Wholesale Investor National Investor Sentiment Survey FY14 Q1

Australia’s largest investment platform, Wholesale Investor, has released the latest results of the National Investor Sentiment Survey for FY14 Q1. The survey was conducted online over a one month period on the Wholesale Investor registered database of 8,600 private investors, professional investors, CEOs, entrepreneurs and industry participants. To ensure honest feedback from respondents, the survey was conducted anonymously.

“The survey covers a range of topics and issues, and assists to better understand the general sentiment of investors in the current investment environment. It reveals that investors think that now is a great time to invest, have more money and also agreed that a ‘Too Optimistic Valuation’ discourages them from investing.” said Managing Director Steve Torso.

CONDUCTED KEY POINTS:

• 88% of investors describe their view on current investment environment as positive
• Investors have been actively investing – The Wholesale Investor network has been active with 71% investing into an opportunity in the last 6 months, with investments in Private & Small Cap Listed Companies benefiting
• Private Companies are still preferred with 50% of investors seeking these types of opportunities compared to 44% of investors preferring Small Cap ASX Listed Companies
• Healthcare, Technology and Renewable Energy / Cleantech still remain hot sectors with over 45% of interest. However, it is interesting to see some very close results that are showing investors’ high spectrum of investment interests
• Other opportunities such as Business Sale / Acquisition Opportunities & Private Placements from Small Cap ASX Listed Companies proved to be relevant to today’s investors
• 50% of investors agreed to a ‘Too Optimistic Valuation’ being the most common factor that discourages them from investing, followed by ‘Lack of management experience,’ with ‘Too optimistic financial projections’ also being relevant
• Unsuitable opportunity, Wrong timing and Uncertainty about the economy proved to be the main reasons for investors’ inactivity
• 76% of investors review anywhere between 5 to 20 proposals before the decision to pursue an investment opportunity
• Concerned but optimistic is the feedback from investors on the outlook for the Australian Economy over the next 2 years, with 63% and just 21% of investors remaining pessimistic  

To see  the full survey results, please download the document below.

For further Information, please contact Managing Director Steve Torso:
Email: [email protected]