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Top global money managers are telling investors to steer clear of companies that don’t make money and invest instead in unloved but profitable businesses, as continuing central bank interest rate rises threaten to keep markets falling.

November 18, 2022

Why Sohn’s top stock pickers want investors to play it safe

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Two hundred of Australia’s best and brightest money managers, bankers and entrepreneurs toasted the seventh Sohn Hearts and Minds conference at David Walsh’s Museum of Old and New Art, better known as MONA, in Hobart on Thursday night.

November 18, 2022

Fundies and billionaires party in Hobart

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A room filled with 700 of the country’s financial luminaries and billionaires is a difficult place to pitch an investment idea but it’s a great place to raise money for charity.

November 18, 2022

Hearts racing: Rich listers rendezvous for speed-dating style stock picking

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Professional gambler and arts impresario David Walsh had a brutal message for successful top money managers – you may just be lucky.

November 18, 2022

How Mona's David Walsh shocked our top stock pickers

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The Sohn Hearts & Minds Investment Leaders Conference, held annually, had before Friday’s event made more than $40m in collective donations to medical research. It applies the stock picks made by fund managers in an investment portfolio.

November 18, 2022

Fund managers go global for top Sohn conference stock picks over Aussie companies

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Fund manager turned anti-corruption campaigner Bill Browder is advising investors to hang on to their cash until central banks stop raising interest rates and the cost of living starts to come down, before investing it strategically.

November 18, 2022

Don’t rush to invest yet, fund manager tells Sohn event

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Technology behind the tech; healthier lifestyles; the green transition and regulatory tailwinds. These are the mega-themes the smartest minds in the market are now firmly getting behind which they believe can help them deliver outsized profits.

November 18, 2022

Behind the mega-themes shaping top stockpickers

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Perpetual’s top stock picker Anthony Aboud makes his money running against the crowd and this is why property trusts like Charter Hall are sitting right the top his list right now.

November 17, 2022

Low debt counts for everything, says Perpetual’s Aboud

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Perpetual’s star stock picker Anthony Aboud says companies with strong balance sheets will finally be rewarded for their discipline in an environment of rising interest rates and global market upheaval.

November 17, 2022

Perpetual’s Aboud says bet on balance sheets in turbulent markets

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Some of the top fund managers in the country will on Friday pitch their best investment ideas to the Sohn Hearts & Minds conference.

November 17, 2022

Five years on, what are the best Sohn stock picks to date?

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Gerry Cardinale, the owner of AC Milan and a host of other soccer, cricket, baseball and ice hockey assets is trying to double his money in the ‘resilient’ asset class.

November 16, 2022

How Gerry Cardinale of RedBird Capital tries to double his money investing in sport

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Twenty students from Kingston High School have been given the opportunity to attend the prestigious Sohn Hearts & Minds conference this week.

November 16, 2022

Forum to win over hearts and minds

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James Miller, a portfolio manager at Firetrail Investments, believes investors need to stop seeing the global decarbonisation push as a risk – and start seeing it as an opportunity.

November 14, 2022

Think outside the box for green investment opportunities

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Carleton’s conviction will be on full display on Friday, when he makes his third appearance at the annual Sohn Hearts & Minds Investment Leaders Conference, where stock-pickers share their best ideas in the name of medical research.

November 14, 2022

Tim Carleton is backing the Aussie dream all the way

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Maggie O'Neill, Head of Marketing and Operations at HM1 joined Nick Griffin, CIO of Munro Partners to discuss the history of Hearts & Minds, Munro Partners' involvement and Nick's upcoming stock pitch.

November 11, 2022

Sohn Hearts & Minds with Nick Griffin and Maggie O'Neill

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Bob Desmond is Head of Claremont Global and Co-Portfolio Manager. He will present at the Sohn Hearts & Minds Investment Leaders Conference in Tasmania on November 18.

