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Despite a challenging backdrop of geopolitical tensions, rising energy prices and renewed interest rate concerns, the global economy has remained resilient. We review portfolio performance, discuss the concentration of market returns around AI, examine the opportunities and risks created by higher bond yields, and explain how we are positioning portfolios to balance long-term growth potential with robust downside protection.

In this Portfolio Spotlight podcast, Sarah Ball, Investment Specialist, speaks with Michael Gilmore of Albizia, about the firm's investment approach in ASEAN consumer businesses, its focus on owner-managed companies, and the opportunities emerging across the region's evolving markets.

In this quarter’s podcast, we look back on an eventful first half of 2026, shaped by geopolitical tension, energy concerns and a narrow, AI-led equity rally. We discuss how portfolios performed across Return and Diversifying Assets, why economic resilience has helped offset earlier stagflation fears, and how we are responding with disciplined portfolio adjustments while seeking attractive long-term opportunities where market sentiment has moved ahead of fundamentals.

In this Portfolio Spotlight podcast, Sarah Ball, Investment Specialist, speaks with Ramesh Rajagopalan, Equity Analyst and Portfolio Manager, about how the team uses “roadmaps” to make disciplined long-term investment decisions under uncertainty.

Markets experienced renewed volatility amid geopolitical shocks and rising energy prices, while portfolio diversification helped cushion returns. We review performance across assets, explain the impact of currency and AI-driven rotations, and outline how we are positioning portfolios cautiously while selectively investing in long-term opportunities created by market dislocation.

In this episode, Sarah Ball, Investment Specialist, speaks with Rorrie Mars, Equity Analyst, about the effects of AI for long-term investing.

Markets delivered another year of strong returns, driven by AI momentum and cyclical sectors. We review portfolio performance, explain currency impacts, and outline how we manage risk while identifying areas of long-term opportunity amid shifting valuations and geopolitical uncertainty

In this edition of Portfolio Spotlight, Sarah Ball and Mark Wallace are joined by Henry Engelhardt, Founder and CEO Emeritus of Admiral. They the discuss the importance of culture, and its correlation with business success.

Markets have climbed steadily to new highs, led once again by technology and momentum stocks. In this podcast, we look at how our portfolios performed in comparison and why we continue to avoid areas where valuations look stretched. We then discuss the risk of irrational exuberance in markets, how we are protecting portfolios and where we still see long-term opportunity.

Sarah Ball, our Investment Specialist, sits down with Hugo Capel Cure, Co-Head of Portfolio Management, and Hughie Jessel, Head of Fund Research, to unpack the role of diversifying assets in how we construct portfolios.