Chief Investment Officer, Sean Fenton and Portfolio Manager, James Delaney discuss the Australian equities market, key themes that have taken shape since the COVID-19 outbreak over 12 months ago and how they have successfully positioned the two Sage Capital strategies to deal with style and cycle rotation.

Topics covered include:

• Consumer spending – how has it shifted one year after the lockdown and has the market factored in these shifts?
• The housing boom – how long can this continue?
• The case for market neutral investing – does tilting towards certain styles (growth/value/quality) always reward investors? We think not, and we’ll explain why.
• Portfolio positioning and performance for Sage Capital's long short strategies, the CC Sage Absolute Return Fund (market/neutral) and the CC Sage Capital Equity Plus Fund (150/50 active extension).

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