{"podcast":{"title":"Australian Investors Podcast","slug":"australian-investors-podcast-594967","podcast_index_feed_id":594967,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/RRKKR9032877039","website_url":"https://www.raskmedia.com.au/podcasts/australian-investors-podcast/","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/9272aa06-1181-11ed-be4c-83a70e645621/image/b145aa5c5b3a555f41d51f1799ce7969.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Rask","episode_count":707,"summary":"The Australian Investors Podcast is a twice weekly podcast (Wednesday & Saturday), featuring laid back but intelligent short- and long-form conversations about markets, business, psychology, lessons learned and investment process. At Rask, our goal is to bring you the best insights, information and proven strategies to help you invest your time and money. SHOW NOTES: https://www.raskmedia.com.au/podcasts/australian-investors-podcast","last_synced_at":"2026-06-15T02:18:03.109244+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/australian-investors-podcast-594967"},"episode":{"title":"Inside a $350bn super fund: How your money is really invested","slug":"inside-a-350bn-super-fund-how-your-money-is-really-invested","published_at":"2026-04-21T21:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/australian-investors-podcast-594967/inside-a-350bn-super-fund-how-your-money-is-really-invested","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/australian-investors-podcast-594967","url":"https://www.raskmedia.com.au/podcasts/australian-investors-podcast/","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/RRKKR7559542785.mp3?updated=1776391674","summary":"This episode was originally featured on The Australian Finance Podcast. In this Australian Investors Podcast episode, your host Owen Rask is joined by Brian Parker, Chief Economist of Australian Retirement Trust (ART), to discuss how ART thinks about runway, portfolio construction, private markets and when volatility becomes opportunity. They cover: - What a chief economist actually does and how ART turns research into portfolio action. - How “super money” is different: time horizon, tax wrapper and the power of compounding. - Geopolitics, inflation and how ART assesses signals in a multipolar world. - AI — threat vs opportunity, productivity wins, and policy implications for workers. - Why private assets and inflation-linked income matter in portfolio construction. - What does a Chief Economist do? - How super funds invest differently (decades, not months) - Why market volatility = opportunity - The impact of geopolitics (Ukraine, Middle East, trade tensions) - Inflation vs deflation: what’s really happening - How AI could reshape the global economy - Why diversification is the “only free lunch” - The role of private assets (infrastructure, property, private equity) - Why super funds can access investments you can’t - Real returns: why inflation matters for your future - How to think long-term about your super Resources for this episode Learn more about Australian Retirement Trust ⁠here Ask a question (select the Investors podcast) Show partner resources ETF investor? Go beyond ordinary with Global X: View all funds Speak with the Rask Advice team Ask a question (select the Investors podcast) Show partner resources ETF investor? Go beyond ordinary with Global X: View all funds Visit TermPlus to learn more Have the chance to win a 5k travel voucher. Take the TermPlus s…","meta_description":"This episode was originally featured on The Australian Finance Podcast. In this Australian Investors Podcast episode, your host Owen Rask is joined by Bri…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3355,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/australian-investors-podcast-594967/episodes/inside-a-350bn-super-fund-how-your-money-is-really-invested/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/australian-investors-podcast-594967/inside-a-350bn-super-fund-how-your-money-is-really-invested.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}