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A Portfolio of Performers, Laggards and Opportunities

December 2020 Newsletter | It has been an extraordinary year. Despite the sell-off in February and March, the Auscap Long Short Australian Equities Fund (Fund) was up 5.3% for the calendar year as of 30 November 2020. This compares to the All ... Read more

Can Confidence Create The Conditions For Growth

November 2020 Newsletter | Australia’s improving domestic management of the COVID-19 pandemic, an end to the lockdowns in Victoria and Melbourne in particular, vaccine progress, fiscal stimulus and political developments in the United States over the ... Read more

Budget Winners Are Grinners

October 2020 Newsletter | In April 2019, Josh Frydenberg delivered his first Budget as Treasurer. After more than a decade of deficits, Australia was finally on track for a long-awaited return to surplus, with surpluses forecast for the next decade. ... Read more

Are Aussies Splashing Or Stashing Their Cash?

September 2020 Newsletter | The last six months have been a uniquely challenging period, with the COVID-19 disruption being significant enough to bring Australia’s 29 year recession-free streak to an end. Despite this, one notable bright spot has ... Read more

A Time For Optimism

August 2020 Newsletter | The COVID-19 pandemic has provided many companies with complex problems to solve, created unparalleled levels of uncertainty in financial markets and made forecasting or interpreting financial results difficult to say the ... Read more

Is Retail Facing A Fiscal Cliff Or A Speedbump?

July 2020 Newsletter | Australian retailers have overcome a number of hurdles in recent years, from challenging macroeconomic conditions and a slowing housing market to the trend towards e-commerce and, more recently, the impact from COVID-19. ... Read more

Is It Time To Invest In The Great Australian Dream?

June 2020 Newsletter | COVID-19 has posed an incredible challenge to the Australian economy. However the response from government and the Reserve Bank of Australia has been unprecedented, in terms of its scale and speed. In the early months of ... Read more