BAEP’s Mark East (Chief Investment Officer) and Neale Goldston-Morris (Senior Investment Analyst) join Camelia Seric (Account Director, Bennelong Funds Management) to discuss the portfolio’s positioning over 2020; which stocks the team likes and why; and how macro events like China-Australia relations and the US election will shape markets.
Chapters
- 01:26 The market signals early in 2020 that influenced BAEP’s portfolio positioning and subsequent outperformance
- 04:19 How the team took advantage of specific stock opportunities presented by COVID
- 06:36 How China and Australia’s growing trade tensions are influencing the market (and BAEP’s portfolio)
- 07:58 Why the team has increased its position in IDP Education
- 09:34 The impact of an effective COVID vaccine on equity markets (and CSL in particular)
- 11:47 BAEP’s focus on research & development across the portfolio
- 13:42 Why the team won’t be adjusting the portfolio based solely on the US election