November 10, 2022

Why this fundie is betting on luxury as recession fears mount

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An increasing intransigence from authorities in Beijing toward private enterprise - and harsh pandemic restrictions - might be keeping some investors away, but the same factors are creating good opportunities in Chinese stocks.

November 8, 2022

Fortune favours the brave in China

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Joyce Meng is a presenter at this year’s Sohn Hearts & Minds Investment Leaders Conference on November 18, which takes place in Hobart and aims to raise money for medical research.

November 7, 2022

This fundie couldn’t be happier with her portfolio

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Munro’s Nick Griffin on why he prefers Alphabet and Amazon over Meta, shorting industrials and Chinese equities, and his top picks for the energy transition.

November 3, 2022

Why the sell-off in big tech looks overdone

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When Auscap Asset Management founder Tim Carleton tips a stock at this month’s Sohn Hearts & Minds conference in Hobart, he doubts it will be a name that shocks investors.

November 1, 2022

Auscap Asset Management founder sticks to a winning formula

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The veteran fund manager says the most uncertain period of his career will deliver huge opportunities – providing his firm can stick to its system.

October 31, 2022

Why Peter Cooper can’t wait for the next 30 years on markets

The veteran fund manager says the most uncertain period of his career will deliver huge opportunities – providing his firm can stick to its system.

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One of the nation’s most influential fund managers has warned that investment markets have entered a “new phase”, with hidden risks in the form of debt sitting in super funds, private equity and big investors that is set to test the financial system.

October 31, 2022

Markets to enter ‘new phase’ with hidden risks lurking, says top stock picker Peter Cooper

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Speaking to The Australian Financial Review before the Sohn Hearts & Minds conference, Sandler named global on-demand ride-sharing and food delivery service Uber Technologies among his top picks, alongside real estate marketplace Zillow.

October 30, 2022

Why this fundie is betting big on two losing companies

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When former Amcor chief executive Ken MacKenzie was named the new chairman of BHP five years ago, that was a sign for top-rated fund manager Peter Cooper to move back into the mining giant.

October 30, 2022

How BHP’s appointment of Ken MacKenzie won over fund manager Peter Cooper again

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Jun Bei Liu is the lead portfolio manager at Tribeca Alpha Plus Fund. Ms Liu is set to present an investment idea at the Sohn Hearts & Minds conference in Tasmania on November 18.

October 27, 2022

Why this fundie is calling the peak for CBA shares

Jun Bei Liu is the lead portfolio manager at Tribeca Alpha Plus Fund. Ms Liu is set to present an investment idea at the Sohn Hearts & Minds conference in Tasmania on November 18.

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Regal’s hedge fund focused on the resources space has thumped the market and its top stock picker, Tim Elliott, says resources stocks are still cheap.

October 24, 2022

Regal hedge fund manager says resources stocks are still cheap

Regal’s hedge fund focused on the resources space has thumped the market and its top stock picker, Tim Elliott, says resources stocks are still cheap.

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Desmond, who worked in London before moving to Australia in 2008, is making his first appearance at the annual Sohn Hearts & Minds Investment Leaders Conference, where fund managers give their favourite stock tips to raise money for medical research charities.

October 24, 2022

‘Forget forecasts – focus on quality’, says Claremont Global chief Bob Desmond ahead of Sohn Hearts & Minds Investment Leaders Conference

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Catherine Allfrey, Principal and Portfolio Manager of WaveStone Capital will be speaking at this year's Sohn Hearts & Minds Conference in Hobart which raises funds for Australian medical research.

October 17, 2022

WaveStone Capital's Catherine Allfrey warns of profit downgrades to come as downturn hits

Catherine Allfrey, Principal and Portfolio Manager of WaveStone Capital will be speaking at this year's Sohn Hearts & Minds Conference in Hobart which raises funds for Australian medical research.

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The WaveStone principal says retail will drop away but quality operators will find a way through.

October 17, 2022

This fund manager thinks the RBA got it right in moderating rate rises

The WaveStone principal says retail will drop away but quality operators will find a way through.

