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Real assets are booming, and Australia is in the box seat

As global markets fragment, investors are turning to real assets — and Australia’s commodity strength puts it at the centre of this generational shift.

Amid rising geopolitical tensions and volatile markets, commodities are emerging as a strategic safe haven for investors, argues Arthur Fan. Shutterstock.

As global markets grapple with unpredictable policy shifts, Australian investors find themselves well positioned to benefit from institutional capital's flight to real assets.

The search for safety is driving investment dollars upstream to commodities anchored by long-term demand — and Australia, as a leading producer of gold and other critical materials, sits right at the centre of this opportunity.

Concern about a global trade war triggered by US President Donald Trump's tariff regime has accelerated this shift toward the refuge that real assets offer in times of turmoil.

US military involvement in the Middle East has also heightened emerging, strategic and disruptive (ESD) risks, increasing volatility even as the S&P 500 benchmark stock index has erased all its losses for this year.

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