Damien Klassen

Damien has a wealth of experience across international equities (Schroders), asset allocation (Wilson HTM) and he helped create one of Australia’s largest independent research firms, Aegis Equities. He lectured for over a decade at the Securities Institute, Finsia and Kaplan and spent many of those years as the external Chair for the subject of Industrial Equity Analysis.

June 2025 MB Fund Performance

The financial year-end, 30 June, was volatile.

The greatest ever copper trade

Bloomberg is out this week talking about the “once-in-a-generation trade” in the copper market: The Aug.

MB Fund Podcast: Are Driverless Cars Finally Ready?

Tesla has finally, sort of, launched driverless cars.

MB Fund Podcast: FY2025 In Review

In this week’s podcast, Nucleus Wealth’s Chief Investment Officer, Damien Klassen looked through what worked in 2025, what didn’t and where we are opening 2026.

MB Fund Podcast: Economic Tipping Points

The biggest narrative in world markets surrounds the US.

MB Fund Podcast: Will Interest Rate Cuts Re-ignite The Housing Market?

In this week’s podcast, Nucleus Wealth’s Chief Investment Officer, Damien Klassen, and Chief Economist, Leith van Onselen, discussed the Reserve Bank of Australia’s interest rate cut and explore its impact on residential housing and the broader economy.

MB Fund Podcast: The Dark Side of Superannuation with Cameron Murray

In this week’s podcast, Nucleus Wealth’s Chief Investment Officer, Damien Klassen, and special guest economist Cameron Murray unpacked the downsides of superannuation as a pension supplement—and explore the broader social issues it creates.

MB Fund Podcast: Superannuation Secrets: Legally Shrinking Your Tax

In this week’s podcast, Nucleus Wealth’s Chief Investment Officer, Damien Klassen, unpacked a range of easy-to-implement strategies—including salary sacrifice, after-tax contributions, spouse splits, recontribution tactics, and smart timing before 30 June—to help listeners retain more of their earnings while boosting their retirement savings.

MB Fund Podcast: Election-Proofing Your Investment Portfolio

In this week’s podcast, Nucleus Wealth’s Chief Investment Officer, Damien Klassen, and Chief Economist, Leith van Onselen, examined the economic impacts of Dutton vs Albanese vs a hung parliament.

MB Fund Podcast: Anatomy Of A Market Bottom

In this week’s podcast, Nucleus Wealth’s Chief Investment Officer Damien Klassen delve into the factors we are looking for to show that the market may have bottomed.

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