November 2017 | There are some subtle but meaningful differences between SMAs and managed funds, according to Andrew Stanley, head of Australian equities, Ralton Asset Management. "The key difference is th...

November 2017 | The Institute of Managed Account Professionals (IMAP) has announced the establishment of an industry working group to develop data standards for the exchange of managed accounts model d...

November 2017 | Roger Walling, Portfolio Manager at Ralton, talks to Alan Kohler's Constant Investor about P/E ratios and the role they play in Ralton's company valuations.

October 2017 | Roger Walling, Portfolio Manager at Ralton, talks to Alan Kohler's Constant Investor about his views on fund capacity and its potential impact on returns.  

October 2017 | Lonsec has awarded the Ralton High Yield Australian Shares SMA its 'Recommended' rating following a review of the SMA provider's portfolio in September 2017. In its review, Lonsec highlighte...

October 2017 | Retailers who prioritise protecting their share price ahead of investing to become Amazon-fit will be hardest hit by the online retailer's arrival, says veteran fund manager, Andrew Stan...

October 2017 | Amazon’s planned entry into the Australian market has generated intense speculation about the outlook for incumbent players. While Amazon will undoubtedly take some retail share, our re...

September 2017 | Watch Roger Walling, Portfolio Manager at Ralton, as he discusses what to look for in managed accounts and how SMAs can deliver positive outcomes for financial advisers and investors.&...

September 2017 | Worley Parsons' FY17 profit result confirmed a stabilisation in revenues, improved cash flows – including the collection of outstanding payments from various sovereign clients –...

September 2017 | “Turn off the light!” Who remembers this from their childhood? Such recollections are now haunting the boardrooms of Australia’s corporates as our energy-rich na...

September 2017 | There is no question financial advisers are increasingly turning to separately managed accounts (SMAs) as an investment vehicle of choice. As a specialist SMA provider, Ralton has been...

September 2017 | Shares in retail real estate investment trust (REIT), Vicinity Centres (ASX:VCX), rallied in July, supported by an upward revaluation of its property portfolio and the announcement of a sha...

IMAP WEBINAR | 12.30pm Wednesday 13 September 2017 | Join Roger Walling, Portfolio Manager at Ralton, as he discusses the fundamental differences between the way an SMA should be designed and managed compar...

August 2017 | Recent dry weather conditions in the United States have weighed on global agricultural stocks, providing us with an opportunity to add a small position in agricultural specialist Nufarm Ltd (A...

August 2017 | Shares in gaming machine manufacturer, Ainsworth Game Technology, continued their rally during July, reflecting investors' conviction the turnaround is gaining traction. Industry feedback con...

August 2017 | When investing your money in a public company, you are trusting company management to do the right thing by you. So, assessing a company’s governance should be and is a critical componen...

July 2017 | Advisers are increasingly using SMAs that replicate managed fund model portfolios, but they could be exposing clients to large tracking errors, warns Ralton Asset Management.

July 2017 | Amazon has been a disruptive force to retailers all over the world.  We expect its arrival on Australian soil will make it a disruptive force to all retailers here as well over the coming d...

June 2017 | Designer and manufacturer of respiratory equipment, Fisher & Paykel Healthcare (ASX:FPH) posted a strong profit result for the FY17 financial year, including a near 20% growth in profit to s...

June 2017 | Boral shares (ASX:BLD) rose again last month as investors continue to focus on the fundamentals of the US-based Headwaters acquisition. Boral received US regulatory approval for the t...

June 2017 | Caltex (ASX:CTX) shares added value in May as investors began to revisit this name. We bought the stock early this year when the share price fell after the loss of the Woolworths petrol station...

May 2017 | Shares in IT company, Computershare Limited (CPU, +4.8%), rose during the month following a positive investor briefing. Highlights of the briefing were the continued progress in CPU’s ...

April 2017 | Shares in horticultural company, Costa Group (ASX:CGC), rallied after the company announced both an increase in profit guidance for the current year and a $65m expansion of its mushroom farm at...

April 2017 | Shares of gaming company, Aristocrat Leisure (ASX:ALL), rallied after management upgraded profit growth for the coming year to between 20-30% at the AGM in late February. Although Aristocrat d...

April 2017 | Aged-care operator, Japara Healthcare (ASX:JHC), provides exposure to the strong thematic of Australia's ageing population and its need for high acuity care that many Australians will require. ...

March 2017 | Caltex has undergone considerable structural change in recent years, with the business shifting from being a capital-intensive refiner, toward a more capital-light operation, focused on fuel re...

March 2017 | A rise in electricity prices has been the main driver of AGL's share price with the 'forward curve' for electricity prices rising 30% or more in recent months for most Australian states. This h...

March 2017 | Share registry business, Computershare (ASX:CPU), continued its rally from the fourth quarter of last year into 2017, adding value to Ralton's Australian Shares portfolio.  The key driver...

February 2017 | Blood plasma producer, CSL (ASX:CSL), upgraded its profit forecasts in January and it is now targeting 18-20% profit growth in constant currency for FY17. CSL attributed the profit uplift to...

February 2017 | Energy company, Origin Energy (ASX:ORG), added value in January, with the stock up 73% from its level a year ago. We see several drivers for the recent outperformance: a) delivery of two LNG...

December 2016 | Gold miner, Evolution Mining (ASX:EVN), has a strong capital position and across its portfolio of assets, mining costs are heavily biased to the first and second quartile of global productio...

November 2016 | In October, Incitec Pivot (ASX:IPL) announced the completion and handover of its Louisiana ammonia plant (known as “Waggaman”), which is a key milestone for the group. Shares in ...

October 2016 | Gaming machine manufacturer, Ainsworth Game Technology (ASX:AGI), has recently welcomed European domiciled, Novomatics, to its share register after acquiring founding shareholder, Len Ainswor...

