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Video: Reporting Season Wrap Up

Market Insight
March 16, 2025

In the latest webinar, Chief Investment Officer Sean Fenton provided insights on the recent reporting season, highlighting the winners and losers across sectors and stocks as well as the outlook ahead.

Topics covered

  • 0:00 – Introduction
  • 1:38 – Overview of reporting season results
  • 3:04 – A snapshot of how companies performed and highlights of some emerging trends
  • 5:33 – The winners and losers within each sector
  • 14:16 – Analysis of the banking sector, in specific, the outperformance and possible derating of CBA
  • 17:14 – Examining the impact of tariffs to globalisation and how western consumers and companies will look to respond
  • 22:15 – Understanding how Australian companies have responded to US-imposed tariffs and the broader impact on risk appetite
  • 24:35 – Thoughts on Deep Seek, "will it cut demand for data centres, or simply enable more efficient use of existing infrastructure?" What is the economic model behind it?
  • 28:06 – A view of the domestic market following the RBA rate-cut, highlighting a potential wage lag and a tight labour market
  • 32:06 – Key themes and market outlook for the next 12 months
  • 35:27 – Portfolio positioning and performance for CC Sage Capital Absolute Return Fund (market neutral) and CC Sage Capital Equity Plus Fund (150/50 active extension).

Recorded 11 March 2025.

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