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A Portfolio Of Performers, Laggards And Opportunities
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 Ordinaries Accumulation...
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AIM White Paper #2: Avoiding Value Destructive Businesses
Should an investor consider switching into lower return on capital businesses at the 'right price'? Effectively, is it better to own 'quality' to protect during the initial phases of a crash, but then rotate into very cheap businesses to...
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Manager Insights | DS Capital
Damen Purcell, COO of Australian Fund Monitors, speaks with Rodney Brott, CEO & Executive Director of DS Capital. DS Capital is a Melbourne based boutique investment manager. Their fund, the DS Capital Growth fund was started in early in...
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Staying Overweight Japan
The Bank of Japan's regular Financial Stability Report helps Arminius update our investment view on Japan. Because the country has suffered very few coronavirus deaths, the Japanese economy will recover very quickly from the lockdowns in...
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AIM White Paper: Investing Like a Business Owner
We like to apply a 'business ownership mindset' when making investment decisions. This prompts us to avoid asking 'how fast is this business growing?', but rather 'what return is this business earning on the capital it is investing to...
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Australia's Banks Are On The Road To Recovery
The ANZ, NAB and WBC results for the September half-year suggest that their bad loan problems
will be smaller than expected, because loan deferrals are falling faster than feared. NAB had the best underlying result. Banking sector...
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Manager Insights | Laureola Advisors
Damen Purcell, COO of Australian Fund Monitors, speaks with Alex Lee who heads up Investor Relations (Australia & New Zealand) at Laureola Advisors.
The Laureola Investment Fund invests in Life Settlements and looks to provide...
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Manager Insights | Aitken Investment Management
Damen Purcell, COO of Australian Fund Monitors, speaks with Charlie Aitken, CEO & Portfolio Manager at Aitken Investment Management.
The AIM Global High Conviction Fund was started in 2015 and in 2019 was restructured from a...
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Manager Insights | Cyan C3G Fund
Damen Purcell, COO at Australian Fund Monitors speaks with Dean Fergie, Portfolio Manager at Cyan Investment Management.
The Cyan C3G fund is a concentrated portfolio that invests in Australian shares outside the ASX top 100....
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Can Confidence Create The Conditions For Growth?
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 last few months...
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