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Outlook 2026: The age of alpha

In 2026, investors will need to consider how to make sense of structural shifts that are playing out across economies, sectors, and regions. From the promises of AI to how to building resilient portfolios for a more multipolar world.

Discovering tomorrow’s global future leaders, today

When allocating to global equities, investors often gravitate towards global large-cap stocks. This paper highlights the potential benefits of investing in global mid-cap stocks, contrasting them with the more commonly chosen large‑caps.

Global Macro Insights: Asset allocation fit for a fragmenting world

The traditional 60/40 portfolio, over the next 10 years, could deliver lower risk-adjusted returns than investors have become accustomed to. This report identifies six actions that investors can take to adapt their portfolios for today’s fragmenting world.

The longevity revolution: Preparing for a new reality

For the first time in human history, older populations are growing at a faster pace than the youngest cohorts, ushering in an unprecedented demographic shift worldwide.

Unlocking alpha in a differentiated commodities supercycle

With structural demand rising across energy, digital, and industrial sectors, commodities can offer more than just a diversification and inflation hedge. They may also present a pathway to differentiated returns.

Fidelity's mid-year outlook 2025

Trade wars, tariffs, and shifting US policy are reshaping global markets and driving investors to rethink allocations. This paper explores the forces behind growing market volatility, the attractiveness of emerging markets, and highlight where opportunities lie.

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Property

The 5% deposit scheme is bad for homeowners and Australia

An ‘affordability’ scheme making the county more vulnerable to economic shocks and contributing to the deteriorating financial situation of everyday Australians.

Investment strategies

Is defensive the new offensive?

Relatively boring, unglamorous, defensive stocks like Kroger and Allstate have quietly outperformed gilded tech giants, offering steady growth, visibility, and resilient returns in a market captivated by AI and flashier industries.

Shares

How the RBA scores on its inflation goal

The Reserve Bank continues to face criticism from all sides. A reminder of the RBA's mandate and a review of their track record in maintaining price stability since the early 1990s.

Investment strategies

Levered credit: A late cycle ingredient for drawdown pain

As credit spreads normalised through 2025, yield‑hungry investors have turned to leverage for high returns, uncomfortably echoing pre‑GFC behaviours. Investors need to be careful to understand the true risk‑return trade‑off.

Planning

The more things change… longevity just goes on increasing

Australia needs a major shift in longevity awareness, attitudes and behaviour if, as a community, we are to reap the benefits of increasing longevity. Adopting a national strategy is well overdue.

Property

The improving outlook of Australian commercial real estate

The sector is positioned to benefit from defensive and resilient income streams supported by embedded rental increase opportunities. 

Property

Seize hidden opportunities among 50+ home buyer schemes in Australia

There is a laundry list of government schemes to help Australian's struggling with housing affordability. Savvy buyers should take advantage to break into the property market.

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