Seahawk Equity L/S Fund – Factsheet June
The broad equity markets have shown positive returns during the month of June. The end of the lock-down coupled with increased domestic air traffic in the US has triggered a sentiment-driven rally in aviation stocks. Within this segment the fund was positioned with a...
Serena Wang joins Transport Capital
Singapore July 15, 2020 Transport Capital is pleased to announce that Serena Wang has joined as Head of Greater China, based in Beijing. Serena was formerly Head of Shipping Finance at Minsheng Financial Leasing where she completed more than 20 international shipping...
Global airline outlook: Are airlines investable post COVID-19?
Issued by Xuemin Jia, Msc, Seahawk Investments GmbH Executive summary: COVID-19 has thrown the global airline industry into the darkest period in history – due to the rapid, massive spread of the virus, almost all countries have imposed lockdown and travel...
Seahawk Equity L/S Fund – Factsheet May
The broad equity markets have enjoyed another strong performance in the month of May. OPEC+ supply cuts of around $ 9.7mn/barrel have supported the oil price. The price of Brent oil has gone up from $ 25/barrel to $ 35/ barrel at the end of the month. The flattening...
Seahawk Equity L/S Fund – Factsheet April
Equity markets have enjoyed a strong performance in April, following a withering bout of selling prompted by the COVID -19 pandemic. Major benchmark are roughly 30% off-bear market lows put in on March 23. OPEC, Russia and other countries have reached an agreement to...
Seahawk Equity L/S Fund – Factsheet March
As Corona-infections have further increased in Europe and the US during the month of March governments had to enforce quarantine restrictions. These had a particularly negative impact on the sectors of travel and transportation. Given the spill-over-effects into the...
Seahawk Equity L/S Fund – Factsheet February
Equity markets have been stable until the last week of February as active Corona-infection cases seemed to leveloff. Thereafter, global infection statistics gave evidence that the Corona Virus would spread dramatically outside China. Risky assets have sold-off...
Seahawk Equity L/S Fund – Factsheet January
Equity markets started favourably into the new year. US - Iran tensions have temporarily pushed the price of Brent to 70.0 US$/barrel. Subsequently, inventory data issued by the US DOE have shown high inventory levels of crude and oil products. Later, the outbreak of...
Seahawk Equity L/S Fund – Factsheet December
In December, the US and China agreed to a “phase one” deal, cancelling planned American tariffs on Chinese goods and reducing those imposed in September — in exchange for Beijing buying US goods. A breakout in optimism over global trade and supportive policies from...
Seahawk Equity L/S Fund – Factsheet October
After five months of constant escalations the US and China have finally agreed to a series of modest concessions. Another set of US-tariff increases, originally scheduled to take effect on Oct. 15 has been suspended. Moreover, an annualised 1.9% (Q3) US-growth rate...