Eleven rock stars of international and local funds management took to stage – each tasked with picking and pitching one company whose shares will take off over the next year.

‍Don’t overlook down and out silver miners, legacy skincare brands ready for a revival and a big financial company suffering from a severe case of shareholder wealth destruction.

‍Hearts & Minds Investments chair Chris Cuffe is hoping for HM1 to grow to more than $1.5bn in the next five years.

The portfolio manager says defensive stocks pose a bigger risk than the magnificent seven for investors that are overexposed to the American sharemarket.

When fund managers come to pitch their favourite stock at the annual Sohn Hearts & Minds conference, there are two ways they can go: they can play it safe, or they can take a risk and shock the room.

IFM Investors executive director Rikki Bannan believes this year could be a good one to invest in some select small cap stocks.

Following a global search, the Conference Fund Manager Selection Committee is pleased to share eleven new managers for 2024. 

Chris Kourtis of Ellerston Capital thinks he’s found another winner and thinks it’s the last chance to have a bite at the cherry before the strategy plays out.

Alex Pollak’s funds management company Loftus Peak rode the Nvidia wave and he is now looking at more opportunities in disruptive industry stocks.

Sumit Gautam is the Founder of Scalar Gauge and speaks with Equity Mates ahead of his appearance at the Sohn Hearts & Minds conference.

Northcape Capital’s Fleur Wright is still kicking herself for not owning market darlings Nvidia and Novo Nordisk, the maker of the weight loss wonder drug Ozempic, before shares of those companies rocketed in 2023.

Tech investor Sumit Gautam carefully avoids the word bubble when describing the investor frenzy surrounding the rise of artificial intelligence, but warns there are dangers of getting caught up in the hype.

Chief Investment Officer, Nick Moakes raised almost $3 billion at ultra-low rates. Sometimes the long view can be the most profitable.

The chief investment officer of the London-based $71bn Wellcome Trust, Nick Moakes, has a simple rule for the trust’s investment team: “Never invest with anyone who is or has been or should have been in prison.”

Previous 2023 Conference Fund Manager, Catherine Allfrey of WaveStone Capital recently joined the Finding Alpha podcast to discuss her views post Reporting Season.

This month we take a deep dive into ResMed - one of the conference stocks within the fund that was astutely picked by Chris Kourtis of Ellerston Capital.

Grounds, Fowler, and Weiss set up the Australian version, the Sohn Hearts & Minds conference in 2016, with the first meeting at the Sydney Opera House.

Jonathan Pease, the creative director behind the Sohn Hearts & Minds Conference and author of the book, Winning the Room, recently sat down for a chat with Mark Bouris on Straight Talk.

At this year's Sohn Hearts & Minds Conference, we heard from Prof Daniel MacArthur, the Director of the Centre for Population Genomics.

At this year's Sohn Hearts & Minds Conference, we heard from Prof Michelle Simmons, the CEO and Founder of Silicon Quantum Computing.

At this year's Sohn Hearts & Minds Conference, we heard from Prof Misty Jenkins. Misty is a NHMRC fellow and laboratory head of the Immunology Division at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute.

Bryce and Ren of Equity Mates attended the Sohn Hearts & Minds Conference and reviewed the stocks pitched by our new 2023 Conference Fund Managers.

The world’s highest-profile tech investor, Cathie Wood, might be bruised but she is certainly bullish. Nor is she holding back.

Healthcare stocks – from sleep apnoea giant ResMed, to cancer diagnostic biotech Telix Pharmaceuticals – were recommended at the Sohn Hearts & Minds Investment Leaders Conference on Friday.

Tech investment guru Cathie Wood is still a big believer in bitcoin, so it was fitting that she chose Grayscale Bitcoin Trust as her stock pick for the 2023 Sohn Hearts & Minds Investment Leaders Conference.

Speaking from Ark’s headquarters in Florida ahead of her appearance at the Sohn Hearts & Minds Conference on Friday, Wood says she believes disinflation is now just around the corner in the US.

Global growth fund manager Munro has about $4.3bn in funds under management across four global funds, and usually invests in companies that are poised to win from massive structural change.

Institutional investors such as super and pension funds are investing in private equity at “exactly the wrong time,” a top hedge fund manager has warned, as sharply higher interest rates threaten a wave of bankruptcies.