Asia has proven more resilient than expected to the Middle East oil market shock, but energy security and the AI capex cycle are reshaping the region into a more fragmented investment landscape, fund managers George Efstathopoulos and Terrence Pang tell Stuart Rumble in the latest episode.

Asia has proven more resilient than expected to the Middle East oil market shock, but energy security and the AI capex cycle are reshaping the region into a more fragmented investment landscape, fund managers George Efstathopoulos and Terrence Pang tell Stuart Rumble in the latest episode.

Fidelity Answers is an investor's podcast channel from Fidelity International where we put the questions investors are asking to our portfolio managers and analysts. Looking for invaluable sector views, market commentary, and the best investment thinking? Then this is the place for you.  

We also publish here our sister podcast, The Investor's Guide to Asia, to bring you ideas from our experts across the Asia Pacific region, helping you chart your path through these vibrant markets. With regular macro and market insights on China.

Fidelity Answers is an investor's podcast channel from Fidelity International where we put the questions investors are asking to our portfolio managers and analysts. Looking for invaluable sector views, market commentary, and the best investment thinking? Then this is the place for you.&nbsp;&nbsp;
We also publish here our sister podcast, The Investor's Guide to Asia, to bring you ideas from our experts across the Asia Pacific region, helping you chart your path through these vibrant markets. With regular macro and market insights on China.

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Fidelity Answers: The Investment Podcast

We bring you ideas from Fidelity International's investment experts across the Asia Pacific region, helping you chart your path through these vibrant markets. With regular macro and market insights on China.

Also published on this feed is Fidelity Answers, the investment podcast where we put the questions investors are asking to our portfolio managers and analysts. Looking for invaluable sector views, market commentary, and the best investment thinking? Then this is the place for you.  

We bring you ideas from Fidelity International's investment experts across the Asia Pacific region, helping you chart your path through these vibrant markets. With regular macro and market insights on China. Also published on this feed is Fidelity Answers, the investment podcast where we put the questions investors are asking to our portfolio managers and analysts. Looking for invaluable sector views, market commentary, and the best investment thinking? Then this is the place for you. &nbsp;

The Investor's Guide to Asia

Fidelity Answers is an investor's podcast channel from Fidelity International where we put the questions investors are asking to our portfolio managers and analysts. Looking for invaluable sector views, market commentary, and the best investment thinking? Then this is the place for you.  

Fidelity Answers is an investor's podcast channel from Fidelity International where we put the questions investors are asking to our portfolio managers and analysts. Looking for invaluable sector views, market commentary, and the best investment thinking? Then this is the place for you.&nbsp;&nbsp;

The Investor’s Guide to Asia: The ‘haves’ and ‘have-nots’

With AI soaking up the lion's share of investor attention (and capital), opportunities are appearing in other parts of the market to pick up quality assets at relatively attractive valuations. Seb Morton-Clark talks to Portfolio Managers Tristan Purcell and Alex Laing, and Director of Research for Fixed Income Rebecca Motta about the options for adding to defensive positions in case the near-term future proves less ebullient than the recent past. With additional contributions from healthcare analyst Emma Newey Clark.

With AI soaking up the lion's share of investor attention (and capital), opportunities are appearing in other parts of the market to pick up quality assets at relatively attractive valuations. Seb Morton-Clark talks to Portfolio Managers Tristan Purcell and Alex Laing, and Director of Research for Fixed Income Rebecca Motta about the options for adding to defensive positions in case the near-term future proves less ebullient than the recent past. With additional contributions from healthcare analyst Emma Newey Clark.

Fidelity Answers: Where should I look if I need to play defence?

With inflation expectations soaring, and fixed income yields rising with them, what safe havens does the bond market offer for capital in an environment of higher prices and geopolitical shocks? Seb Morton-Clark hears from two of Fidelity's fixed income portfolio managers - Ravin Seeneevassen and Tim Foster - about why they think markets are under-appreciating the risks and how inflation-linked bonds can help.

With inflation expectations soaring, and fixed income yields rising with them, what safe havens does the bond market offer for capital in an environment of higher prices and geopolitical shocks? Seb Morton-Clark hears from two of Fidelity's fixed income portfolio managers - Ravin Seeneevassen and Tim Foster - about why they think markets are under-appreciating the risks and how inflation-linked bonds can help.

Fidelity Answers: What kind of fixed income can protect my portfolio when inflation is rising? 

What do investment analysts really contribute to the decisions fund managers make and how are those insights used in practice? Fund manager Dale Nicholls joins Stuart Rumble and Taosha Wang to explore three case studies, from China’s fast‑developing robotics sector and emerging small‑cap opportunities to Australia’s politically sensitive rare earths industry. Alongside analysts Reggie Pan, Sam Heithersay and Teddy Gao, he explains how deep, company‑level research shapes investment conviction and feeds directly into portfolio decisions.

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Credits

Producers: Patrick Graham, Judy Chen, Rory Fong, Dan Tham
Studio operators: Keith Chuen, Tommy Su, Kelvin Sim 
Post production: Tommy Su
Additional support from Alexis Horsburgh and Shani Semenec
Editor: Seb Morton-Clark

What do investment analysts really contribute to the decisions fund managers make and how are those insights used in practice? Fund manager Dale Nicholls joins Stuart Rumble and Taosha Wang to explore three case studies, from China&rsquo;s fast‑developing robotics sector and emerging small‑cap opportunities to Australia&rsquo;s politically sensitive rare earths industry. Alongside analysts Reggie Pan, Sam Heithersay and Teddy Gao, he explains how deep, company‑level research shapes investment conviction and feeds directly into portfolio decisions.
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Credits
Producers: Patrick Graham, Judy Chen, Rory Fong, Dan Tham Studio operators: Keith Chuen, Tommy Su, Kelvin Sim Post production: Tommy Su Additional support from Alexis Horsburgh and Shani Semenec Editor: Seb Morton-Clark

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