Category: News

When COVID-19 took hold in March, many businesses put their 2020 marketing plans in the bin. Consumer behaviour changed so much that it made no sense to invest in outdoor billboards, in-store merchandising, or ads on rush hour radio. Instead, overnight everything went online and businesses ramped up their digital marketing like never before. 

A growing number of home loan borrowers are ghosting their bankers in an attempt to make their financial problems go away; simply refusing to respond to calls, emails, texts or letters.

If you spoke with the CEO of a listed company today, they would tell you that their investor relations function had changed dramatically in a short space of time. Most will point to the COVID-19 pandemic as the reason for this “sudden” disruption to old and proven investor relations and communications practices that have always served them well.

If you’re worried about a dramatic return of volatility into the market and avoiding potentially significant capital losses, then tune into Reach Markets’ next installment of “Meet the Funds Manager”. We will be joined by Jerome Lander, the portfolio manager of the Lucerne Alternative Investment Fund, who during the savage 27.65% plunge by the ASX200 in February and March this year returned -5.96% for the same period, beating the market by an impressive 21.69% over two forgettable (for nearly everyone else) months.

Consumer research, data and insights company, Pureprofile Limited (ASX: PPL) today announced the re-launch of its media business ‘Pure.amplify’.

For Sequoia Financial Group (ASX: SEQ), slow and steady wins the race. The company has however set itself a major objective to become what they describe as Australia’s first premium brand in the financial advice market.

The US markets have been trading in the red for the last three sessions and even though futures are slightly higher for tonight’s session, some may think  that the tech run is over. This is on the back of investors viewing valuations of tech stocks that have benefited from lockdown during the CoronaVirus, especially within the FAANGS, have gone too high, too quickly. These stocks could be referred to as ‘the lockdown stocks’ and have been the main drivers of the huge positive moves in indices.

The global economic recession, set off by COVID-19, is leading to a rise in demand for debt restructuring and insolvency services.

Pureprofile (ASX: PPL) helps organisations make better decisions with high-quality curated data.

Indonesia has a long and rich history of gold mining with the world’s largest gold mine at Grasberg, in West Papua.  Australian investors have enjoyed the successful development and expansion of the Martabe gold mine over the last decade and more recently the ASX listed Nickel Mines Ltd development in Sulawesi.  

Investors have been rushing to buy Apple and Tesla shares in recent weeks. Since both companies split their stocks last month, the premium shares are, at least on paper, on sale. On July 30, Apple announced a 4-for-1 stock split, meaning investors get four shares for the price of one. Tesla followed suit a few weeks later. For the first time in Tesla’s history, it announced a 5-for-1 split.

Iron ore prices are at 6-year highs due primarily to rising demand in China, their iron ore imports witnessing a year-over-year growth of 24% in July to a record 112.65 Mt.