AUSTRALIAN MARKETS THE FEBRUARY 2020 REPORTING SEASON

25 March 2020

Twice a year we summarise the half-year and full-year results of the companies in the ALCE portfolio. The impact of the COVID-19 epidemic has overshadowed the results which were released in February 2020, because recessions are all but inevitable in Australia, the US, and Europe. For the companies reporting below, the impact of COVID-19 will not force radical changes in their business models; in other sectors such as airlines, hotels, cruise lines, and oil and gas exploration and production, many companies will not survive. For the companies in the ALCE portfolio, it is their operational performance which will determine how badly they are affected by the COVID-19 recession and how quickly they recover from it… [read more]