Navigating the noise – conversations with the Natixis Investment Managers Expert Collective.

In this podcast IML large cap portfolio managers Daniel Moore and Michael O’Neill talk to Mark Williams from Natixis Investment Managers about: How IML’s large cap funds performed to round out the financial year The big turnaround in June as resources faltered and industrials surged What they have been buying and selling lately Their outlook for reporting season and the rest of 2026

A new financial year is upon us and to start things off Portfolio Manager and lead for IML’s small-mid cap team, Marc Whittaker, talks to Mark Williams from Natixis Investment Managers about: How IML’s small and mid cap funds performed over financial year 2026 and the June quarter The stocks that helped and the stocks that hampered What he has been buying and selling during the quarter

Transitioning a tech business to the cloud is known as the ‘Valley of Death’ for good reason. Your up-front costs soar and the payoff in profit can be years away. Little-known cinema-focused tech company Vista Group International (VGL) has been through a tumultuous few years as it made this transition. Many of its shareholders deserted it and its stock price more than halved from March 2025 to Mar...

Lynda Schweitzer, CFA, Portfolio Manager and Co-Head of Loomis Sayles’ Global Fixed Income Team, believes that while investors may be underestimating the long-term implications of the Iran War it could also create regional differences that will offer investment opportunities. In this podcast Lynda talks to Louise Watson about: Why investors are ‘quiet quitting’ the US Her views on Australian fixed...

The Macquarie Conference has become one of the must-attend events in every Australian fund manager’s diary. In this podcast IML portfolio managers Daniel Moore and Lucas Goode talk to Natixis Investment Managers' Daniel Shelest about what they heard and learned at this year’s conference including: Which types of companies are suffering most due to the impact of the Iran War and higher interest rat...

The first quarter of 2026 delivered a sharp lesson in market volatility, as intense disruptions from AI and the Iran conflict, reshaped investment landscapes. Amidst this choppiness, there are opportunities for active investors. Join Carl McMinn and Michael O'Neill, portfolio manager for IML's Equity Income and All Industrials Funds, as they dissect the key market movements of Q1 2026. Discover ho...

Volatility can be an active manager’s friend – if you’re prepared of course. In this podcast IML’s small-mid cap portfolio managers, Marc Whittaker and Lucas Goode, talk to Carl McMinn about how things went in the first quarter of 2026 and the quality companies they’ve been able to pick up at cheaper prices.

IML portfolio managers Marc Whittaker and Lucas Goode discuss the AI selloff during reporting season and how the immediate risk to many smaller companies might be overblown. They take a detailed look at Hansen Technologies (ASX: HSN), a software stock which managed to avoid the worst of the selloff, partly through a strong result and also through its CEO effectively communicating how Hansen is, in...

An extra dose of uncertainty has been woven into this reporting season, with a wide swathe of stocks, particularly Software as a Service (SaaS) sold off on concerns that AI will disrupt their businesses. In this podcast IML large cap portfolio manager, Daniel Moore, discusses the stocks where he thinks the falls are fair, versus those where he sees value on offer. Daniel also covers: What big Auss...

According to Sara Cassidy, Head of Portfolio Management for AEW’s North American Business, it is potentially the best entry point for US core real estate in years. Sara says that property valuations have absorbed higher interest rates and declined materially and today valuations are beginning to grow again with total returns expected to be higher. Listen to the full podcast where Sara talks to Lou...

The ASX Small Ordinaries delivered an impressive return of 25% in 2025, comfortably outperforming large caps. Of that 25% return, an amazing 20% came from the materials sector, most of that gold, but what happened in the rest of the market? In this podcast IML Portfolio Manager Marc Whittaker digs into the performance of Australian small caps last year, as well as giving an update on the performan...

The Australian share market had another good year in 2025, the third year in a row of greater than 10% returns. But what were the standout stocks and sectors, and where do the opportunities lie in 2026? In this podcast IML Portfolio Manager Michael O’Neill discusses the main drivers of returns last year, as well as giving an update on the performance of IML’s large cap funds and his thoughts on wh...

In this special podcast IML small-mid cap portfolio managers Marc Whittaker and Lucas Goode reveal their top small cap pick for 2025. This stock is up around 40% so far this year, but Marc and Lucas think it ticks all the boxes for quality and value and is also looking good for 2026.

IML Portfolio managers Michael O’Neill and Daniel Moore discuss what happened in markets in the September quarter as well as the performance of IML’s large cap funds, key stocks in the portfolio including a new addition.

We are in a time of great global change where powerful megatrends are reshaping our society and the global economy. Jens Peers, CIO of Mirova US and portfolio manager of the Mirova Global Sustainable Equity Strategy, believes that investing in these secular megatrends, or transitions, could be a powerful driver of investment returns over the long term. Those four key transitions being: demographic...

IML portfolio manager Lucas Goode talks to Jason Guthrie about the excellent reporting season for many small cap companies. The small cap index was up around 8% at the time of recording, despite extreme volatility.

IML portfolio managers Hugh Giddy and Daniel Moore talk to Gavin Butt about how extreme reactions to relatively run-of-the-mill results have turned this into a very volatile reporting season. In the full podcast they discuss: The main takeaways from reporting season The key results they think investors should pay attention to How IML’s holdings have performed And how their future outlook has chang...

Portfolio manager Marc Whittaker talks to Jason Guthrie about how IML's small-mid cap funds performed over the quarter and financial year. He also discusses performance of key stocks and a new position for the funds.

Portfolio managers Hugh Giddy and Daniel Moore discuss what happened in markets in the June quarter as well as the performance of IML's large cap funds and key stocks over financial year 2025.

With the ongoing war in Ukraine, continuing conflict in the Middle East, and a reshaping of the global framework underway since Donald Trump came to office, defence stocks have been hot property in the world of investing. While Australian investors don’t have that many options when investing locally, an exception is ship builder Austal (ASX:ASB).  Austal has been a long-term holding for IML’s smal...

That is the perspective of David Rolley, Co-Head of the Global Fixed Income Team at Loomis Sayles who has worked in markets for more than 40 years. David thinks that the current White House: “isn't convinced that the global foreign policy, trade, defence, and financial architecture that we've had for the last 80 years serves their purpose.” This is causing considerable change to the global economy...

Hollie Briggs and the Loomis Sayles Growth Equity Strategies Team are not overly concerned by the current market volatility. In fact, they see it as potentially an exciting opportunity to buy high-quality companies at discounted prices, which are then less risky than they were previously. The Team has been working together since 2006, successfully navigating the Global Financial Crisis and Covid p...

Medibank is a long-term holding for IML. While it has performed well over the years, its share price has hit new heights this year as investors turned to defensive, domestically focused stocks amid the uncertainty and macro-economic volatility.

IML Portfolio Manager, Marc Whittaker, talks to Jason Guthrie about how IML’s small and mid cap portfolios have navigated the recent market volatility and wraps up performance for the first quarter of 2025. Marc also discusses how exposed the companies in the portfolios are to the US’s new tariff regime.

Louise Watson talks to Chris Wallis, CEO and CIO of Vaughan Nelson, about Trump’s tariffs and recent policy changes and the current market volatility. Chris believes that the current market turmoil is an inevitable part of a global change to trade and capital flows that has been going on since 2021 which he calls: “the great rebalancing”. After a period of US exceptionalism where everyone had pile...