Investor Insights

Cochlear’s financial year 2025 (FY25) results delivered a steady, if unspectacular, performance that broadly aligned with the company’s June guidance reset.  Revenue came in at $2. 34 billion, consistent with market expectations following the downgrade, while underlying net profit landed at $392 million – the low end of the revised $390-400 million range.

There’s some early evidence the equity boom is entering a bubble phase. Bubbles can last and keep inflating for a long time. Missing out can be costly, but predicting the exact moment of a bubble’s demise is a waste of time. So, the right strategy isn’t prediction but rebalancing and a little tactical asset allocation.

While Telstra’s share price is up about 80 per cent since the lows of Covid in 2020, the shares are trading at about where they were in 2003, and they are down 26 per cent from their 2015 highs and 45 per cent lower than their all-time highs in 1999.

In a significant step toward revolutionising clean energy production, Rolls-Royce Small Modular Reactors (SMR) has inked a pivotal Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Czech engineering powerhouse Škoda JS. At the heart of the initiative is Rolls-Royce’s innovative 470 megawatt-electric (MWe) pressurized water reactor design.

JB Hi-Fi Limited (ASX:JBH), stamped its leadership on Australia and New Zealand’s retail landscape again, delivering impressive financial year 2025 (FY25) results, and demonstrating exceptional resilience across its portfolio of brands – JB Hi-Fi, The Good Guys, and the recently acquired E&S.

QBE Insurance Group (ASX:QBE), a top 10 company in the portfolios of The Montgomery Fund and The Montgomery [Private] Fund, has delivered an impressive 2025 first-half result, significantly outperforming analyst expectations across key metrics. Bolstered by strong investment income, favourable underlying prior-year claims development (PYD), and below-budget catastrophe (CAT) claims, QBE’s results underline its operational strength and strategic progress.

In this video, Fraser Heard, Head of Partners Private, shares his perspective on the growing role of private credit within client portfolios. He outlines why private credit is emerging as a core asset class in Australia, particularly as investors seek income and diversification away from traditional sources.

In this video, we hear from Russell, an experienced professional who chose to invest in private credit for a specific, short-term goal. Unlike long-term investors, Russell needed access to his capital within a defined timeframe for a property purchase.

TechnologyOne (ASX:TNE), has been a steady presence in the UK since 2006 but its recent transformation under a focused Software as a Service (SaaS) strategy has changed the firm’s earnings growth trajectory.

Why is the stock market rising amid global conflicts in 2025? In 2025, the world is grappling with significant geopolitical uncertainty. Tensions between the U. S. and China have wavered, the tragic conflict between Israel and Iran has escalated, and the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine persists.

We are pleased to announce that Foresight Analytics & Ratings, has reassigned the Aura Private Credit Income Fund a ‘VERY STRONG’ Investment Rating. In a market where many investors are seeking capital stability, monthly income and investments that are uncorrelated to traditional markets, private credit can provide a compelling opportunity.

Global financial markets are enjoying a period of relative calm, with investors seemingly unperturbed by the unpredictability of U. S. President Donald Trump’s second term. The spectre of a trade war between the United States and China, which once loomed large, has, for now, receded, with optimism about deregulation and tax cuts replacing those concerns.