October 2016 | Utility assets owner, DUET Group (ASX:DUE), owns a series of long-life infrastructure assets including the Dampier to Bunbury Pipeline (DBP) and gas and electricity networks in south east Aus...

September 2016 | Package manufacturing and distribution business, Orora (ASX:ORA), added to Ralton's flagship Australian Shares portfolio during August with shareholders benefiting from a clean set of profi...

September 2016 | Sustainable waste management services company, Cleanaway Waste (ASX:CWY), added 32.2% to Ralton’s flagship Australian Shares portfolio during August after rallying strongly on a clean...

August 2016 | Shares in global toll road developer and operator, Macquarie Atlas Roads (MQA), rose in July, as did many other ‘bond-sensitive’ stocks. This was driven by lower long rates (global...

August 2016 | Following a 20% upgrade to profit guidance for the 2016 financial year, Aristocrat Leisure (ASX:ALL) added significant value to the Ralton Australian Shares portfolio. The profit uplift was dr...

August 2016 | Shares in Pact Group were boosted by two significant announcements during the June quarter both of which focused on ‘crate washing’, which involves end-to-end management of a custo...

July 2016 | Boral Managing Director, Mike Kane, has done a good job restructuring the group and the business is positioned to benefit from: a) the coming east coast rail and road infrastructure spending sur...

July 2016 | Following Computershare’s (CPU) investor day, we added CPU to the Ralton High Yield Australian Shares portfolio. Investor concerns in recent times have focused on low growth from CPU&rsquo...

June 2016 | In a somewhat unusual outcome, Sonic Healthcare (ASX:SHL) was a beneficiary of regulatory change in Australia in May. Your local GP, if they have a pathology lab on site, has likely been re...

June 2016 | Ralton acquired a small position in Steadfast Group (ASX:SDF), Australia’s largest general insurance broker – a service provider and equity investor for insurance brokers in Aus...

June 2016 | Aristocrat Leisure Limited (ASX:ALL) added significant value to the Ralton Australian Shares portfolio following a 20% upgrade to profit guidance for the 2016 financial year. The profit uplift w...

June 2016 | A well-received investor briefing in May, together with a currency tailwind from the falling Australian dollar, drove QBE Insurance Group (ASX:QBE) shares higher in May. After several years of r...

June 2016 | Listen to Andrew Stanley, Head of Australian Equities at Ralton, discuss how Australian investors can make sense of data from China.

June 2016 | Shares in Graincorp (ASX:GNC) rebounded from recent lows most likely due to the rains that started to arrive near the end of April in key growing areas. Over the next few months, investors ...

May 2016 | Following a pull-back in the share price, we added Aurizon Holdings (ASX:AZJ) to the portfolio (AZJ is the former QR National or QLD railway company). AZJ has two key divisions, consisting of bas...

May 2016 | Shares in comparison website, iSelect (ASX:ISU), continued their recovery from January lows. With a new management team in place since last October, the business appears to be regaining momentum....

May 2016 | Boutique Australian equities value manager, Ralton Asset Management, has been awarded an institutional mandate by IOOF Investments. “We are pleased to have been chosen by IOOF to manage la...

May 2016 | Origin Energy (ASX:ORG) was boosted by a relatively clean-half year result in February. The energy market business delivered good growth with margin expansion in ORG’s domestic gas retailin...

April 2016 | Star Entertainment Group (ASX:SGR) was a strong contributor to the Ralton Australian Shares portfolio during the March quarter, adding value in a volatile market. Half-year profit results were ...

April 2016 | Amcor Limited (ASX:AMC) finished the March quarter higher after a strong profit result for the half year, a result that highlighted the strength of AMC’s global packaging offer and the cu...

March 2016 | Reporting season for corporates was a key driver of stock movements for February. Brambles Limited’s (ASX:BXB) global transport business produced a solid profit result for the first half ...

March 2016 | For some time, Ralton has been concerned about distortions in the way corporates elect to invest capital. Specifically, we would highlight the rise in dividend payout ratios from the liste...

February 2016 | The Chinese Year of the Monkey has started in a tumultuous way for investors in a range of asset classes. Australian equities have been dragged along in the wake of a number of major macro h...

January 2016 | With a now $AUD50bn market cap, CSL has grown strongly over many years, benefiting from ongoing demand growth for its mainstay plasma products. At the same time, CSL has invested heavily in r...

December 2015 | Ralton Asset Management added to its investment team during November on the back of the manager’s continued growth. Olga Kosciuczyk joined as an Investment Analyst to support Andrew St...

December 2015 | Aristocrat Leisure (ALL) is now well positioned after a restructure driven by CEO, Jamie Odell. ALL has invested heavily in product content across its various divisions over the past fe...

November 2015 | During the month, Ralton added back AMP to the Australian Shares portfolio with the stock offering reasonable value and a solid, likely growing dividend yield. Rebounding off recent low...

October 2015 | Ralton has successfully run managed accounts for a long time. As a value manager, Andrew Stanley constantly looks for shares that are mispriced: the turnaround stories, 'fallen angels' or 'un...

October 2015 | Andrew Stanley, Head of Australian Equities at Ralton Asset Management, sees value in globally exposed industrials that are investing for the future.

September 2015 | August was one of the most tumultuous periods we have seen in the Australian market for many years. The market had fallen back to the level it last saw in December 2014. We had be...

August 2015 | China shocked the world last week by allowing the renminbi to devalue by a small amount for three consecutive days. Unsurprisingly, commentators began asking whether this was a sign of cr...

December 2014 | The Chinese government has recognised the need to transition the country’s growth model from debt-driven fixed-asset investment to a more sustainable household consumption model. In ou...