'Perspectives' by Escala

In this episode, Escala Partners CIO, Tracey McNaughton, shares her views on today’s speech by Reserve Bank Governor Phil Lowe and what it may mean for future interest rate policy. She also puts the current bout of financial market volatility into perspective and provides some implications of the current geopolitical issue playing out on the Russia/Ukraine border.

In this episode, Escala Partners CIO, Tracey McNaughton, shares her views on the outlook for equities, bonds and alternatives for 2022 and discusses recent research on how markets have historically behaved during a rate hike cycle.

In this episode, Escala Partners CIO, Tracey McNaughton, shares her views on what kind of a rate hike cycle we should expect out of the US next year and how the operation of monetary policy in the US has changed post-GFC. With few tools left to address the alternative, the Fed will be keen to keep the cycle going – to avoid major market losses turning into a recession.

In this episode, Escala Partners CIO, Tracey McNaughton, shares her views on what the bond market could be warning us about. She discusses the potential path ahead for US interest rate policy and how investors should be positioned as a result.

In this episode, Escala Partners CIO, Tracey McNaughton, shares her views on financial repression, how it is affecting the bond market and the implications for investor portfolios.

In this episode, Escala Partners CIO, Tracey McNaughton, shares her views on what could be a gamechanger for COVID-19 in low income countries. She discusses the fight back by central banks seeking to regain control of the rate cycle messaging as well as the importance of small business in China.

In this episode, Escala Partners CIO team members Darragh Kennelly and Stephen Dickinson share their views on the upcoming UN Climate Change Conference, updated policy maker commitments and what new innovations we are seeing in climate related solutions. 

In this episode, Escala Partners CIO, Tracey McNaughton, shares her views on the apparent battle between bond investors and central bankers. Bond markets from Australia to the US to the UK are pushing bond yields significantly higher, sending the signal to central bankers to get on with the rate hiking cycle. Which central bank will blink first?

In this episode, Investment Analyst David Bruty talks to Leo Barry, a portfolio manager of the Fairview Emerging Companies Fund. Leo discusses how he ended up in the funds management industry following his successful AFL career, why investors should include an allocation to small caps in their portfolio and how Fairview differentiates itself from other small cap managers in the Australian market. Leo also expands on the outlook for small companies and how the fund is positioned in the current environment.

In this episode, Escala Partners CIO, Tracey McNaughton, shares her views on the risk of rising prices and its effect on economic growth, the permanency of inflation and how portfolio’s should be positioned. She also discusses the latest employment report out of the US where labour supply shortages appear to be most concentrated in the leisure and hospitality sector.