Insights

Rallying commodity prices underpin the AUD
06.01.21 Market Update: 6 January 2021 COVID is once again resurgent with many western economies going back into Lockdown. While we ultimately expect the various vaccines to curtail the virus, the... » Read more
Inept Politicians result in fading risk appetite and a pull back in the AUD
08.12.20 Market Update: 8 December 2020 Global policy makers are failing to get deals done. In Europe the BREXIT trade deal hangs in the balance and in the US law makers... » Read more
Out with the old, and in with the new.
25.11.20 Market Update: 25 November 2020 Equity markets flying on Biden transition, Cabinet picks, vaccine news, and lockdown roll backs. AUD/USD has reasserted it’s a correlation with global equity markets in... » Read more
Market risk appetite is oscillating between concerns over escalating COVID cases in Europe and North America and optimism over an imminent vaccine.
18.11.20 Market Update: 19 November 2020 As both Pfizer and Moderna show very encouraging signs for their vaccine, the pandemic is escalating in large parts of the world, with Tokyo on... » Read more
Market ignoring Trump tantrum
09.11.20 Market Update: 10 November 2020 Despite the petulant tweets of the incumbent, the general perception is there is nothing Trump can do to prevent Joe Biden from assuming the Presidency.... » Read more
The Divided States of America
05.11.20 Market Update: 5 November 2020 The pollsters once again seem to have missed the beat of the American populous, as the US Presidential Election remains undecided and voting has been... » Read more
Unlocking value from treasury in carve-out acquisitions
28.10.20 Corporate carve-outs have become increasingly popular over the last few years, with a threefold increase in the number of transactions from 2016 to 2019. While COVID-19 has significantly slowed... » Read more
Equities lower, but AUD still garnering support.
27.10.20 Market Update: 27 October 2020 Risk off price action was prevalent overnight, as the US stock market suffered its biggest loss for a month on concerns that any economic stimulus... » Read more