Editorial Volume 16 Issue 1: Australasian Accounting, Business and Finance Journal

This issue of Australasian Accounting Business and Finance Journal (AABFJ) comes out at a time when the Omicron variant of COVID-19 has spiked infection rates around the world. In line with this reality, Djajadikerta, Trireksani and Appiagyei (2022) examine the extraordinary situation due to COVID-19 and examine the behavioural patterns of investors by way of the level of trading activities on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) around the releases of crucial information regarding the COVID-19 pandemic. The study finds sufficient evidence to indicate that the COVID-19 announcements and calculations influence investor decisions on the ASX as the pandemic evolved.