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EUR 116.48 For Business Accounts Only

Aussie Equities Month in Review (Nov 2018)

  • Downgrades and market weakness.
  • Most sectors fell during the month, but IT and Financials helped limit the rout.
  • Lack of upgrades rather than excessive downgrades was the main problem.
  • Follow Earnings During a Correction.
  • NSR and SFR have seen relatively large increases in short-positioning, while heavily shorted stocks SYR and GXY saw relatively large falls.
  • Labour market, consumer confidence and business confidence indicators all suggest the economy remains solid, despite evidence the housing market continues to weaken.
Underlyings
Appen

Appen is engaged in the provision of speech and search technology services which provide more than 150 languages. Co. is also engaged in the provision of solutions for clients create engaging products with accurate speech interfaces and relevant content ranging from web sites, to maps, images, and merchandise.

Coca-Cola Amatil Limited

Coca-Cola Amatil manufactures, distributes and sells ready-to-drink beverages. Co.'s product range includes non-alcohol sparkling, beverages, spring water, sports and energy drinks, fruit juices, iced tea, flavoured milk, coffee, tea, beer, cider, spirits and packaged ready-to-eat fruit and vegetable snacks and products. Co.'s segments include: Non-Alcohol Beverages, which manufactures, distributes and markets sparkling drinks and other non-alcohol beverages; Alcohol & Coffee Beverages, which manufactures and distributes premium spirits, beer and coffee products; and Corporate, Food & Services, which is involved in the processing and marketing of fruit and other food products business.

Domino's Pizza Enterprises Limited

Domino's Pizza is engaged in the operation of retail food outlets and the operation of franchise services. Co. operates in Australia, New Zealand, France, Belgium, The Netherlands, Germany and Japan. Co.'s reportable segments are focused on the geographical location in which it operates in: Australia/New Zealand, Europe, and Japan. As of Jul 3 2016, Co.'s total network store count was 714 in Australia and New Zealand, 816 in Europe and 453 in Japan.

Galaxy Resources Limited

Galaxy Resources and its subsidiaries are primarily involved in mineral exploration and processing. Co.'s principal activities are production of lithium carbonate and exploration for minerals. Co. manages its businesses by geographic location: Australia operation, which includes the development and operation of the Mt. Cattlin spodumene mine and exploration for minerals; Argentina operation, which includes the development of the Sal de Vida project and exploration for minerals; and Canada operation, which includes the development of the James Bay project and exploration for minerals.

Lendlease Group

LendLease operates a regional management structure in Australia, Asia, Europe and the Americas. Co.'s segments include: Development, which is involved in the development of communities, inner-city mixed-use developments, apartments, retirement, retail, commercial assets and social and economic infrastructure; Construction, which provides project management, design, and construction services, predominantly in the infrastructure, defence, mixed-use, commercial, and residential sectors; and Investments, which includes a wholesale investment management platform and also includes Co.'s ownership interests in property and infrastructure Co-Investments, Retirement Living and U.S. Military Housing.

Macquarie Group Limited

Macquarie Group is non-operating holding company. Through its subsidiaries, Co. provides banking, financial, advisory, investment and funds management services. Co.'s principal activities include distribution and manufacture of funds management products; trading in fixed income, equities, currency, commodities and derivative products; corporate and structured finance, advisory, underwriting, facilitation, broking and real estate/ property development; and banking activities, mortgages and leasing. As of Mar 31 2016, Co. had total assets of A$196.76 billion and total deposits of A$52.25 billion.

National Storage REIT

NNational Storage is an owner and operator of self-storage centres. Co. is engaged in the operation and management of storage centres in Australia and New Zealand. Co.'s portfolio of owned and managed centres comprised of 105 centres, managing 59,200 storage units around Australia and New Zealand as of June 30 2016. Of the 105 self-storage properties in Co.'s portfolio, ownership is as follows: 60 self-storage centres owned by National Storage Property Trust; 16 self-storage centres operated as long-term leasehold centres (Leasehold Centres); 26 self-storage centres managed for the Southern Cross Storage Group (Southern Cross); and three third party managed centres.

Navitas Limited

Navitas provides educational services to domestic and overseas students. Co.'s segments are: University Partnerships, which delivers education programs, via pathway colleges and managed campuses, to students requiring a university education; SAE Institute, which delivers education programs in creative media including courses in audio, film and multimedia; and Professional and English Programs, which delivers English language tuition, jobs skills training and higher and vocational education in health, security and psychology, and is comprised of four business units: English and Foundation Skills, Careers and Learning Skills, Navitas Professional Institute, and Training and Development.

Pact Group Holdings Ltd.

Pact Group Holdings is provider of specialty packaging and manufacturing solutions in Australasia. Co. converts plastic resin and steel into rigid packaging and other products that service customers in different sectors including: food and beverage, personal care, household consumer, industrial and chemical, and materials handling and infrastructure. Co. also provides a range of services including outsourced manufacturing, filling and packing and a range of sustainability, recycling and environmental services to assist customers in reducing the environmental impact of their product packaging and related processes.

Sandfire Resources Limited

Sandfire Resources is a mining and exploration company. Co. is engaged in the production and sale of copper, gold and silver; and the exploration and evaluation of mineral tenements and projects in Australia and overseas. Co. has two operating segments: The DeGrussa Copper Mine, a copper-gold mine located in the Bryah Basin mineral province of Western Australia; and Exploration and evaluation, which includes exploration and evaluation of the mineral tenements in Australia and overseas, including exploring for potential repeats of the DeGrussa Volcanogenic Massive Sulphide mineralised system at the Doolgunna Projects and Co.'s investment in Tintina Resources Inc and WCB Resources Ltd.

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Macro Strategy Advisors Pty Ltd
Macro Strategy Advisors Pty Ltd

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  • The business is a Proprietary Limited Australian company that is owned and fully operated by Shane Lee from a small office in Sydney’s CBD.
  • Shane worked for 17 years in Sydney-based senior research roles (economist, equity strategist and bond strategist) in global and regional investment banks and a domestic commercial bank prior to starting Macro Strategy Advisors. These roles straddled the asset classes making him uniquely positioned to advise multi-asset investors. He worked for the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) for 3 years as a housing, commercial property and equity market analyst and a liquidity forecasting specialist.  He worked as a structural engineer in Queensland for 10 years prior to his career at the RBA. 

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  • As an Australian based business, the main focus is analysing how domestic and global issues impact Australian investors. However, our global and domestic insights are also valued by our offshore clients.

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  • Our low cost base relative to our competitors allows us to provide a quality product at a reasonable cost.
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  • Shane’s background in engineering has provided clients with unique insights into global infrastructure and domestic housing issues.

 

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