Navigating the noise – conversations with the Natixis Investment Managers Expert Collective.
Episodes
Quality, income, and opportunity in a volatile market
14 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The first quarter of 2026 delivered a sharp lesson in market volatility, as intense disruptions from AI and the Iran conflict, reshaped investment lan...
What have the IML small cap team been buying?
13 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
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 Whit...
How this software stock defied the SaaSpocalypse
08 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
IML portfolio managers Marc Whittaker and Lucas Goode discuss the AI selloff during reporting season and how the immediate risk to many smaller compan...
Where is value on offer in the great AI selloff?
26 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
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 o...
US core real estate 'historically' attractive
25 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
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 e...
2025 was a golden year for small caps, but what else shone?
12 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The ASX Small Ordinaries delivered an impressive return of 25% in 2025, comfortably outperforming large caps. Of that 25% return, an amazing 20% came ...
IML large cap wrap for 2025
12 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
IML's top small cap for 2025
10 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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...
IML large caps – Sept 2025 quarterly update
09 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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’...
Investing in the transitions changing our world
07 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 p...
Small caps big bounces: reporting season update
29 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Reporting season: extreme reactions abound
25 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 th...
IML small-mid cap funds – end of financial year 2025 update
11 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 dis...
IML large cap funds – end of financial year 2025 update
11 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 fund...
Is there still room to play offence with defence stocks?
11 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 o...
It’s more uncertain today than at any time in my entire career
09 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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. Da...
A contrarian manager sees potential upside in downside volatility
28 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 p...
Medibank is up 25% this year, is there more in the tank?
12 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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...
How are IML’s small cap portfolios navigating the volatility?
09 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
IML Portfolio Manager, Marc Whittaker, talks to Jason Guthrie about how IML’s small and mid cap portfolios have navigated the recent market volatili...
“This should not have surprised anyone” Trump and the great rebalancing
09 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Louise Watson talks to Chris Wallis, CEO and CIO of Vaughan Nelson, about Trump’s tariffs and recent policy changes and the current market volatilit...
Small-mid cap reporting season update – big swings, margin pressure
27 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
IML Portfolio Manager Marc Whittaker talks to Jason Guthrie about another volatile reporting season in the small to mid-cap end of the ASX. As always ...
IML large cap reporting season update: defensive stocks doing well
26 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
IML Portfolio Manager Michael O’Neill discusses how investors have been rotating away from away from momentum-driven stocks with high valuations tow...
Is this ASX healthcare stock ready to rocket post-merger?
10 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Integral Diagnostics (ASX:IDX) had a great year in 2024; its share price was up around 50% as its business recovered from the post-Covid doldrums. It ...
Is the lower middle market the key to private assets alpha?
03 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Nitin Gupta, Managing Partner and Co-CIO of Flexstone, believes that every investor in private assets should have an allocation to the lower middle ma...
IML small-mid cap update – December quarter 2024
14 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
2024 was another strong year for share markets and for IML’s small and mid cap funds. In this podcast Simon Conn, Senior Portfolio Manager, discusse...
IML large cap wrap – December quarter 2024
14 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
After a strong year for share markets in 2024 things ended with a whimper as the ASX 300 dropped during December. IML Senior Portfolio Manager and Hea...
What are the prospects for China’s steel and lithium industries?
21 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
China is Australia’s largest trading partner, so any significant changes in the Chinese economy can have big impacts on Australia’s economy, share...
This ASX 20 stock is up c. 35% in 2024, is there more to come?
11 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Brambles is an Australian global success story and a high-conviction holding in IML’s large-cap portfolios. It has had a very successful year and is...
How much more Nvidia and Apple do you need?
24 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Chris Wallis, Vaughan Nelson CEO and CIO thinks that AI is both ‘over-hyped and underappreciated’ and better investment opportunities could lie ou...
Large cap portfolio update – September quarter 2024
14 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this podcast, IML large cap portfolio manager, Daniel Moore, chats to Carl McMinn about a very eventful September quarter. He outlines how the Big ...
SMID cap portfolio update – September quarter 2024
14 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this podcast, IML small-mid cap portfolio manager, Marc Whittaker, chats to Carl McMinn about a very eventful September quarter, with a special foc...
How is the US economy performing and what does it mean for Australia?
30 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The global economy takes its lead from the US and it is an important market for many of Australia’s largest companies. IML Equity Analyst Josh Friem...
Analysing Australia’s place in the Global Retirement Index
25 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Natixis Investment Managers’ Global Retirement Index attracts great interest in Australia each year. This year Louise Watson discusses the report’...
How Aziz Hamzaogullari and his team generate long-term alpha
11 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Louise Watson talks to Aziz Hamzaogullari, Founder, Chief Investment Officer and Portfolio Manager of the Loomis Sayles Growth Equity Strategy Team, a...
3 small-mid caps with good earnings season results and 1 IML has been adding to on weakness
27 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In the second in a special series of reporting season podcasts, Simon Conn, IML Senior Portfolio Manager in the small-mid cap team chats to Jason Guth...
IML reporting season update: large caps
25 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In a special series of reporting season podcasts, IML’s portfolio managers give an update on the main themes they are seeing and performance of key ...
The big themes driving global equity returns
15 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In the lead-up to his trip to Australia, Jens Peers, CIO of Mirova US, caught up with Louise Watson to discuss the big themes currently driving return...
Reality bites the sandwich generation
25 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Two Gen Xers, Louise Watson from Natixis Investment Managers and Jacqui Fernley from Mason Stevens discuss Natixis IM’s Generation X report and the ...
IML large cap update - FY 2024
10 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Senior Portfolio Manager Hugh Giddy discusses the performance of IML’s large cap funds for financial year 2024, as well as key stocks and market mov...
IML small cap update - FY 2024
10 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Senior Portfolio Manager Simon Conn discusses the performance of IML’s small and mid cap funds for financial year 2024, as well as key stocks and ma...
Why bonds are back and bond basics
24 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Kevin Creeden, CFA from Loomis, Sayles & Company talks to Louise Watson about why bonds are in high demand while also explaining some fundamentals...
Is this small cap in the fast lane to the ASX 300?
11 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Generation Development Group (ASX:GDG) is a company you may not be familiar with: it's only just in the ASX Top 500 and often flies under the radar of...
How will Australia's $3.5 trillion wealth transfer reshape society?
21 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Around the world, many nations are preparing for the largest ever wealth transfer in history. In Australia, it is estimated around $3.5 trillion in as...
Why has ResMed rocketed up and is the ride over?
13 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Shareholders of ResMed have been on a rollercoaster ride in the past year. Late last year, after news of the efficacy of Ozempic and other GLP-1 drugs...
Look beyond market darlings for AI winners
30 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
AI has easily been the hottest topic in investing this year. While IML Portfolio Manager Daniel Moore is excited about AI’s potential, he sounds a r...
Australia’s economic future: insights from demographer Simon Kuestenmacher
24 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
What are the future economic implications of Australia’s heavy reliance on mining, agriculture, tourism and international education? In this episode...
IML large cap update - March quarter 2024
10 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
IML's Daniel Moore discusses key stock movements and the future outlook of the large cap fund.
IML small cap update - March quarter 2024
10 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Find out how the small-mid cap funds performed during the March quarter and why Simon Conn believes many small caps are still undervalued.
Double trouble: the path to 52 million Australians
02 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In the inaugural episode of Navigating the Noise, Louise Watson, Head of Natixis Investment Managers Australia & New Zealand, joins demographer S...