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The Anthropic IPO: What the Largest Listing in History Means for Global Portfolios

Within a month or so, what may be the largest listing in stock market history is expected to list on the Nasdaq. Anthropic, the company behind the Claude family of AI models, is heading for public markets at a valuation up to US$2 trillion.

Simon TurnerHead of Content (CFA)

14 Sept 2026

Few Investors Really Understand Inflation. Here’s What It Means

Inflation remains one of the more important investment inputs investors need to get their heads around. It truly influences what you should own if you’re aiming to outperform.

Macro Investment Themes Investor Education

9 Sept 2026

· Simon Turner

· 8 MIN READ

The Bigger Picture - September 2026

A personal question for you: in all honesty, how often do you check your portfolio?

Investment Themes Macro Investor Education

6 Sept 2026

· Simon Turner

· 7 MIN READ

The Great Uranium Deficit: A Shortage the Market Has Stopped Paying For

Uranium has become a rare commodity where almost everyone agrees on its direction and almost nobody agrees on the optimal timing.

Commodities Investment Themes ETF Investor Education

2 Sept 2026

· Simon Turner

· 7 MIN READ

Few Investors Really Understand Inflation. Here’s What It Means

Inflation remains one of the more important investment inputs investors need to get their heads around. It truly influences what you should own if you’re aiming to outperform.

Macro Investment Themes Investor Education

9 Sept 2026

· Simon Turner

· 8 MIN READ

The Bigger Picture - September 2026

A personal question for you: in all honesty, how often do you check your portfolio?

Investment Themes Macro Investor Education

6 Sept 2026

· Simon Turner

· 7 MIN READ

The Great Uranium Deficit: A Shortage the Market Has Stopped Paying For

Uranium has become a rare commodity where almost everyone agrees on its direction and almost nobody agrees on the optimal timing.

Commodities Investment Themes ETF Investor Education

2 Sept 2026

· Simon Turner

· 7 MIN READ

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Inside the Global Liquidity Machine: Why Money Supply Keeps Expanding

You may have heard the term ‘rising money supply’ being bandied around as a key driver of global markets of late. It’s no exaggeration. If anything, most investors aren’t as aware of this market driver as they should be.

Macro Investment Themes Investor Education

2 Feb 2026

· Simon Turner

· 7 MIN READ

The Kind of Portfolio You Can Sleep Through a Market Crash With

There’s a particular kind of calm that comes from watching your portfolio during a violent market sell-off and feeling nothing. No urge to act. No creeping sense that something is broken. Just the knowledge that what you own was designed to survive moments like this.

Investor Education Asset Allocation Investment Themes

1 Feb 2026

· Simon Turner

· 7 MIN READ

The Cheapest Commodity in the World Right Now

For most of financial history, oil has been the beating heart of the global economy as it has fuelled transport, industry, and economic growth. But in early 2026, oil may well hold a less impressive title: the cheapest major commodity in the world. It’s currently trading at a price that defies historical patterns and conventional market wisdom.

Investment Themes Managed Fund ETF

29 Jan 2026

· Simon Turner

· 7 MIN READ

The Great Broadening Has Begun

Are you tired of hearing about the Magnificent Seven being the only investment game in town? That would be understandable since it’s the narrative that’s dominated global equity markets for many years now. It’s been the same outside of the U.S., including here in Australia. The Magnificent Seven have been driving the global equity markets to new highs, and international participation has been rising accordingly.

Investor Education Investment Themes Managed Fund ETF

22 Jan 2026

· Simon Turner

· 5 MIN READ

The Megatrends Here to Stay

Most of the world’s great investors are masters at identifying structural investment trends they can rely to drive their portfolio performance for decades rather than weeks. Whilst predicting the long term future is anything but easy, successfully identifying megatrends is likely to make your life as an investor a lot easier.

Investment Themes Macro ETF Investor Education

14 Jan 2026

· Simon Turner

· 8 MIN READ

2026 Investment Markets Outlook: A Narrow but Navigable Pathway Upwards

As the new year begins, the global economy is on a surprisingly resilient track, although the margin for policy error by governments and central bankers is narrow. With global inflation sticky but moderating and high developed-market government debt, central banks face an ever-finer line in their efforts to cut rates without reigniting inflation or destabilising bond markets.

