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From time to time we produce research papers, videos, thought pieces and other communications capturing our opinion on investing. Please bookmark this page and check back regularly to stay up to date with our latest thoughts.

Videos
	28 November 2011: What is the USA doing to Australian shareholders. Having recently returned from an in-depth study tour of the USA, Hyperion’s fund management team share their insights on the US economy and what impact US operations are having on Australian companies.
	It's not easy thinking long-term. This short video takes a Monty Python inspired look at the challenges of long-term investing in a short-term world. Please click here to enjoy the show.
	Sep 2011: Manny Pohl speaks to Switzer. Hyperion's Managing Director and Investment Committee Chair highlights why investors should also look at the benefits of their dividend flows when assessing their Australian equities portfolio.
	September 2011: What is happening to Australian Equities. Hyperion hosted a free webinar for financial advisers discussing the forces at play in the Australian equities market. To view the video, please click here.
	April 2011: Manny Pohl speaks to Switzer. Hyperion's Managing Director, Dr Manny Pohl, talks about what blue chip means to Hyperion and which Australian stocks Hyperion likes and why. To view the video, please click here.
	No dogs allowed. This is boutique funds management as you have never seen it before. To view the video, please click here.
	The Case for Hyperion. This short video interviews each member of the investment team and asks them to explain why it is worthwhile investing with Hyperion. To view the video, please click here.
	Aug 2010: Manny Pohl speaks to Switzer. Hyperion's Managing Director, Dr Manny Pohl, talks about the outlook for the US and local equities markets with Peter Switzer on Sky News. To view the video, please click here.

	Articles
		The economic costs of excessive short-termism. Mark Arnold, Hyperion's Chief Investment Officer, and Jason Orthman, Hyperion's Portfolio Manager/ Analyst, researched the economic costs of excessive short-termism in a white paper for Portfolio Construction Conference 2011. The research paper shows that short-termism is a pandemic that continues to flourish unchecked within financial markets at all levels - by corporate management, active fund managers, asset consultants, super fund trustees and their principals, and 'mum and dad' investors - resulting in significant long-term economic costs to investors. To read the conference white paper, please click here. (note: please allow a few moments for the PDF to load)
		Portfolio Construction Conference Due Diligence Forum presentation: Dr Manny Pohl presents at Conference on the econonic costs of short-termism. To watch thhe sync'd slides/audio please click here.
		Why takeovers don't work for investors. Takeovers, mergers and acquisitions... at Hyperion we don't like owning companies that are involved in "major" deals of this nature, either as the target or as the acquirer. To read why, please click here.
		Tech talk: the Hyperion approach to picking tech stocks. While tech stocks form a low 1% of the overall index, Hyperion Asset Management has a significantly higher holding, with some 22% of the Hyperion Australian Growth Companies Fund in the sector. To read why, please click here.
		The dangers of short-termism. Hyperion's portfolios do not always outperform the index in the short-term, but our Investment Team explains how a focus on short-term returns can be distracting to investors with a long-term investment objective. To read the full article, please click here.
		Practicing what we preach. In this article, Hyperion's CIO Mark Arnold outlines what quality really means in practice and how two big name stocks - Telstra and Qantas - do not pass our quality hurdles. To find out why, please click here.
		Why traditional equity portfolio risk measurement fails long-term investors. In this white paper, Hyperion's Chief Investment Officer, Mark Arnold, argues that portfolio risk is much broader than modern portfolio theory allows for and that the industry's reliance on short-term volatility measures leads to incorrect assessment of portfolio risk. To read the white paper, please click here.