Sharesight20 top 20 trades on ASX & NZX - October 2019

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Welcome to the October 2019 edition of the Sharesight20 monthly trading snapshot (click here for August 2019’s Sharesight20, we skipped September), where we look at the top 20 trades on both the ASX and NZX made by Sharesight users during October, and dig a little deeper into the news behind these movements.

Let’s dive into October’s top trades.

Sharesight20 top 20 ASX trades October 2019!

Where usually we would see a specific company’s stock in first place, such as Afterpay Touch (ASX: APT), this month’s Sharesight20ASX crown went to ASX 200 index tracking ETF Vanguard Australian Shares (ASX: VAS). Some of the highlights in this month’s top 20 ASX trades include:

Afterpay Touch (ASX: APT)

• Australia's Afterpay names ex-Treasury Secretary Summers to U.S. advisory board
• Afterpay quiet on pay deal for former US Treasury Secretary
• ASIC probing Afterpay's appointment of its former senior executive
• Regulation risks hit Afterpay's business model
• 'Leave it to the market': Afterpay dismisses analyst warnings
• Afterpay founder resigns as millions of shares become tradeable
• Afterpay denies being a sitting duck for regulators

Zip Co Limited (ASX: Z1P)

• Are Zip Co and FlexiGroup experiencing the US China trade war heat?
• Uber’s local CMO Steve Brennen is the new Chief Customer Officer At Zip Co

Nearmap Limited (ASX: NEA)

• Nearmap and OpenSolar create a one-stop product for solar installers to sell, map and design their next project
• Morgans begins Aerometrex IPO - a possible Nearmap rival
• Architectus adopts aerial 3D imagery to frame new projects
• Scale of Perth's urban development revealed with 3D modelling

WiseTech Global (ASX: WTC)

Big month for WiseTech after a short seller raid on the stock.

• Auditing WiseTech's Christine Holman departure
• Wise-wreck: the multibillion-dollar strike against an Australian tech giant
• J Capital Research accuses WiseTech of inflating profits
• WiseTech tests the wisdom of the ASX
• WiseTech backers unconvinced by short seller 'hit job'
• WiseTech is expensive compared to Microsoft
• Short seller makes more claims vs WiseTech
• WiseTech accused of 'raising money to buy revenue'
• 'Self-serving and misleading claims': WiseTech chief fires back against short seller but rules out legal action
• JCap attack just a hiccup: WiseTech
• The woman at the centre of the WiseTech maelstrom

Splitit (ASX: SPT)

• Divido partners with Splitit for POS finance
• Splitit founder and chairman seek $2m in fees and share bonus
• Recurring B2B payments solution offered by Splitit

Sharesight20 top 20 NZX trades October 2019

The NZX Sharesight20 snapshot for October is dominated by exchange traded funds (ETFs) of various flavours. Some of the company stocks featuring in this NZX top 20 snapshot include:

The a2 Milk Company (NZX: A2M)

• Afterpay, a2 Milk among 'offshore growers' achieving global success

Fletcher Building (NZX: FBU)

A big month for Fletcher Building due to the New Zealand International Convention Centre fire:

• Convention Centre fire: What blaze means for Fletcher Building, SkyCity
• SkyCity fire 'absolutely devastating': fire tore through almost finished convention centre
• Fletcher Building, SkyCity shares recover after early fall, insurance questions clarified
• Fletcher Building, SkyCity and a small fire in your KiwiSaver fund
• Livestream: SkyCity and Fletcher Building press conference
• Market ponders future for a post-fire Fletcher Building
• Continuous Disclosure: Why Fletcher Building rallied while its Auckland project burned

Auckland International Airport (NZX: AIA)

• Cathay Pacific lands one of most advanced planes in Auckland
• Air NZ's Auckland to New York non-stop flights: What you need to know
• Air NZ´s plan for Auckland Airport carpark flops
• Passengers evacuated from Auckland Airport after sprinkler knocked
• Jetstar flight involved in emergency at Auckland Airport
• American Airlines announces direct flights from DFW to New Zealand

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