Investor Education Investment Themes Managed Fund ETF

5 Jan 2026

· Simon Turner

· 16 MIN READ

Could 1929 Repeat as Per the New York Times Warning?

The four most dangerous words in finance have always been it’s different this time. Financial history is littered with stories of incidents and eras when investors en masse genuinely believed it was different that time. Those were times when the crowd collectively gulped down the Kool-Aid and wanted seconds.

Macro Investment Themes Investor Education

4 Dec 2025

· Simon Turner

· 8 MIN READ

The U.S. vs the Rest of the World

For more than a decade, it’s rarely been wrong to be long U.S. equities. The numbers are hard to argue with: the MSCI USA index has outperformed the MSCI World index by almost 50% over the past ten years. The longer term data is even more stark: U.S. stocks have risen from 30% of the MSCI World Index in the 1990s to 75% today. For all intents and purposes, U.S. stocks now dominate global equities.

Macro Investment Themes Investor Education

3 Dec 2025

· Simon Turner

· 6 MIN READ

The Innovation Game: China vs the U.S.

It’s hardly a secret that the countries who win the technology war will dominate the global economy. The US economy is living proof that technology leadership is the route toward economic dominance. But they are not the only superpower with the ambition of technology-led global domination. China is also aiming for technology leadership in the same market segments, such as artificial intelligence, robotics, electric vehicles, and semiconductors.

Investment Themes Macro Managed Fund Investor Education

19 Nov 2025

· Simon Turner

· 8 MIN READ

A Concentration Problem: Why Australia’s Best Opportunities Now Lie Beyond the ASX 20

Australia’s stock market has a concentration problem: the top ten companies in the ASX 200 account for 48% of the entire index, with three of the top six names being banks and representing over a quarter of the index. Commonwealth Bank alone represents 11.3% of ASX 200. Think about that for a moment. One bank represents over a ninth of the index of Australia’s two hundred largest companies.

Investment Themes Managed Fund ETF Investor Education

10 Nov 2025

· Simon Turner

· 7 MIN READ

Wired for Growth: How Infrastructure Became the Backbone of the AI Economy

With markets looking frothy, demand for defensive investments is rising. Global listed infrastructure is arguably one of the more compelling opportunities fit for these times. Not because it’s flashy or in vogue, but because data-networks, electricity grids, toll-roads and communication towers underpin the digital economy and the decarbonisation of global economy.

Infrastructure Managed Fund Investment Themes Investor Education

3 Nov 2025

· Simon Turner

· 6 MIN READ

Beyond the Search box: what is the future of Search in the age of AI?

For two decades, the search box has been the undisputed gateway to the internet. But this familiar landscape is undergoing a transformational change, driven by the rapid emergence of Generative AI (GenAI).

Technology Investment Themes Investor Education

31 Oct 2025

· Magellan Global team

· 5 MIN READ

AI Megatrend; Blessing or Bubble?

Investors have become noticeably worried about equity markets’ valuations, in particular for companies linked to the AI megatrend. There’s plenty of doom and gloom going around, but are these concerns justified? Rudi Filapek-Vandyck, Editor & Founder of FNArena gives us his views.

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Childcare: The Emerging Asset Class in Australian Commercial Property

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26 Nov 2025

Childcare: The Emerging Asset Class in Australian Commercial Property

In a crowded investment landscape where residential is overheated, commercial offices face structural decline, and retail battles e-commerce disruption, where can investors find stable yield with genuine growth potential? Discover why Australia's essential childcare infrastructure, backed by more than A$12bn in government subsidies and driven by unstoppable demographic forces—represents a fragmented, undersupplied market ripe for data-driven investment. Mike Cameron, Commercial Director at Jarra explains how Jarra's systematic approach identifies the precise locations where demand far exceeds supply.

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The Calm in the Storm: Finding Growth in Disruption

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26 Nov 2025

The Calm in the Storm: Finding Growth in Disruption

Ben McVicar, Co-Head of Infrastructure and Portfolio Manager at Magellan Investment Partners explain that as powerful forces like AI and renewable energy reshape the global economy, infrastructure stands at the centre—providing stability while capturing transformative growth. From data networks to energy systems, these essential assets are driving productivity and decarbonisation alike, offering investors defensive growth in a world defined by secular innovation and structural change.

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