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Bill Browder, the fund manager who has become one of Vladimir Putin’s fiercest critics, says the Russian leader is increasingly desperate, but no less dangerous.

October 13, 2022

This fundie fought Vladimir Putin. He says there can be no peace deal

Bill Browder, the fund manager who has become one of Vladimir Putin’s fiercest critics, says the Russian leader is increasingly desperate, but no less dangerous.

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Bill Browder, once the largest foreign investor in Russia and the man behind the global Magnitsky justice campaign, says the US is the weakest link in the war in Ukraine.

October 13, 2022

It’s Trump I fear, says Putin’s nemesis

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There are many descriptors for Browder, including Russia’s anti-corruption crusader, and its most dogged oligarch hunter. But it’s his title as Putin’s No.1 foreign enemy that bestows on him another label - consummate survivor.

October 13, 2022

‘He doesn’t negotiate’: Russia’s foreign enemy No.1 on what makes Putin tick

There are many descriptors for Browder, including Russia’s anti-corruption crusader, and its most dogged oligarch hunter. But it’s his title as Putin’s No.1 foreign enemy that bestows on him another label - consummate survivor.

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On November 18, Griffin – with $4.7bn under management at Munro Partners – heads to Hobart for this year’s face-to-face pitch to investors on his 2023 pick.

October 4, 2022

What stock will Sohn’s top picker choose next?

On November 18, Griffin – with $4.7bn under management at Munro Partners – heads to Hobart for this year’s face-to-face pitch to investors on his 2023 pick.

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Tim Carleton, founder of Auscap Asset Management and 2022 Conference Fund Manager sat down with Equity Mates to discuss his investment philosophy and what makes a great Australian company.

September 29, 2022

Equity Mates: Tim Carleton, Auscap Asset Management

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September 19, 2022

How venture capital and star power built one of sport’s hot new brands

When investor Kara Nortman and actor Natalie Portman decided to start a soccer team, they created a brand that has grabbed the sporting world’s attention.

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Sporting teams and leagues are becoming serious investments for global firms managing billions of dollars, as private equity funds eye off the sector’s growth potential and resilience to economic slumps.

September 17, 2022

‘Recession-proof’: Investment giants eye sport as an asset class

Sporting teams and leagues are becoming serious investments for global firms managing billions of dollars, as private equity funds eye off the sector’s growth potential and resilience to economic slumps.

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Australia’s sports leagues are being held back by a culture of conservatism and need to be more open to private equity investment or risk falling behind, investors say, with Netball Australia’s rejection of a $6.5m bailout cited as just one example of administrators’ aversion to private capital. Conservative Australian sports leagues are ‘letting investment opportunities pass them'.

September 17, 2022

Conservative Australian sports leagues are ‘letting investment opportunities pass them’

Australia’s sports leagues are being held back by a culture of conservatism and need to be more open to private equity investment or risk falling behind, investors say, with Netball Australia’s rejection of a $6.5m bailout cited as just one example of administrators’ aversion to private capital.

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Keynote speaker will be Bill Browder, the former Hermitage Capital hedge fund manager that has become an arch nemesis of Russian President Vladimir Putin, as he has lobbied governments to black-list senior Russian officials attempting to shift their assets offshore.

August 31, 2022

Sohn Hearts & Minds looks beyond tech ahead of Hobart event

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A financier and political activist who is viewed as a key enemy of Russia’s government will address Australian investors on the war in Ukraine at this year’s Sohn Hearts and Minds conference, as the conflict continues to have a major influence on global markets.

August 31, 2022

‘Putin’s number one foreign enemy’ to address Aussie finance event

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Bill Browder, one of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s fiercest critics, the founder of Hermitage Capital and the man behind the Magnitsky Law on human rights, will headline this year’s Sohn Hearts & Minds investor conference.

August 31, 2022

Putin critic and author Bill Browder to headline Sohn investor conference

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