High conviction

The world is getting a lot more expensive. In the US, prices rose 7% in the year to December - the largest 12-month gain since June 1982. Here in Australia, that...

As global fund managers, one of the most important areas of focus for many of the companies we research is around talent acquisition and retention. This issue goes...

As the pandemic kept people at home, we saw a dramatic rise in at-home consumption of spirits and a shift in preferences towards more premium products. We believe...

An important issue all investors wrestle with is how closely aligned a company's management team is with ordinary shareholders. While there are countless ways to...

At Claremont Global, a 10 to 15 stock concentrated quality growth manager that invests globally, we look at the portfolio in terms of the 4Ps: People, Process,...

This month, Australia’s two largest economies started reopening after months of lockdown, with expectations that it could unleash a wave of consumer spending and...

Fund manager James McDonald at the Pengana High Conviction Equities Fund provides insight into some of the current opportunities arising for the fund. In particular,...

As we come out of lockdown, our focus turns to the two real estate sub-sectors which have been most affected, retail and office, and assessing how these sectors will...

Ivan from South Australia has had an on-again, off-again relationship with the share market. After getting burnt as a teenager during the 1969-1970 nickel boom, the...

Over the last 12 months the Australian equity market has been supported by a strong cyclical earnings recovery, unprecedented fiscal support and an extraordinarily...

Looking at the reporting season scorecard, there was a vast improvement compared to last year. 15 REITs provided either EPS or DPS guidance. Those withholding guidance...

Fund manager James McDonald at the Pengana High Conviction Equities Fund provides insight into some of the current opportunities arising for the Fund. In particular,...

Claremont Global is a boutique fund manager owning the best 10 – 15 companies globally. Over the last three years the Fund returned 22.3% p.a., an outperformance of...

With the latest US CPI reading over 5%, we have been receiving a number of questions from investors about what this means for the future composition of our...

The last three months have seen a dramatic rally in the AREIT sector as Australian 10-year bond yields came down from highs of 1.9% in late February to 1.5% currently,...

Within the last 12 months the market narrative has switched from fears of deflation to concerns of inflation. This narrative is often coupled with the forecast that...

When thinking about COVID winners, a 70-year-old US-centric payroll solutions company is unlikely to be top of mind. However, complex requirements for stimulus...

Management team changes can be typically disruptive for companies, often because it may further compound the already challenging position that led to the original need...

The Collins St Value Fund* returned 44% (gross) in CY 2020, ranking #1 out of all long-only Australian equity funds for the year as measured by Mercer. The process...

COVID-19 has caused havoc in the REIT sector with economic shutdowns, rent relief and concerns about behavioural changes (structural shifts) weighing heavily on the...