"Recently, we are seeing a growing level of attention on companies that lack transparency, engage in socially unacceptable behaviour, damage the environment, or are governed in ways not aligned with shareholder or constituent interest. This trend continues to drive and fuel the growth of all our ESG products and services." Show More
With the Socceroos carrying the hopes of a nation into the tournament, the Australian equities team at Aberdeen Standard Investments has selected its own dream team of locally listed stocks. Just like Australia’s coach, Bert van Marwijk, the investment team sought to combine skills and strength in its final XI... Show More
“YouTube now has over 1.5 billion users. On average, these users spend 60 minutes a day on mobile. But this growth isn't just happening on desktop and mobile. YouTube now gets over 100 million hours of watch time in the living room every day, and that's up 70% in the... Show More
The first week of reporting season has already thrown up a few grenades with Isentia and Navitas both missing expectations. In this short video the panel discuss sectors and stocks that they like and how they handle a holding that gets crushed after missing investor expectations. Show More
Local market ran up on China data before fading to a slight positive day for the end of month. Tax loss selling in May/June will add to the seasonal weakness while geopolitical risks and US fiscal delays are overshadowing global growth story. We had strong manufacturing and non-manufacturing PMI data... Show More
Local market fell on the open before making a decent recovery on the back of recovering US market futures and better than expected building approval data. US and UK will be back online tonight while China will be back online on tomorrow. Tax loss selling in May/June and seasonal weakness... Show More
Local market started weak and then sentiment nosedived as more details of the White House debacles filtered through the media and drove US futures lower. The big risk with US politics at this point is…anything could happen. Market hates uncertainty…and volatility indices are at historical lows…something should give and the... Show More
Local market bounced off the lows from the morning selloff to halve the losses. Result update selloff in BXB and WOR drove industrials and energy sector as the worst performers on a day the market lacked any sentiment. CSV delivered another downgrade and it keeps the IT sector in higher... Show More
A quiet AGM day, but two first strikes and Comet Resources avoided a second strike. Details can be found in the Daily AGM Note for Wednesday 2 November 2016 https://subscriber.theexecutiveremunerationreporter.com.au/archives/16311 Show More
From time to time we run a quantitative screen over the Australian share market to identify stocks that prima facie have some attractive valuation and fundamental metrics. Quantitative screening such as this is just a first-cut exercise rather than the final word. It is far from foolproof and only as... Show More
