Category: News

As the Australian economy either lurches into a serious downturn or falls deeper into one, depending on your perspective, the Reserve Bank has cut rates in an attempt to stimulate flagging growth numbers. Interest rates have now been slashed to just 1 per cent, a record low and, it’s the second consecutive month that the RBA has been forced to take action.

Global pet care surpassed US$125 billion in 2018 (Euromonitor International). 73% of that was on pet food. What’s more, when recession hits, pet food is the last item on the shopping list to be traded down to a lesser perceived quality or brand. Pet food is marketed to owners not the pets. It’s growing at 6% compound annual growth rate (CAGR) since 2013 with strong tailwinds for the decade ahead, well ahead of global nominal GDP growth.

The death of 72 people in the 2017 Grenfell fire sparked global outrage. A faulty refrigerator may have been to blame for the incident itself, however the rapid and fatal spread of the fire over the structure’s 24 floors was enabled by its exterior combustible cladding. 

The recent surge in iron ore prices has been largely attributed to the significant shortfalls created in global markets as a result of the Vale mining disaster in Brazil earlier this year. The result of this tragedy was increased demand pressure on reduced supply, naturally inflating prices.

The disrupter of Pay-Tv and TV, Netflix is itself now facing a serious disruptive threat. Its rise had been extraordinary, and what many may not know, early in its development Netflix approached Blockbuster Video (remember them?) to be bought out, only to be laughed off by Blockbusters arrogant executives.

We may not have flying cars (yet), but the rapid innovations in vehicle technologies are cultivating a driving experience more reminiscent of Jetsons episode than of the cars our parents drove us to school in.

The eCommerce industry is thriving now more than ever before, and is poised to only get bigger and better as more and more people around the globe abandon their cash and cards in lieu of mobile payment methods.

Harley Davidson, once a stock market darling and come-back king faces trouble ahead with hard-hitting consequences for its shareholders. A demographic seismic shift is occurring with those aged 19-35 (Millennials) and their younger cousins – Centennials aged up to 18. Together they account for 57% of the global population and importantly hold a similar share of the workforce.

There are few fundamental truths that seem to continue to endure, within a world in an ever changing state of flux, one which seems to change further with each morning tide. Yet, since the 1850’s, when British engineer Henry Bessemer first developed an inexpensive manner of mass producing Steel, Iron Ore and Steel have become and remained fundamental to modern day production and construction for over a century and a half, with no signs of slowing down.

In the last 20 years, the world of technology as we know it has changed seismically to a point beyond recognisable. Encyclopaedias of information, the latest updates on current affairs, and collages of memories, as well as the most trivial of details on our friends’ brunching habits have all been condensed, compounded and placed in our pockets. Print news is being eschewed in favour of online media outlets, and landlines are now almost exclusively reserved for your grandparents’ homes.

We are often asked about why Insync don’t invest in BMW and have a negative view on the automotive sector. Surely the trend towards autonomous cars is going to be a boon for the industry.

Agriculture has long been ingrained within Australia’s export history but changes within the industry have seen shifts away from sheep meat, despite rising demand which saw a new Australian price record for lamb last month, when a mob of 85 lambs achieved $345 per head in Southern NSW.