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Looking through the chaos

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Drawing parallels to past market cycles, he highlights how investors today are better equipped to navigate uncertainty, thanks to broader asset classes and more responsive policy tools. Todd explores how disciplined portfolio construction - grounded in long-term strategy but agile enough to adapt - is key to interpreting global shocks. For ultra-high-net-worth investors, the challenge isn’t avoiding volatility, but understanding it through the lens of what can realistically be done within market constraints.

In this episode of Fear and Greed Q&A, Todd Hoare, Head of Public Markets at LGT Crestone, joins Sean Aylmer to unpack the forces shaping today’s investing landscape. Against a backdrop of geopolitical tension - from aggressive tariff manoeuvres to escalating Middle East conflict - Todd argues that while the environment feels volatile, it’s not unprecedented.

 

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Will 2026 be more challenging for markets?

In the latest episode of The Astute Investor, LGT Wealth Management CIO Scott Haslem speaks with Stephen Halmarick, Principal and Chief Economist at Economics Unchained and former Chief Economist of the Commonwealth Bank of Australia, about the macro backdrop as we enter 2026.
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Capital with a cause: investing for systemic change

LGT Wealth Management Head of Sustainable Investment, Amanda MacDonald, speaks with Liz Gillies, CEO of the Menzies Leadership Foundation, to explore how Australian foundations can deploy their entire corpus – not just their grants – to drive systemic social change. Together they discuss why...
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Infrastructure Investing – Navigating Growth, Sustainability & Digitalisation

In our latest episode of The Astute Investor, Kevin Wan-Lum, sits down with Esther Peiner, Head of Infrastructure at Partners Group. Infrastructure investment is adapting to global trends - growth, sustainability, and digitalisation. In this podcast, Esther discusses how this ‘adaption’ is...