Australian Investors Podcast

In this Australian Investors Podcast episode, host Owen Rask is joined by Ryan Joyce, Deputy Portfolio Manager at Magellan Investment Partners, for a deep dive into S&P Global Inc (NYSE: SPGI). S&P Global is one of those companies investors interact with constantly, often without realising it. If you follow the S&P 500, compare an Australian fund to the S&P/ASX 200, look at a company’s credit rati...

In this episode of the Australian Investors Podcast, Owen Rask sits down with Michael Bell, CIO at Solaris Investment Management, for a practical conversation about how professional investors think when they are putting real capital to work. From the outside, fund management can sound like hot tips and big macro calls. Michael explains why the reality is usually much more disciplined: process, pat...

In this episode of the Australian Investors Podcast, Owen Rask and Drew Meredith tackle one of the biggest questions in markets right now: if Micron and Sandisk are wobbling, has the AI trade gone too far, or is the market simply shifting where the real profits sit? They break down the latest sell-off in AI hardware names, why memory chips and data-centre narratives can look unstoppable right up u...

In this episode of Australian Investors Podcast, Owen Rask sits down with Jaki Virtue, Chief Operating Officer of Washington H. Soul Pattinson, for a rare look inside one of Australia’s most closely watched investment companies. Jaki explains how a business with only about 55 staff can still oversee a large and growing portfolio, and why culture, systems and clarity matter just as much as capital...

In this episode of the Australian Investors Podcast, Owen Rask is joined by Ben Richards and Luke Laretive from Seneca Financial Solutions for the final instalment of the Small Cap Playbook series. Instead of another stock-pick list, the conversation turns to Ben’s development as an investor and the lessons he has learned working alongside Luke. They unpack eight ideas that matter in small-cap inv...

In this episode of the Australian Investors Podcast, Owen Rask and Drew Meredith test a deliberately provocative question: is the ASX now the worst developed share market in the world? Starting with fresh global market performance data, they compare Australia with Japan, Europe and the United States, then unpack why weak local growth, a bank-heavy index and a lack of global technology winners can...

In this Australian Investors Podcast episode, Owen Rask sits down with Alan Pullen from Magellan to unpack Berkshire Hathaway, Warren Buffett’s investing legacy and why the business may still deserve a fresh look even as Buffett steps back from day-to-day leadership. They trace Berkshire’s path from a struggling textile mill to one of the most remarkable capital allocation machines ever built. Ala...

In this Australian Investors Podcast episode, Owen Rask is joined by Ben Richards and Luke Laretive from Seneca Financial Solutions to break down what actually moves small-cap share prices and why being “cheap” is rarely enough on its own. They explain why catalysts matter so much in small-cap investing, how management incentives shape outcomes, and why takeover potential can be one of the cleares...

In this episode of the Australian Investors Podcast, Owen Rask and Drew Meredith move from the market headlines into the real forces shaping investor behaviour right now. They start with Wesfarmers pushing higher, BHP printing fresh highs and Macquarie continuing to attract attention, then ask the question behind the moves: are these quality businesses still buys, or are investors paying up for co...

In this Australian Investors Podcast episode, Owen Rask sits down with Justin Lin from Global X to unpack why commodities may be moving from ignored to essential again. Rather than treating gold, copper or lithium as short-term geopolitical trades, Justin explains why the bigger story is a mix of underinvestment, supply-chain fragility and a fresh wave of demand from AI, electrification and energy...

This episode was originally featured on The Australian Finance Podcast. In this Australian Investors Podcast episode, Owen Rask is joined by Navarre Trousselot, founder of Navexa, to unpack why the proposed 2026 Federal Budget tax changes could make ETF record-keeping and capital gains reporting much messier for everyday investors. Instead of glossing over the hard bits, they walk through how capi...

In this Australian Investors Podcast episode, Owen Rask and Drew Meredith are back for a super-sized "2 sense" segment, breaking down the biggest market news, key themes, and listener questions impacting Australian investors. In this episode, we dive deep into: - The AI Revolution: Despite mind-blowing growth (NVIDIA's profit up 285%), why did the tech giant "fail to impress," and what does the ma...

