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24.11.2020
Monthly Agenda November 2020 - The Emerging Recovery Gets a Tick
The uncertainty of the US election has now faded; the narrative around an effective vaccine has turned more positive allowing thoughts to turn to re-…
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24.11.2020
Monthly Agenda November 2020 - Australian Equities
The ASX 200 Accumulation Index has gained more than 10% in the first three weeks of November, turning around the poor performance of the second half …
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24.11.2020
Monthly Agenda November 2020 - International Equities
Small cap companies managed to extend their rally this month, hitting all-time highs. That bodes well for emerging market assets, given the small-cap …
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24.11.2020
Monthly Agenda November 2020 - Fixed Income
While Covid-19 continues to spread across the US, neither the stock market nor the yield curve are signalling a material slowdown. Cyclical stocks …
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24.11.2020
Monthly Agenda November 2020 - Alternatives
Alternatives total asset under management are forecast to grow by 60%, or 9.8% annualised equivalent rate, taking total assets to US$17.16tn by 2025. …
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29.10.2020
Monthly Agenda October 2020 - Time for Small to Shine?
One of the interesting features of the equity market in October is the relative outperformance of small companies over their larger counterparts.
If …
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29.10.2020
Monthly Agenda October 2020 - Alternatives
With bond yields sitting close to historic lows investors searching for yield are forced to look further out the risk spectrum to achieve the same …
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29.10.2020
Monthly Agenda October 2020 - Fixed Income
The dynamic between U.S. stocks and Treasury yields is once again in focus. Both are rising due to a belief in stimulus-driven reflation. Steeper …
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29.10.2020
Monthly Agenda October 2020 - Australian Equities
There has been an increasingly optimistic outlook for the Australian equity market over the last two months on the back of an expansionary Federal …
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29.10.2020
Monthly Agenda October 2020 - International Equities
The MSCI Emerging Markets Index of stocks has shown a burst over the last month and stands at the cusp of hitting a two-year high. China’s role …
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AGENDA
28.09.2020
Monthly Agenda September 2020 - The Age of Administered Markets
The COVID-19 crisis has accelerated many structural trends that were evident previously – e-commerce, the cashless society, remote working - …
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AGENDA
28.09.2020
Monthly Agenda September 2020 - Australian Equities
A potential second wave of capital raisings by Australian companies did not eventuate through August's reporting season. With most large capital …
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28.09.2020
Monthly Agenda September 2020 - International Equities
The message from a sliding AUD/USD is not a happy one for Asian stocks. The Aussie is viewed as a risk barometer, so its rapid slide this week will …
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28.09.2020
Monthly Agenda September 2020 - Fixed Income
Equities have bounced around quite a bit over the past few months. Bond investors have been significantly calmer. Perhaps it’s because most of …
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28.09.2020
Monthly Agenda September 2020 - Alternatives
Sales of new homes rose to their highest levels since September 2006 in the US reaching an annualised figure of just over 1 million ahead of …
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AGENDA
31.08.2020
Monthly Agenda August 2020 – A World of Possibilities
Today’s investment environment is one where there is a world of possibilities but few certainties. Part of the issue, in our view, is that this …
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31.08.2020
Monthly Agenda August 2020 – Alternatives
The integration of ESG into the investment process is becoming a standard part of General Partners (GP) mandates within private markets. The …
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31.08.2020
Monthly Agenda August 2020 – Fixed Income
The Fed is taking an ever-greater role in the U.S. economy and that’s raising concerns it is skewing the playing field to the benefit of larger …
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31.08.2020
Monthly Agenda August 2020 – International Equities
The S&P 500 finished August in the black for a fifth straight month on optimism a vaccine for the virus may be around the corner. If markets are …
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31.08.2020
Monthly Agenda August 2020 – Australian Equities
Forward EPS revisions have varied across the sectors of the Australian market this month, with estimates revised following companies reporting annual …
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AGENDA
03.08.2020
Monthly Agenda July 2020 – 100 Days
This month we focus our attention on the upcoming US presidential election. This is timely for two reasons. First, we are now three months out from …
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AGENDA
03.08.2020
Monthly Agenda July 2020 – Fixed Income
Holders of highly rated bonds have never been paid so little. Yields on U.S. investment-grade corporate debt are a basis point or so wider in the …
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03.08.2020
Monthly Agenda July 2020 – International Equities
Record drop, record recovery, and unprecedented policy action. This year’s extraordinary market environment is tearing apart long-standing …
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03.08.2020
Monthly Agenda July 2020 – Australian Equities
FY20 earnings announcements will be a key focus of the market through August, with companies detailing the impact to earnings related to COVID19, …
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03.08.2020
Monthly Agenda July 2020 – Alternatives
The WilderHill New Energy Global Innovation Index tracks the performance of companies active in the renewable and low-carbon energy product …
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29.06.2020
Monthly Agenda June 2020 – The Walking Fed
Twenty years ago, “The Simpsons” famously aired an episode of Donald Trump as President of the United States. Ten years ago, the …
