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Wesfarmers’ UK debacle shows the risks of acquisition-based growth
Stuart Jackson
May 28, 2018
In 2016, Wesfarmers (ASX:WES) raised the eyebrows of many investors when it expanded into the UK and Ireland hardware business. Two years later and $1.7 billion down on its investment, WES has decided to pull out. It shows yet again why growth through acquisition can be a risky strategy. continue…
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Why the ‘new age’ businesses are still too expensive
Roger Montgomery
May 22, 2018
I’ve been fascinated by the soaring trajectory of some of our smaller ‘new age’ companies – like A2M, PushPay, Afterpay and Kogan – whose share prices have rallied over 600 per cent since 2017. We’ve never owned these companies as they haven’t met our tough intrinsic valuation hurdles. continue…
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Assessing the Healthscope Takeover Proposals
Tim Kelley
May 21, 2018
On 26 April, Healthscope Limited (ASX:HSO) received a non-binding indication of interest from a BGH-led consortium in relation to a proposal to acquire HSO for a price of $2.36 per share, which was a 16 per cent premium to the price prevailing before the approach. continue…
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Codan – two announcements released today
Andreas Lundberg
May 18, 2018
Back in March, we wrote about Codan (ASX:CDA), and how I am personally enthused about their technology. Today, the company has made two announcements that the market has reacted positively to. continue…
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Will Aussies remain underinvested in the global technology growth story?
David Buckland
May 17, 2018
One of the sectors Australian investors have trouble accessing – given the domicile of the companies – are high quality global technology businesses, and they account for a little over 30 per cent of the Montgomery Global portfolios. continue…
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Let’s take a look at the banks’ results
Stuart Jackson
May 15, 2018
In the midst of the Royal Commission into Misconduct in Financial Services, the major banks have released their latest half yearly results. The market headed into the reporting period with a high degree of apprehension given the public backlash emanating from the revelations coming from testimony at the Royal Commission to date. continue…
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U.S. tech regulations? Who wins?
Roger Montgomery
May 14, 2018
A small number of U.S. tech companies now make up 15 per cent of the S&P500 and 50 per cent of the NASDAQ-100, and are thus heavily influencing the direction of a myriad of Exchange Traded Funds that follow these indices. continue…
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When will Blue Sky’s horror run come to an end?
David Buckland
May 9, 2018
In March, US hedge fund, Glaucus, went short on Blue Sky Alternative Investments (ASX:BLA) due to what it perceived as exaggerations in the fund manager’s fee-earning assets under management. Since then, things have gone from bad to worse for BLA investors. And the bad news shows no signs of abating. continue…
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Nightmare on Wall Street – Deutsche Bank calls time on its Investment Banking ambitions
David Buckland
April 27, 2018
New CEO, Christian Sewing, has called time on Deutsche Bank’s global Investment Banking ambitions and this will hopefully see an end of their nightmare on Wall Street. The March 2018 quarterly results saw the closure of Deutsche Bank’s US bond and equities trading businesses and the immediate redundancy of 400 staff. continue…
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One Day Can Be A Long Time In The Share Market; iSelect down 52%
David Buckland
April 23, 2018
This year the Blue Sky Alternative Investments (ASX: BLA) share price has declined 78 per cent from $14.54 to $3.23 and the Company has earlier today accepted the resignation of Managing Director, Robert Shand. Fellow Executive Directors, Elaine Stead and Nicholas Dignam, have stepped down from the Board of Directors and will continue in their executive roles, as Head of Venture Capital and Growth Capital, respectively. continue…
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