Art of Boring

Why we launched—our interest and history in U.S. mid cap stocks—potential benefits of the asset class, and a few holding examples.

John Kay's "simplicity, modularity, redundancy" risk framework elements and our ongoing risk management process improvements.

Mispricing patterns we're seeing in the market; where we're finding an edge; improving our management team assessment techniques.

A real time risk management discussion addressing the increasing regulatory pressures currently impacting a wide range of businesses in China.

The tremendous IPO activity led by tech companies; our evaluation process for a company prior to it becoming public; and recent matrix meeting outcomes for the portfolio.

Philip Fisher's continuous relevance; determining fair value ranges for blitzscalers; and potentially overlooked opportunities in Russia and Kazakhstan.

A review of the quarter: the high-level themes have continued.

CIO Paul Moroz walks us through his "best practices" portfolio construction checklist.

Opening the Pandora's box of Bitcoin, societal trust, and why investors might not, but need to, fully understand the technology.

"Making the macro micro" around demand trends, inflation concerns, valuations, and earnings. We discuss Comcast, Visa, Dollar General, Alphabet, and more.

    iTunes description: A close look at our research methods to understand trends, opportunities, and challenges in the pharmaceutical industry.

How thinking like a deer in the forest (situational awareness) and other risk management process tinkering has helped the team. In addition, thoughts on the potential CP Rail and Kansas City Southern deal and Telus International IPO.

One year since lockdown: CIO Paul Moroz summarizes the major market themes of the past four quarters and how it has (and hasn't) affected our process and way of looking at the world.

How the EAFE LC team is improving the overall process and a deeper look at holdings DSV, Kuehne+Nagel, and Anglo American.  

Deputy CIO Christian Deckart discusses market performance in a "story of three quarters" and some new holdings we added to the portfolio—Admiral Group and Novo Nordisk.

CIO Paul Moroz discusses some of the Research team's 2020 learnings—highlights include the challenge of using the market as a feedback system and the "Ben Stiller Theory."

Lead portfolio manager, David Ragan, discusses how the portfolio did over the past year, why some companies were more resilient than others, and what makes skepticism a competitive advantage.

A look back on the major investment themes of 2020, and a look ahead at some of the risks and opportunities on our radar.

Our three hosts narrate Mawer's timely variation of "'Twas the week before Christmas"—an annual review of the year. Stay for the bloopers!  

Front-of-mind investment learnings from equity analysts Justin Anderson and Joshua Samuel on the dynamic, evolving gaming universe.

Mawer U.S. Equity Portfolio Manager, Grayson Witcher, takes us through how the team approaches portfolio construction; assessing themes, offsets, and opportunities through holdings Nike, Carrier, UnitedHealth, Fastenal, and more.  

A deep dive into three new holdings: Stella-Jones, Ritchie Bros., and Granite REIT, and what we mean when we say "winning by not losing."

A review of the quarter: the ongoing impacts of COVID-19 on economic activity, continuing fiscal and monetary stimulus, and the run-up to the U.S. election.

Crista Caughlin, lead portfolio manager of Mawer's fixed income strategies, discusses potential impacts of increasing global debt in a low interest rate environment and the three economic scenarios top of mind for the bond team.

CIO Paul Moroz discusses resilience, global monetary policy, and current themes such as TikTok and a potential "technological iron curtain."