Markets rally on weak inflation data, Link deal pulled, JB Hi-Fi CEO stepping down The ASX200 (ASX:XJO) managed to deliver another 0.4% gain with the materials sector the only detractor falling 1.0%. The fall came despite the iron ore price hitting a record of US$193, marking a long recovery from the US$50 lows of 2015. JB HiFi (ASX:JBH) was among…
Graham Kelly from Noxopharm goes in-depth with Peter White from The Inside Network on the potential treatment of COVID.
Paul Nagy from Epsilon Direct Lending shares insights on where private credit sits in a traditional portfolio.
Sarah Hayward from sales enablement software company Seismic deep dives into real-world examples of how asset and wealth management firms have experienced measurable ROI and business value from their digitisation strategies, sharing key success levers for organisations to thrive in the digital-first world. A former Fintech Leader of the Year finalist, Sarah was previously the…
It’s quarterly earnings season for a small handful of ASX-listed companies, but some might say the most important in the index. While most companies listed on the ASX report half-yearly with a June year-end, the second month after the financial period, being July and February tends to the busiest each year. However, a small group…
Superannuation research house Chant West, part of the Zenith Investment Consulting group, this week published its quarterly performance update on the industry fund sector. Despite the volatility experienced in March, which spanned both bond and equity markets, returns continued to surprise on the upside in March. Chant West’s research seeks to differentiate between the (at…
We recently covered the mechanics of short-selling in our article, ‘how short selling really works’. This followed the huge popularity of the investment strategy amid the Reddit and GameStop saga earlier this year. In this article a number of benefits were raised ranging from the additional liquidity it provided to markets, the transparency it demanded…
Lesson #1. Gold does well in crises, acting like portfolio insurance Every investor wants an asset that offers downside protection, or insurance of a sort. And preferably one that is not suspiciously complicated or synthetic. Perhaps the major lesson from the coronavirus is that gold can provide this type of insurance, as the yellow metal…
