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The Real Cost of an ETF is Not the Management Fee

If you were to look through your portfolio, would you know what each of your ETFs was costing you?

Sara Allen

20 Aug 2026

The Risks Hiding in Plain Sight: Five Left-Field Threats That Could Surprise Markets

Most investors are currently focused on the AI trade and the Fed since these are the main consensual drivers of global markets.

Macro ETF All

19 Aug 2026

· Simon Turner

· 10 MIN READ

The Alternatives Showdown: Gold Bullion vs Gold Miners vs Bitcoin. Which ETF Actually Provides Portfolio Protection?

Central banks can’t buy gold fast enough, while gold miners are recovering after a dramatic selloff and Bitcoin, the asset previously regarded as digital gold, is having a miserable year.

ETF Commodities Alternative Investment

17 Aug 2026

· Simon Turner

· 9 MIN READ

A repeatable rigorous framework for analysing private funds

In the hunt for higher returns and growth, investors have increasingly turned to private markets. It doesn’t come without risk.

Private Assets Investor Education

13 Aug 2026

· Sara Allen

· 9 MIN READ

The Risks Hiding in Plain Sight: Five Left-Field Threats That Could Surprise Markets

Most investors are currently focused on the AI trade and the Fed since these are the main consensual drivers of global markets.

Macro ETF All

19 Aug 2026

· Simon Turner

· 10 MIN READ

The Alternatives Showdown: Gold Bullion vs Gold Miners vs Bitcoin. Which ETF Actually Provides Portfolio Protection?

Central banks can’t buy gold fast enough, while gold miners are recovering after a dramatic selloff and Bitcoin, the asset previously regarded as digital gold, is having a miserable year.

ETF Commodities Alternative Investment

17 Aug 2026

· Simon Turner

· 9 MIN READ

A repeatable rigorous framework for analysing private funds

In the hunt for higher returns and growth, investors have increasingly turned to private markets. It doesn’t come without risk.

Private Assets Investor Education

13 Aug 2026

· Sara Allen

· 9 MIN READ

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Why Most Wealth Plans Never Survive Time in the Market

If you’ve written out your investment plan, you’re already a big step ahead of most investors. However, in many ways planning is the easy part.

Investor Education Managed Fund

27 July 2026

· Simon Turner

· 5 MIN READ

Where Australians Have Been Investing Their Money: ETF Flows For the Last Six Months

In a year that started with high market valuations and the ever-present threat of inflation, there have been plenty of surprises to unnerve investors. Despite this, markets have been largely resilient, with many investors staying the course.

ETF

23 July 2026

· Sara Allen

· 9 MIN READ

In a Class of its Own: The Investment Case for Aristocrat Leisure

The launch of Megabucks by International Game Technologies (IGT) in 1986 changed the slot machine business forever. It was the first time a large number of individual machines were connected into a network that spanned an entire state. With thousands of players feeding the same network, the jackpot pool could reach life-changing sums and create lottery-sized hype.

Equities

22 July 2026

· Chris Watson

· 8 MIN READ

AI Is Changing Fund Management. Investors Need to Know What’s Changing Behind the Screen

AI has quickly established an integral role in fund managers’ investment processes. For most, it has already become an integral part of their investing machinery. Fund managers are using it to read more, screen faster, test risks earlier and monitor their portfolios across larger pools of data.

Technology Managed Fund Investor Education

22 July 2026

· Simon Turner

· 8 MIN READ

The Return of Australia’s Income Trade

The Australian share market has spent much of the past decade lagging global equities, as investors increasingly looked offshore for structural growth opportunities in areas such as artificial intelligence. Yet while broad local market returns have disappointed relative to global shares, income-oriented strategies have quietly emerged as some of the strongest performing domestic equity strategies.

Fixed Interest Investor Education ETF

21 July 2026

· Marc Jocum

· 8 MIN READ

How to Read a Fund Factsheet Without Falling for the Marketing

If you’re a fund and/or ETF investor, you’ll be familiar with fund factsheets. These fund summaries are designed to inform investors, but it’s also well-known that marketing teams often use them to present their funds attractively.

Investor Education Managed Fund ETF

20 July 2026

· Simon Turner

· 9 MIN READ

Could AI Become the Next Strait of Hormuz for Investors?

Just when you thought the Trump administration had surprised investors into a state of expecting anything, they went and restricted foreign access to Anthropic’s advanced AI models due to national security concerns. Whilst those restrictions were later lifted, the incident highlighted how trigger-happy the US Government has become when it comes to interpreting what’s in the country’s national interests, including across the free markets the US used to advocate for.

Technology Investment Themes Investor Education

16 July 2026

· Simon Turner

· 8 MIN READ

Yield vs Total Return: What Actually Matters for Long-Term Investors?

We invest for all sorts of reasons, but at the core, it’s to improve our financial lives – to afford the things we want or need in life. This is the reason why the terms ‘yield’ and ‘total return’ can be so important when you are choosing an investment – they are not interchangeable, though they are often confused for being so.

Investor Education Managed Fund ETF

16 July 2026

· Sara Allen

· 6 MIN READ

Volatility is only an opportunity if you are prepared

Volatility, market commentators reliably assure us, is a buying opportunity. It is a welcome thought in a difficult market, most popular with those not presently experiencing it.

Investor Education Managed Fund

15 July 2026

· Daniel Seeney

· 9 MIN READ

Money as Verification: What England’s Tally Sticks Can Teach Investors About Bitcoin

A stick that falls from a tree is nearly worthless. Yet for centuries, split pieces of wood helped record taxes, debts and financial claims in England. That sounds primitive until you understand what the tally stick actually solved.

Currency, Crypto and ICO Investor Education

14 July 2026

· Sam McAnallen

· 6 MIN READ

Trading Has Gone Digital. Investors Need to Slow Down

Technology has made investing easier than ever. Australian investors can now buy shares, compare ETFs, research managed funds, watch market videos, read fund updates and place trades from their mobiles.

Technology ETF Investor Education

13 July 2026

· Simon Turner

· 8 MIN READ

Understanding investment risk: A framework for fixed income investors

How well is your fixed income investment portfolio expected to perform during an economic shock? Have you considered what could happen to your portfolio if the wrong things happen at the right time? How defensive will your fixed income investments be in the next economic crisis?

Fixed Interest Managed Fund Investor Education

13 July 2026

· CRAFT Fixed Income team

· 12 MIN READ

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