November
Australia’s top-ranked universities revealed
Find out which institutions performed best in key areas and the one that took out the overall top spot in the Financial Review Best Universities Ranking.
Excelling in equity: Uni champions fair-go ethos
Charles Darwin University has been recognised for initiatives that open its doors – and it has many.
Australia well behind in R&D funding race
Our business sector does not value R&D and innovation nearly as much as our international peers.
How the Best Universities Ranking is created
The Financial Review’s ranking of universities uses traditional measures of excellence alongside student satisfaction and equity data.
Meet the researchers tackling big problems
Combining knowledge and expertise across disciplines is the new face of successful university research.
Uni leading the way in the leap from study to work
Gaining a university degree is one thing. Turning it into a career is another challenge.
Revealed: The AI tools that Australia’s top accountants swear by
From optimising workflows to elevating client relationships, artificial intelligence is adding value to both accounting firms and their clients.
Revealed: Australia’s fastest-growing companies
From start-ups to established companies, the Fast 100 and Fast Starters Lists show the businesses charting a path to impressive growth.
Buy X product when it costs $Y: How agentic AI is reshaping shopping
E-commerce has significantly disrupted retail, and more big change looks to be on the way – but major technical and trust challenges remain.
The skills needed to survive AI’s reshaping of financial services
Even if AI will struggle to replace the soft side of financial services, it is already having a profound impact.
RBA’s tokenisation efforts find uses in bonds, royalty contracts
Digital Finance Cooperative Research Centre CEO Talis Putnins says that, globally, it “feels like we are hitting a critical mass” in adopting the technology.
Why you must ‘innovate or stagnate’ as the market transforms
Tokenised securities are being embraced by market players from Nasdaq to Westpac and will allow share trades to settle within minutes, not days.
The niche consultancy challenging the big four on net zero
While other firms focus on policy, Nicholas Tassigiannakis says Bridgeford Group aims to offer companies practical solutions to cutting emissions.
Why an ASX IPO is prestigious and transformative for local companies
Listings facilitate a liquid market, give existing shareholders an ability to sell their shares and allow new investors the chance to buy.
These founders grew their company 206pc while living out of a suitcase
Matthew and Rebeca Newton’s fast-growing adventure company Leatherback Travel, born out of a classic romance story, has posted $9.5 million revenue.
The fintech that made $32m lending to customers banks reject
Source Funding has written about $2 billion worth of loans many to SMSFs which major lenders, with their “cookie-cutter” approval processes, often avoid.
From high school frustration to $708k in revenue in three years
Edward Robinson loved science at school but not the way it was taught. So he decided to change it, channelling his angst into an aerospace start-up.
Twin founders grow Uleads 287pc by cashing in on digital leads
Brady and Tyler Morton’s first go at making money online generating leads for real estate agents didn’t work out. This time around it’s a very different story.
Serial founder returns as an AI ‘bot wrangler’
After selling one tech firm for $25 million Karl Redenbach is back on the Fast Lists for the third time with an army of bots by his side at Agentiscale.ai.
Pharmacy services innovator works first-mover advantage
Michael Bonner’s Choice Chemists has captured 42 per cent of the market for onsite pharmacists in aged care and is challenging the traditional dispensary model.