ASX Announcements
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PEXA appoints Russell Cohen as PEXA Group MD & CEO
CEO/Managing Director – Appointment Resignation
- Dec 17, 2024
- 5 pages
Notification of cessation of securities - PXA
Appendix 3H (Notification of cessation of securities)
- Dec 6, 2024
- 4 pages
Notification regarding unquoted securities - PXA
Appendix 3G (Notification of Issue, Conversion or Payment up of Unquoted Equity Securities)
- Dec 4, 2024
- 6 pages
November 2024
Legal threats and ACCC ‘assessment’ rock PEXA-Sympli stoush
The Commonwealth Bank-backed property settlement exchange warns it could sue the regulator if forced to share information that would end its dominance.
- Kylar Loussikian
NAB executive warns of ‘elusive’ productivity gains in age of AI
Finance executives have been circumspect about the transformative power of the new technology, suggesting return on investment should be the focus.
- James Eyers
PEXA courts $1.2b financial software player Dye & Durham
Sources say the group already has a stranglehold on Australian land settlements and is now looking to push into the UK through this takeover bid.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
August 2024
Shareholders wanted PEXA chief’s head
Several institutional shareholders aren’t displeased to see the end of the Glenn King era.
- Updated
- Myriam Robin
July 2024
NSW, Queensland flag going it alone in PEXA property settlement snafu
Commonwealth Bank-backed PEXA could still be forced to open its platform to competitors despite the regulator earlier finding it was outside its remit.
- Kylar Loussikian
- Opinion
- Competition
Could this be the country’s stupidest public policymaking debacle?
From a regulator which has declared it can’t do anything to a company – PEXA – transparently trying to keep its monopoly, there’s not much that can compare.
- Kylar Loussikian
- Updated
- Competition
NSW productivity agency queries whether PEXA plays with pricing
In a report, the NSW Productivity Commission says the Commonwealth Bank-backed fintech’s monopoly must be swiftly ended so it does not gain too much data.
- Updated
- Jemima Whyte
PEXA’s well-connected lobbyist can’t hurt
The change of government did wonders for Morris Iemma’s lobbying business, and property transfer monopoly PEXA is one of those hoping to take advantage.
- Myriam Robin
June 2024
PEXA drags feet on breaking up its own monopoly, pleasing investors
While shareholders are hopeful of overseas riches, the property settlement platform is facing the threat of its stranglehold on e-conveyancing being broken.
- Jemima Whyte
May 2024
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
PEXA’s offshore venture shows much-needed proof of life
Going global has brought plenty of successful Australian businesses undone. This unheralded tech unicorn needed proof it was making headway – and it found some 10 days ago.
- Anthony Macdonald
April 2024
- Exclusive
- Funding
Sydney start-up Honey Insurance lands blockbuster $108m US investment
After 305 meetings Honey has closed a huge series A funding round, but it had to head offshore to find the right investors.
- Paul Smith
The one tip PEXA’s boss got about property investing
The former Geelong schoolboy says flexibility is crucial as he insulates the monopoly digital property exchange from the threat of greater competition.
- Michael Bleby
September 2023
The new way to unlock ‘hundreds of millions’ for affordable housing
The first national platform for affordable housing would also show for the first time where around the country all the homes were located.
- Michael Bleby
Landmark e-conveyancing property deal as PEXA and Sympli connect
Assistant Minister for Competition Andrew Leigh said the use of both PEXA and Sympli would unlock competition in the e-conveyancing market.
- James Eyers
August 2023
Mortgage refinancing has probably peaked, PEXA says
An increase in sales transactions is good for the dominant conveyancing platform, and a further sign of the recovering housing market.
- Michael Bleby
Link plunges to $418m loss on British woes
An acquisition in the United Kingdom in 2017 has been a disaster for Link shareholders, with the complex untangling of the asset now weighing on the company.
- Simon Evans
June 2023
The elite suburbs where buyers pay in cash
Broadbeach, Toorak and Mosman lead for cash purchases of residential property in an east coast housing market where one in four homes is acquired loan-free.
- Michael Bleby
May 2023
AI property tool set to revolutionise valuation
Artificial intelligence is expected to radically improve how governments raise levies and banks value properties. It could even help fund the very fast train.
- Tom Burton
February 2023
PEXA seeks to diversify revenue amid ‘challenging’ housing market
The platform dominates the Australian residential market, but the current downturn shows that concentration needs to be balanced out by other activities.
- Michael Bleby
Why Sydney’s housing market will recover faster than others
New settlements data from conveyancing platform PEXA shows the NSW property market will come out of the downturn faster than the rest of the country.
- Michael Bleby