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Antipodes Global Investment Company Limited (ASX: APL) - Quarterly Shareholder Update
Please find attached a copy of the quarterly shareholder update for the quarter ending 30 September 2021.
For further information, please contact 1300 010 311.
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Quarterly shareholder update 30 September 2021
Contents
Company commentary | 5 |
Performance analysis | 6 |
Portfolio positioning | 8 |
Feature: Frontier Communications Corporation | 10 |
Outlook | 13 |
onlyAppendix | 18 |
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Letter from the chairman
Dear fellow shareholders,
Welcome to the latest Company quarterly update, a comprehensive review of the Company's quarterly investment performance to 30 September 2021, together with a portfolio update and market outlook by Antipodes Partners Limited (Antipodes), the
onlyManager of the Company's portfolio of assets.
The update starts with commentary from Antipodes on the overall market during the past quarter in order to provide shareholders with context about the performance of the Company's portfolio.
The Company commentary section follows and is important this quarter as it provides an important update on the scheme of arrangement (Scheme) that, if implemented, will result in APL Shareholders exchanging their shares in APL for units in Antipodes Global Shares (Quoted Managed Fund) (AGX1), an existing open-ended active ETF quoted on the ASX, for which Antipodes Partners Limited is investment manager. The number of units received for each APL Share will be based on APL's net tangible assets relative to AGX1's net asset value immediately prior to implementation. APL Shareholders are encouraged
useto read the Scheme Bookletavailable on the Scheme website.
Pleasingly during the quarter and off the back of strong FY21 Company results, the Company paid a final dividend of $0.04 per hare (100% franked) on 30 September 2021. This resulted in the full year FY21 dividend of $0.06 per share, up 33% on the
$0.045 per share in FY20.
This is followed by a summary of the Company's portfolio performance and portfolio positioning. The feature article for the
quarter is on Frontier Communications Corporation. Antipodes see Frontier as a rare find in the telco space in the US. The personalopportunity represents a blend of special situation pricing (post-bankruptcy), an attractive fiber-to-the-home ("FTTH") business
nd growth opportunity matched with a world-class management team.
Finally, the Outlook section provides insights into the recent rise in bond yields globally off the back of increased concerns about i flation, an update on China and a reminder of the reasons for the portfolio's underweight in the US and overweight in Europe.
We hope you enjoy the update, part of the Company's drive to improve communication with our shareholders. We also hope that you are enjoying the new fortnightly newsletter called 'The Good Value Briefing' that provides a timely update to
hareholders from Antipodes on the portfolio and markets. These should be in your email inbox and the latest version of which can also be found on the Company website.
Yours sincerely,
Jonathan Trollip
Chairman
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Market commentary
The third quarter saw global equities up (+1.1% in USD, +2.8% in AUD). Increased volatility in September saw most of the gains from earlier in the quarter wiped out. During the quarter the market's focus shifted towards the impact of continued inflationary pressures, spiking oil and gas prices, the outlook for Fed tapering, and China's growth trajectory following recent events impacting its regulatory landscape,
onlyproperty sector and power prices.
Central banks globally sounded a more cautious note over the management of inflationary pressures than in previous quarters as more muted growth coupled with continued supply chain pressures and disruption drove up prices. Higher energy costs also contributed to these price rises. Moves to tighten monetary policy were sounded by the US Federal Reserve and the Bank of England, while the European Central Bank issued a mixed message around its
usetapering plans.
During this period investors exhibited a bias for Energy and Financials, with surging oil prices and with sovereign yields increasing, whilst Materials and Consumer Discretionary
nderperformed.
US equities (+0.3% in USD) reacted to news out of the Fed that interest rate rises will be likely in 2024, earlier than the
personalmarket had been pricing in. Over the quarter, US Energy and Financial sectors outperformed whilst the Communication
Services sector underperformed. Confidence increased as the $1t bipartisan infrastructure bill passed the Senate in August, which includes about $550b in new federal spending over the next five years. In a further reopening of the economy, the US announced the November removal of the travel ban for fully vaccinated passengers from over 30 countries including China, India, Brazil and most European
tates.
Asian equities (-4.6% in USD) were impacted by several events over the quarter. In Japan (+4.6% in USD) the newly
lected prime minister, regarded as an uncontroversial choice, promised more government stimulus to counter the
Figure 1: Region-sector valuation heat-map1 - Composite multiple vs world - Z-score (Sep 1996 - Sep 2021)
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(0.8) | 0.3 | 0.2 | 1.6 | (1.0) | 2.6 | 0.3 | (0.6) | (1.8) | (0.9) | (2.0) | World | ||||||||||||||||||||||
North | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(0.2) | 1.9 | 0.6 | 2.2 | (0.9) | 2.5 | 0.0 | 1.2 | (1.4) | 0.3 | (1.3) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
America | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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(0.2) | 0.4 | 0.4 | (0.3) | (0.8) | 2.6 | 0.1 | 0.3 | (1.5) | (0.9) | (1.6) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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0.7 | (1.7) | (0.1) | (0.5) | (0.1) | 2.3 | (1.1) | (2.2) | (0.8) | (2.3) | (1.4) | Korea/ | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Taiwan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(0.0) | 0.2 | 0.9 | (0.5) | (0.3) | 1.0 | 0.8 | (1.2) | (1.7) | (1.2) | (1.6) | Emerging | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Markets | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Energy | Materials | Hardware | Software | Pharma | Devices/ | Staples | Domestic | Comm- | Property | Financials | |||||||||||||||||||||||
and | and | cyclical | unications | and Infra- | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Life | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Industrials | Internet | structure | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Expensive | Cheap |
Source: Antipodes, FactSet
1 The Antipodes region-sector valuation heat-map provides a more granular illustration of valuation clustering across sectors and regions. Cell colouring indicates the degree to which a sector's composite multiple
relative to the world is above or below its 25-year relative trend (expressed as a Z-Score, the number of standard deviations from the mean). The warmer the colour, the greater the relative composite multiple versus history; vice versa for the cooler blues, with extremes highlighted by the boldest of colours. Composite of forward PE, EV/Sales, EV/Operating Capital Employed (including goodwill) and cyclically adjusted PE and EV/EBIT for industrials, with EV based measures replaced with PB and cyclically adjusted P/Pre-provision profits for financials.
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