Scott Phillips
Scott Phillips joined Montgomery Investment Management in 2013.
Scott joined the firm from BlackRock Investment Management, where he was Managing Director, Head of Retail Australia for 12 years.
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The people behind the process – Sean Sequeira
Scott Phillips
September 8, 2022
As we broaden out the expert teams partnering with Montgomery, I take the opportunity to talk with Sean Sequeria the Chief Investment Officer and Portfolio Manager from Australian Eagle Asset Management. I lift the lid and see what makes the people behind the process, the blog posts and the numbers tick. Continue…
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The people behind the process
Scott Phillips
June 10, 2022
As we broaden out the expert teams partnering with Montgomery, I talk with Brett Craig the Portfolio Manager for the Aura High Yield SME Fund and lift the lid on what makes the people behind the process, the blog posts and the numbers tick. Continue…
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Montgomery Small Companies Fund and investing over the longer term
Scott Phillips
April 28, 2022
We all know that equity markets don’t travel in a straight line, and that has been the case for equity markets over the last couple of years. Looking back at some of the major events that investors and equity markets have had to contend with, and we can list a global pandemic, massive monetary and fiscal stimulus in response, lock-downs like never seen before, then re-opening, supply constraints coupled with strong demand, a Russian invasion on Ukraine, now inflationary pressures across the globe, interest rates on the rise and meanwhile companies are adapting to the changing environment but ultimately trying to execute on delivering the best products or services to their customers and generate growing profits. Continue…
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Accessing Montgomery’s funds through a platform
Scott Phillips
February 4, 2022
During this most recent pull back in equity markets, we have received a number of calls from investors who have enquired as to what platforms Montgomery’s suite of funds are available on. Now many people may be asking what a “platform” is and what do they do. Continue…
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Timely reminder of investing insights from Howard Marks – Oaktree
Scott Phillips
October 19, 2021
I was fortunate to recently hear from the legendary investor Howard Marks, one of the co-founders of Oaktree Capital* who gave the opening keynote address at the annual CFA Societies Australia Conference. Listening to his presentation was informative as always and I thought I’d share with everyone some of his key takeaways relating to today’s investing environment and ultimately successful investing. His presentation was titled” “Value Investing: A New Look.” Continue…
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What’s in a global equity benchmark?
Scott Phillips
September 1, 2021
The MSCI (Morgan Stanley Capital International) organisation is arguably the best know provider of global equity indexes and provide an excellent insight into the investable equity markets around the world. The MSCI indexes are market cap-weighted indexes, which means stocks are weighted according to their market capitalisation—calculated as stock price multiplied by the total number of shares outstanding. Continue…
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The people behind the process – Montgomery Small Companies Fund
Scott Phillips
July 26, 2021
It’s been a while since I last did a profile piece on a member of the Montgomery team and in that time, we had two skilled investment professionals join. I lift the lid and see what makes the people behind the process, the blog posts and the numbers tick. I catch up with one of our newest Portfolio Managers on our Australian Small Companies team – Gary Rollo. Continue…
by Scott Phillips Posted in Editor's Pick, Montgomery News and Updates.
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SMSF cost analysis
Scott Phillips
February 15, 2021
The success of the Australian superannuation system, envied by most governments around the world has now grown to encompass close on $3 trillion of assets. This is broadly split between three different types of fund – Public Sector/Industry/ Corporates, Retail and Self Managed Super Funds (SMSF). The proponents of each type often battle it out in the court of public debate as to the merits of each type and one of the fronts of attack is often on the topic of cost! Continue…
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The winners and losers of 2020
Scott Phillips
January 13, 2021
A lot will be written about events in calendar year 2020 and the impact COVID-19 had on many facets of our lives, not to mention the huge volatility in financial markets. Interestingly, when we look in isolation at the calendar year returns of the S&P/ASX 300 Accumulation Index (which includes the returns from dividends), the market was up a tiny 1.4 per cent. Continue…
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Is it worth investing in bonds with yields so low?
Scott Phillips
October 16, 2020
The typical balanced portfolio being a 60/40 mix of growth assets to defensive (bonds) has been a mainstay of investors for many decades. But with 10-year Australian government bond yields at just 0.84 per cent and inflation running somewhere around 1.8 per cent (as seen in Figure 1), the return you get on the yield from your risk free Australian 10 year treasury bond is trailing inflation by around 1 per cent per annum. Continue…
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