Welcome to the latest episode of 'On the Couch'. This occasional podcast series of chats with fund managers, CEO’s and brokers aims to give you an insight into the investing world.

In this episode, I am chatting to my good friend and sparring partner on ausbiz, Andrew Wielandt from DP Wealth Advisory in Toowoomba.

Not only is he the ETF whisperer, but also a Wealth Manager and Adviser with a very successful business in Queensland, named as one of the Top 50 Most Influential Advisers in Australia for 2021.

We talk about preparing for the EOFY, a surprising interest that Andrew has, and why it has been a great investment.

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Marcus talks to legendary fund manager, John Abernethy, Founder and Chairman at Clime Investment Management. They chat about the proposed changes to Franking and Superannuation - John has strong logical views.

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Marcus talks to legendary fund manager, John Abernethy, Founder and Chairman at Clime Investment Management.  They chat about the RBA, Inflation, Interest Rates, the Budget, and the 'Big One' - will we ever pay the price for printing money?

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Marcus talks to legendary fund manager, John Abernethy, Founder and Chairman at Clime Investment Management. They chat about Value Investing, the Big Banks, Macquarie, BHP, and the 'Best Stock in the World'.

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Welcome to the latest episode of 'On the Couch'. This occasional podcast series of chats with fund managers, CEO’s and brokers aims to give you an insight into the investing world.

In this episode, I am joined by Peter Gray, Co-Founder and COO of Zip Co (ZIP). Peter co-founded Zip Co with Larry Diamond in 2013.

Peter oversees Zip Co's global operations, including credit and risk management. He has over 25 years' experience spanning regulated consumer credit, operations, risk, legal, compliance and publicly listed companies.

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Ask the Analyst with Henry Jennings is back! Henry answers your questions in real-time, making for a fast, furious and fun session.

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Welcome to the latest episode of 'On the Couch'. This occasional podcast series of chats with fund managers, CEO’s and brokers aims to give you an insight into the investing world.

In this episode, I am joined by Oleg Vornik, CEO of DroneShield (DRO).

Oleg is an experienced senior executive with successful track record of rapid business scale up, including IPO and subsequent growth of the DroneShield teams in Australia and the U.S., and presence in over 100 countries. Through that time, he fostered organic deep technology development, through to mass deployment of the solutions around the world in the homeland security, intelligence community and military segments.

Prior to DroneShield, Oleg’s career spanned across Deutsche Bank, Royal Bank of Canada, Brookfield and ABN AMRO.

Oleg has a Bachelor of Science (Mathematics) from Canterbury University and completed a Columbia University business program.

DroneShield (ASX:DRO) offers Artificial Intelligence-powered hardware and software solutions against unmanned threats from drones used in negative applications by terrorists, State-based warfare, criminals and other nefarious actors. Their solutions are safe and harmless, both for the drones and for humans.

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In this 'On the Couch' special, Henry Jennings sits down with two small-cap biotechs and one fund manager to discuss what makes a successful biotech, and how to invest successfully in the cutting edge of medical science and drug treatments.


Dr Michelle Miller, Managing Director at Biotron Ltd - Market Cap $23.5m

• Over 25 years in the biotech industry with extensive experience in commercial drug development.
• Since 2002 has been Chief Executive Officer at Biotron.

Biotron

Developing lead compound BIT225 for the treatment of HIV-1 and Hepatitis C. Two fully recruited Phase 2 HIV-1 trials underway in Sydney and Thailand, results expected mid-2023. Added a COVID-19 sub-study to one of its HIV-1 trials, with any participant of the trial being infected with SARS-CoV-2 being included. Results also expected mid-2023.


Gary Phillips, Chief Executive Officer at Pharmaxis - Market Cap $38m

• Joined Pharmaxis in 2003 and was Commercial Director and Chief Operating Officer before being appointed Chief Executive Officer in 2013.

Pharmaxis

Developing drugs for inflammatory and fibrotic diseases with a focus on bone marrow cancer myelofibrosis. 5 trials underway with multiple near-term value opportunities. PXS-5505 for myelofibrosis is in Phase 2 with a data readout expected mid-23. Also developing PXS-6302 as a topical skin scarring treatment, led by renowned burns specialist Professor Fiona Wood.


Jeremy Curnock Cook

• Started out in the sector in 1973 founding a biotech company. 
• Over his career successfully managed in excess of US$1b in equity investments.
• Founder and Managing Director of BioScience Managers, Non-Executive Director of AVITA Medical.

BioScience Managers

An international healthcare investment firm that invests in innovative science and technology. BioScience Managers was created in 2001 and established its Australian base in 2003, making it the oldest specialist biotech fund in Australia.

Currently has A$250m funds under management.


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Welcome to the latest episode of 'On the Couch'. This occasional podcast series of chats with fund managers, CEO’s and brokers aims to give you an insight into the investing world.

In this episode, I am joined by David Tudehope, CEO Macquarie Telecom Group. Absolutely delighted to get the opportunity to chat with him. David quit his banking job some years ago as a fresh faced 25-year old to start MAQ.

David co-founded the company with his brother Aidan. He is responsible for overseeing the general management and strategic direction of the Company, and is actively involved in the Company’s participation in regulatory issues. He was previously a director of the Service Providers’ Industry Association. He is a member of the Australian School of Business Advisory Council and the Australian Government’s B20 Leadership Group.

In this podcast we look at what MAQ does, why it is worth a look for investors in the tech space, the USP that MAQ has in a competitive IT field, and some lessons that David has learnt along the way to building a $1.3bn company.

Great podcast and worth listening to, especially if you are keen on local tech exposure.

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Welcome to the latest episode of 'On the Couch'. This occasional podcast series of chats with fund managers, CEO’s and brokers aims to give you an insight into the investing world.

In this episode I am joined by Paul Rennie, the Founder and Executive Chairman at Paradigm (PAR).

Paul is recognised as a leading authority in drug development and has been involved in a number of pre-clinical and clinical trial programs over his accomplished career. He was the inaugural COO of Mesoblast and most recently as Executive VP, New Product Development at Mesoblast Ltd. Paul has broad experience in commercialising Intellectual Property.

• Paradigm Biopharmaceuticals is a late-stage drug development company working with some of the world’s leaders in pharmaceutical product development and approaching science from a completely different angle.
• The immediate commercial focus is the development of injectable pentosan polysulfate sodium (iPPS/PPS, brand name Zilosul®) for the treatment of osteoarthritis (OA). This is a global unmet need and Paradigm has advanced to phase 3 trials in the space. Addressing all aspects of the disease: inflammation, pain and regeneration, PPS has genuine disease modifying potential. 
• Pentosan polysulfate sodium (PPS) is a semi-synthetic drug manufactured from the wood chips of European beech trees. Extracted glucurono-xylans are sulfated to produce a negatively charged product that mimics glycosaminoglycans (GAGs).

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