Insights & Resources

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.

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.

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. 

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)

Beware the dominant narrative

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. 

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.

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.

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.

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.

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, 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. 

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.

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.

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, 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)

Emma Goodsell interviewed at Hearts and minds.

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.