides her perspective on how the Australian equity market played out in 2023 and the outlook for the year ahead. Emma also discusses movements within the portfolio and the approach to position sizing.
Underappreciated quality.
Emma chats to Equity Mates about the psychology of investing, and provides a stock deep dive on Mineral Resources and PWR Holdings. (Listening time: 57 mins)
Emma Fisher, Portfolio Manager and Joe Wright, Senior Investment Analyst explain why investors should think like a business owner, look through the negative headlines and take a look at a companies in the portfolio with a favourable growth prospects.
Emma Fisher, Portfolio Manager, chats to Airlie's Analysts Joe Wright and Jack McNally about their recent US trip and findings from their discussions with companies, Aristocrat, QBE and SANTOS which are holdings in the Airlie Australian Share Fund.
A sound investment opportunity.
Emma Fisher, Portfolio Manager, chats to Livewire markets about the current investment landscape, she explains why it pays to be bullish and provides her most outstanding idea on the ASX today.
This year in the Airlie investor letter the team share insights on the complexity of investing and why it is important to separate the business from the share price. Emma talks stocks with two of the senior analysts and deep dives into how they performed through the year and we introduce you to the newly launched Airlie Small Companies Fund and Portfolio Manager, Will Granger.
In the latest episode of Livewire's Buy Hold Sell - 5 stocks with fantastic fundamentals, Airlie Portfolio Manager, Will Granger joins Ben Rundle from Hayborough Investment Partners to answer questions and give their views on PWR Holdings, Baby Bunting, Beacon Lighting, EVT Limited and News Corp.
Will Granger, Portfolio Manager of Airlie’s Small Companies Fund, recently spoke with Equity Mates about his newly launched Fund and takes an in-depth look at the giant media conglomerate News Corp. (Listening time: 37 mins)
Emma Fisher, Portfolio Manager, provides her views on the current market environment and discusses her recent trip to Europe where she visited CSL and QBE Insurance, which are two holdings in the Airlie Australian Share Fund.
An opportunity in lithium.
Quality management and strong cycle leading business turnaround.
Emma Fisher, Portfolio Manager, chats to Livewire Markets about two high conviction stocks, CSL and Mineral Resources.
Emma Fisher, Portfolio Manager chats with Robert Goudie about investing in the current market conditions.
Emma Fisher, Portfolio Manager, reflects on the volatility of the past year and discusses Airlie's investment thesis behind a building products company which has been a recent addition to the portfolio. (Viewing time: 8 mins)
Looking for opportunities as the cycle turns. (Reading time: 7 mins)
Beware the dominant narrative
In this interview, Emma Fisher joins co-founder and CEO of PWR, Kees Weel. Hear from Kees as he shares his views on why creating a strong culture drives success, how PWR’s roots in motorsports have opened the door to other opportunities and how the company is positioned for growth in the coming years. (Viewing time: 14 mins)
Emma Fisher, Airlie Portfolio Manager, sat down with James Marley co-founder of Livewire Markets, for a conversation on market cycles, where Airlie is finding opportunities and a few of the high-conviction ideas that the firm is backing. (Viewing time: 17 mins)
The return of volatility could be it (Reading time: 5 mins)
Spinning off the lotteries division is unlocking value.
After varying lengths of ever-lower interest rates, RBA asset-buying and benign inflation – all three are reversing course, resulting in increasingly volatile equity markets in 2022. Airlie Portfolio Manager, Matt Williams and Equities Analyst, Will Granger explore what this means for Australian equities. The pair analyse the latest February earnings season and provide insight into the Airlie Australian Share Fund (AASF) portfolio.
Matt Williams, Portfolio Manager, offers his views on the year ahead, the challenges he sees for Australian companies and discusses investments in the portfolio.
Airlie Analyst Joe Wright takes a look at the lithium industry and explains why the team at Airlie believe it is prudent that they have some form of lithium exposure in their portfolio.
The cheapest lithium stock in the market.
Hiding in plain sight?
LIVE BROADCAST: As lockdowns, uncertainty and fears of inflation abound, the Airlie investment team are focusing on the positive in the domestic outlook. Household and corporate balance sheets are in great shape, as we’ve seen in this August’s reporting season: companies are beginning to return a wall of cash to investors.
Emma Fisher, Airlie Portfolio Manager and Kelli Meagher from Sage Capital agree that finding growth at a reasonable price is a challenge in today's environment - but not impossible. In this Buy Hold Sell thematic discussion, James Marlay investigates the economic factors driving current valuations, how to identify growth names at an appropriate price and two names that our guest fundies think ticks these boxes.
In this episode of Buy Hold Sell, we put three popular growth darlings to the test. These include radiology IT software provider Pro Medicus, Australia's #1 employment marketplace SEEK, and global gambling company Aristocrat Leisure. Plus, Sage Capital's Kelli Meagher and Airlie Funds Management's Emma Fisher share two stocks that they believe can deliver double-digit earnings growth over the years ahead.
In this episode of Buy Hold Sell, we've invited Airlie's Emma Fisher and Sage Capital's Kelli Meagher to share their thoughts on five stocks the brokers are backing. These include Star Entertainment Group, Bapcor, James Hardie, Ansell and Metcash, all of which receive resounding "buys" or "strong buys" from Australia's sell-side.