In this Australian Investors Podcast episode, Mitchell Sneddon sits down with veteran investor John Abernethy to unpack what market crashes really teach you when you have lived through several of them. Rather than chasing clever forecasts, John explains why liquidity, incentives and investor behaviour usually matter far more when markets get ugly. John reflects on the 1987 crash, the dot-com unwin...

In this second Small Cap Playbook episode on the Australian Investors Podcast, Owen Rask is joined by Luke Laretive and Ben Richards from Seneca Financial Solutions to unpack how professional small-cap investors actually generate ideas — and why selling discipline matters just as much as finding a winner. The conversation starts with where Seneca’s best ideas come from: deep company coverage, long...

We're revisiting one of our favourite conversations this week — with the Motley Fool's own David Gardner. In this Australian Investors Podcast episode, your host Owen Rask sits down with David Gardner (co-founder of The Motley Fool and author of Rule Breaker Investing) to discuss: – Beating the market vs indexing – The “lose to win” philosophy and position sizing – The six traits of rule-breaker c...

Passive income sounds easy in theory: buy a few ETFs, collect the distributions, and let the portfolio do the heavy lifting. In practice, the details matter. In this Australian Investors Podcast episode, Owen Rask sits down with Global X's Marc Jocum to explain how ETF income is actually generated, what investors should look for, and where people can go wrong when they chase yield without understa...

In this first Small Cap Playbook episode, Owen Rask sits down with Luke Laretive and Ben Richards from Seneca Financial Solutions to unpack how professional investors think about ASX small caps when the market is noisy, ETF flows dominate and AI tools promise easy answers. The pair argue that volatility is not the same as business risk, that so-called blue chips are not automatically safer, and th...

In this Australian Investors Podcast episode, Owen Rask sits down with Senator Andrew Bragg for a wide-ranging conversation about the Federal Budget, housing supply, tax, productivity and why so many Australians feel the country has become harder to get ahead in. Rather than getting stuck in party talking points, they focus on the practical questions investors, business owners and workers are aski...

In this Australian Investors Podcast episode, Mitchell Sneddon sits down with Mark Ambrose from Global Value Fund to unpack one of the more unusual deep value trades of the COVID era: buying into airplane leases when the aviation market looked uninvestable. Mark explains why GVF was drawn to the setup. The fund was not trying to make a heroic prediction about airlines bouncing back overnight. Inst...

In this week’s 2 Sense episode of the Australian Investors Podcast, Owen Rask and Drew Meredith unpack the messy collision of budget politics, company results and AI hype shaping markets right now. They look at the latest tax chatter, the debate over whether Australia is getting better at redistributing wealth than creating it, and why policy headlines can shift investor behaviour long before the...

AI can now generate prototypes, content and product ideas at speed — but Figma’s Andrew Hogan says the real edge is still human judgment. In this episode, Owen Rask chats with Andrew about what AI is changing inside teams, why design is becoming more valuable, and how leaders are using better tools to communicate ideas with more clarity. They explore why senior designers may be worth more than eve...

In this week’s 2 Sense, Owen and Drew tackle a bigger question than one stock or one budget line item: is Australia getting worse at creating wealth? Rask Wealth Checker: https://rask.au/wealth-checker That opens a sharp conversation about tax chatter, policy drift and why uncertainty can make it harder for founders, investors and workers to build long-term value. The episode also revisits CSL, to...

In this Australian Investors Podcast episode, Mitch sits down with Nick Sladen for a deep dive into Cogstate and why it may be one of the more compelling ASX healthcare names right now. Alzheimer's and broader central nervous system diseases are becoming more important as populations age, and Nick explains why that matters for Cogstate. The company plays a small but critical role in clinical trial...

In this episode of 2-Sense, Owen and Drew ask a big question: is Warren Buffett falling behind in 2026, or is Berkshire Hathaway just investing on a different timetable to everyone else? They unpack Buffett’s huge Apple exposure, Berkshire’s growing cash pile and the broader debate around whether AI is changing the investing playbook or simply changing what investors are paying attention to right...

Dimensional Fund Advisors has quietly built one of the most respected investment firms in the world on the back of Nobel Prize-winning academic research. In this episode, Mitchell Sneddon sits down with Bhanu Singh, Australian CEO of Dimensional Fund Advisors and head of the world's largest active ETF manager, to unpack the philosophy, factors and discipline behind the firm. Bhanu walks through th...