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29.06.2020
Monthly Agenda June 2020 – Alternatives
Private markets have grown more than ten-fold since the turn of the century, whilst dry powder currently stands at record levels. Back in 2000 …
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29.06.2020
Monthly Agenda June 2020 – Australian Equities
Forward earnings revisions for the ASX 200 have stabilised since early May, as analysts look towards the prospect of a recovery as the economy …
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29.06.2020
Monthly Agenda June 2020 – Fixed Income
Austria’s mandate to issue another century bond is bound to be lapped up after the runaway success of the 2017 issue. Investors who bought and …
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29.06.2020
Monthly Agenda June 2020 – International Equities
Governments around the world have approved almost $11 trillion to fight the pandemic, and an extra $5 trillion is still in the pipeline, according to …
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25.05.2020
Monthly Agenda May 2020 – Alternatives
Iron ore prices have rallied strongly over the last month, up over 15% in May as stronger than expected demand from China coupled with disruptions to …
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25.05.2020
Monthly Agenda May 2020 – Australian Equities
The recovery in global equity markets began in late March as a multitude of fiscal and monetary stimulus measures were announced around the world to …
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25.05.2020
Monthly Agenda May 2020 – International Equities
The correlation between US equities and the US dollar is once again negative, as it was during the last time the US Federal Reserve undertook …
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25.05.2020
Monthly Agenda May 2020 – Disconnected
The outbreak of the corona crisis has left many of us feeling disconnected from friends, families, and work colleagues. Changes in the way we shop, …
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Monthly Agenda May 2020 – Fixed Income
One of the ironies of the current market is that investors appear to be rewarding the most indebted companies. In a classic ‘credit crisis,&…
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27.04.2020
Monthly Agenda April 2020 - What does it mean when government goes big?
The policy response to COVID-19 has been unprecedented but so has the impact on economic activity. Whilst we are conscious not to extrapolate near …
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10.03.2020
Monthly Agenda March 2020 – Long Live Schumpeter
There is a lot of negative news, views and opinions in financial markets right now. This negativity is rightly occurring on a number of fronts –…
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10.03.2020
Monthly Agenda March 2020 – Australian Equities
The Australian equity market’s performance in February was driven by two primary factors, being half year reporting season and escalating fears …
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10.03.2020
Monthly Agenda March 2020 – Global Equities
Complacency around the coronavirus marked the first half of the month for global equities with most markets up by around 5% in the first two weeks. …
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10.03.2020
Monthly Agenda March 2020 – Currencies and Commodities
Oil prices fell by over 13% in a very volatile month for the commodity as the impact of prolonged business shutdowns and restriction on travel in …
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AGENDA
10.03.2020
Monthly Agenda March 2020 – Fixed Income
Over the month of February bond yields fell across most markets. In Australia, 10-year yields finished down 13 basis points to a record low of just …
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AGENDA
13.02.2020
Agenda 2020 – Our Views in Brief
Global Growth – We expect global growth to rise in 2020 as an easing of trade tensions puts a floor under global manufacturing activity. This …
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13.02.2020
Agenda 2020 – The Dickensian Economy
It has been the best of times and the worst of times for the US economy. While this expansion has been the longest on record at over 126 months, it …
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13.02.2020
Agenda 2020 – Theme 2: ESG Investing Comes of Age
It began as a niche desire. Originally, socially responsible investing (SRI) was confined to a subset of investors who wanted their investments to …
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13.02.2020
Agenda 2020 – Theme 3: Let the Fiscal Phoenix Rise
Inequality of wealth within countries has grown in recent decades, particularly in advanced economies. The post-crisis policy response of injecting …
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AGENDA
13.02.2020
Agenda 2020 – Global Economy Breakdown
United States – Low inflation should keep the US Federal Reserve on hold during 2020. The November presidential election is likely to be a …
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AGENDA
13.02.2020
Agenda 2020 – Theme 1: A Technology Tipping Point
Since Apple released the first iPhone in 2007, few industries have been left unscathed. This transformational device was a tipping point in turning …
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AGENDA
13.02.2020
Agenda 2020 – Fixed Income
Fixed income assets had a strong year in 2019. Bond yields tumbled and credit spreads tightened in response to the dovish pivot by the US Federal …
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13.02.2020
Agenda 2020 – Australian Equities
After a strong year for domestic equity returns, the outlook is for a more benign outcome in 2020. Underpinning this view is the starting point for …
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13.02.2020
Agenda 2020 – International Equities
Our base case scenario remains favourable toward global equities in 2020. Within the US, the Federal Reserve still has room to ease policy should it …
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13.02.2020
Agenda 2020 – Alternatives
We define alternatives to be any asset that is defined by ASIC as a hedge fund or has an illiquidity premium embedded. This makes for a very …
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13.02.2020
Agenda 2020 – Asset Class Quilt of Market Returns
After a dismal 2018, global equity markets roared back to life in 2019 adding some $17 trillion in value over the 12 months. US equities were a …
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