Emma Fisher, Portfolio Manager of the Airlie Australian Share Fund, chats with Graham and Peter on the Wealth of Experience Podcast about some of Airlie's portfolio holdings including: PWR, Mineral Resources and Reece.
For Wesfarmers, it's all about capital allocation.
It has undoubtedly been a strong year on local markets. The Airlie Australian Share Fund has equally had a solid year and consistently outperformed in both ‘value’ and ‘growth’ markets. Portfolio Manager, Emma Fisher, reviews the last 12 months, what surprised her and where she’s seeing opportunities going forward.
The ‘special’ stocks Emma Fisher is hitching the Airlie wagon to.
Emma Fisher, Airlie Portfolio Manager and Stuart Welch, Alphinity Investment Management discuss how they're positioning their portfolio's for the recovery and share one stock that they believe will emerge stronger post the COVID-19 crisis.
Matt Williams, Portfolio Manager offers his views on the recent value rotation in the market and provides an update on performance and the portfolio.
An underappreciated REIT
Emma Fisher, Airlie Portfolio Manager and Stuart Welch, Alphinity Investment Management, provide their thoughts on three ASX darlings CSL, Brambles and Coles, that have underperformed recently and 2 stocks which they think have a favourable outlook.
Did someone say KFC?
Value investors are hailing the beginning of a new era, with many throwing their hard-earned cash at cyclical stocks, such as industrials and retailers, as pandemic conditions recede. Emma Fisher, Portfolio Manager, provides her thoughts on James Hardie, Harvey Norman, Super Retail Group, Mineral Resources and Incitec Pivot.
Airlie Australian Share Fund portfolio managers, Matt Williams and Emma Fisher, discuss their proven investment framework for finding underappreciated quality or hidden value in businesses on the asx. They also dissect the latest interim results season and what its meant for their portfolios.
Emma Fisher, Portfolio Manager & Head of Research at Airlie Funds Management, recently chatted to Equity Mates and answered a range of investing questions, including her current views on the markets and personal investment strategy.
Emma Fisher, Co-Portfolio Manager of the Airlie Australian Share Fund, talks to Jennifer Herbert about the stocks that drove the Fund’s outperformance in 2020, including Mineral Resources, Wesfarmers and Credit Corp, and provides an update on Australian banks, as well as an outlook for 2021.
A healthcare company that's shrinking to greatness.
Matt Williams discusses the outlook for the Australian share market and tells which companies are set to benefit most from the federal government’s budget stimulus.
A retailer adapting to the pandemic.
Matt Williams joins Livewire's Vishal Teckchandani and Sean Fenton from Sage Capital to discuss 7 stocks that may provide offense and defense in your portfolio.
Matt Williams joins Livewire's Vishal Teckchandani and Sean Fenton from Sage Capital to discuss beaten down sectors that might present attractive opportunities.
Matt Williams reviews the recent results season which was predicted to be the ‘least helpful’ in assessing company’s balance sheet health and growth outlooks. But was it? What have we learnt? What have been the surprises and opportunities, which companies have Airlie continued to invest in, and why?
This high-quality asset manager is better braced for these difficult times than it was during the GFC.
A world-class company going cheaply.
Matt Williams discusses where the team sees value after the recent market volatility from the Covid-19 crisis.
Independent again and set to benefit from a more favourable industry climate.
Matt Williams, Portfolio Manager from Airlie Funds Management and Jun Bei Liu from Tribeca Investment Partners, share their thoughts on some Australian big-cap stocks.
Matt Williams from Airlie Funds Management and Jun Bei Liu from Tribeca Investment Partners, share their thoughts on a few small-cap stocks.
Airlie Portfolio Manager, Emma Fisher, discusses where the team sees value in 2020 and puts a spotlight on stocks including Mineral Resources and CSL.
Matt Williams assess the recent reporting season, why Airlie’s portfolio stocks performed well over the past quarter and gives his outlook for Australian stocks.
The reelection of the Liberal-National coalition and rate cuts are two obvious ones. The other is a little-known decision by APRA.
Industry structure is key.
Matt Williams, Portfolio manager discusses the Funds first 6 months, what changes have been made and the outlook for the Australian market in 2019. (Recorded December 2018)
In our view, Origin’s financial strength and business quality are set to improve, neither of which is reflected in the current valuation of 9.5x PE.
Emma Goodsell interviewed at Hearts and minds.
Emma Goodsell presenting Reece at hearts and minds conference, November 2018.
James Hardie is a rare find: a building products manufacturer with pricing power.
Jeremy Hook from TMS Capital hosts Matt Williams from Airlie Funds Management and Rhett Kessler, to hear where they think the value lies. In addition, each of the panellists nominates one stock that they believe offers compelling value.
With a potential change in Federal government on the horizon, in this thematic discussion, we sat down with Matt Williams from Airlie Funds Management and Rhett Kessler to ask what it means for investors. Will new leadership bring big changes, or will it ultimately be ‘more bark than bite’?
Peter Lynch once said, “Time is on your side when you own shares of superior companies.” The challenge of course is to own those superior companies at a reasonable price. In this episode of Buy Hold Sell we’ve asked two investors with strong valuation disciplines to run five of Australia’s superior growth stocks through their selection process.
The team will outline what makes this Fund stand out in a crowd, how they assess today’s Australian investment landscape and their process for selecting the ~25 stocks in their ‘best ideas’ portfolio.
Analysis along these lines explains why CSL has outshone Telstra.