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ISSUE 120
SEPTEMBER 2025

NAVIGATING

GLOBAL SHIFTS

STRATEGIES

FOR WEALTH

PRESERVATION IN A

MULTIPOLAR ERA

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BY WEALTH ADVISER For Australian retail clients, the need to future-proof wealth
arguably depends not on following the playbook of the
Introduction: The Shifting Global Landscape and past, but on embracing both the philosophical and practical
Its Relevance for Australian Investors implications of these global shifts.
The 21st century marks a turning point for global inves-
tors, as long-standing patterns of US economic and market Understanding Multipolarity: New Centres of
dominance begin to fade. Diana Mousina, Deputy Chief Economic Power and Opportunity
Economist at AMP, observes, “The period of US ‘exception- What does it truly mean when the world becomes “multi-
alism’ has really been in the last 15 years… The trends that polar”? In simple terms, economic leadership is increasingly
drove this US outperformance are fading…”. This context is shared among countries such as China, India, Europe, and
not just a matter of shifting headlines; it compels advisers the US—no single player dictates the rules. The implications
and their clients to reconsider what resilience, growth, run deep for investors. As Mousina highlights, “On current
and security mean for their portfolios in an era defined by trends the next 20 years will see the UK, Europe and the
more distributed centres of power. Morgan Stanley further US fall to 35% of global growth while China and India will
reinforces this transformation: “A key feature of the poten- lift to 25% and more…”. Australia, positioned between
tial emergence of a multipolar world is that economic cycles these emerging power blocs, both faces risk and enjoys new
and financial market trends are becoming less US-centric…”. opportunities.

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