Pitcher Partners Investment Services (Melbourne) | The information in this article is current as at 07 July 2023 Author: Alistair Francis, Director – Investment Research With the recent loss of two key utility stocks on the ASX (Spark Infrastructure in December 2021 & AusNet Services in February 2022), direct Australian equity investors have less choice in […]

The information in these articles is current as at 07 July 2023 Welcome to our Investment news – July 2023.  This edition covers the following topics: Investment markets in review – FY2023 Slowdown, what slowdown? In taking an initial glance at the performance for equity markets for the 2023 financial year, one could easily interpret that […]

Pitcher Partners Investment Services (Melbourne) | The information in this article is current as at 07 July 2023 Slowdown, what slowdown? In taking an initial glance at the performance for equity markets for the 2023 financial year, one could easily interpret that investors have seemingly shrugged off any recessionary/slowing growth concerns around the world. Over the […]

Pitcher Partners Investment Services (Melbourne) | The information in this article is current as at 07 July 2023 The announcement and launch of ChatGPT in November 2022 was a seminal moment. The launch of the Large Language Model (LLM) brought artificial intelligence (AI) into our everyday lives. ChatGPT had a million users within a week of […]

Pitcher Partners Investment Services (Melbourne) | The information in this article is current as at 07 July 2023 With the outlook for global growth deteriorating, we continue to seek out strategies and investment solutions that can deliver unique streams of capital growth and income to your portfolios. The Alternatives asset class continues to play a critical […]

As we approach the 2023/24 financial year, there are two key changes for retirees to understand: The 50% reduction in minimum pension drawdown rate will no longer apply. The Transfer Balance Cap (TBC) will be indexed. Keeping abreast of these changes will ensure retirees continue to receive their desired cash flow, in a tax effective […]

Are you aware of the significant changes to superannuation tax concessions that may impact your retirement planning? These proposed changes are intended to affect those who have already achieved a large balance, however the proposal will increasingly impact Australians with ambitions for a comfortable retirement in the future. The proposed changes to superannuation tax concessions […]

The information in these articles is current as at 5 April 2023. Markets rallied during the March Quarter as headline inflation expectations eased adding weight to a potential economic ‘soft landing’. However, the music did eventually stop (albeit briefly), as the rapid global monetary tightening created some inevitable fractures within the financial system with the […]

Pitcher Partners Investment Services (Melbourne) | The information in this article is current as at 05 April 2023 Despite growing recession risks, most asset classes rallied strongly over the March quarter although the headline performance numbers masked some considerable volatility intra-quarter, especially within fixed income markets. As anticipated, headline inflationary pressures globally are beginning to […]

Pitcher Partners Wealth Management (Brisbane) | The information in this article is current as at 5 April 2023. The Alternatives asset class covers an immense array of different strategies, markets and investment approaches. At Pitcher Partners Investment Services, we seek to identify differentiated, best of breed alternative managers, those that don’t just perform strongly through a […]