• Mining

Mining's next super cycle will be low carbon

Forget iron ore or gold, Acorn Capital's Rick Squire and Karina Bader say the next mining super cycle will be in the shift to battery-dominated energy.

• Aug 31, 2020
• Jemima Whyte

• Street Talk

Calix targets ASX listing, Thorney among early stage investors

Big name investors like the smell of the company behind technology that stops sewers stinking and may eventually extend the battery power of a Tesla car.

• Updated Jun 11, 2018
• Sarah Thompson, Anthony Macdonald and Julie-anne Sprague

• Shares

Can you win big with micro-caps?

Fortune hunters seeking stocks that soar tenfold are usually portrayed as speculators punting on “penny dreadful” mining stocks, not portfolio investors risking their retirement savings on the next big thing. But those seeking growth are increasingly scouring the market for micro-cap stocks that potentially offer sharply higher returns.

• Aug 9, 2014
• Tony Featherstone

Acorn micro-cap fund IPO raises minimum

Veteran Melbourne micro-cap fund manager raises $50m in initial public offering from retail investors, falling short of the $100m cap targeted.

• Updated Apr 17, 2014
• Amanda Saunders