This Month
‘We need contracts to build skills’ for AUKUS
Australia’s defence build-up promises job opportunities unlike any in the country’s history. But delays in awarding contracts remain a choke point.
- Agnes King
Scheme aims to overcome the cycle of placement poverty
Means-tested financial help for students undertaking ‘pracs’ for certain degrees has been welcomed, but some say it should be extended to all required placements.
- Sian Powell
Online training helps resolve health talent crisis
Universities are making it as easy as possible for people in the country to study even very advanced tertiary healthcare courses online.
- Alexandra Cain
Online learning leads to better Indigenous health outcomes
Tiana Thomas is an example of how a greater focus on online learning by universities is helping people living in and servicing regional and remote communities.
- Alexandra Cain
How online learning helps level the playing field
Students who are ‘wired differently’ such as with ADHD can be left at a disadvantage with traditional learning methods.
- Sian Powell
Universities integral to creating workforce of tomorrow
Postgraduate degrees are critical in helping the economy meet the skills needs for emerging areas, while helping mature age students to upskill and change career paths.
- Julie Hare
January
Postgrads enter climate workforce looking for a clean start
Demand for workers with climate skills is already increasing, as more job postings specifically cover adapting to the green transition.
- Christopher Niesche
December 2024
Five ASX micro-cap stocks fund managers are buying
A miner, a telco and two technology darlings are among the micro-caps stocks fundies have named for 2025.
- Joshua Peach
Fixed income brokers prepare for a ‘gold rush’
A surprise decision by regulators to phase out major bank hybrids has sparked a race to fill the void and meet a growing demand for income.
- Jonathan Shapiro
These are the best performing ETFs in 2024
But the market drivers for exchange-traded funds are forecast to be quite different in 2025.
- Alexandra Cain
Top fundies name their stock picks for 2025
From weapons makers to eye drugs and even Qantas, these are the investment opportunities fundies are watching closely in the new year.
- Lucy Dean
- Opinion
- Investing
The five big questions for investors in 2025
After a couple of strong years, investors are right to wonder what comes next. Much depends on one very unpredictable man.
- James Thomson
So, you want to retire to Tuscany?
The idea of moving to Italy is alluring for retirees – la dolce vita, the food, the wine, the beauty, the prices. Just check these practicalities first.
- Sian Powell
Better returns and lower volatility drive growth in private markets
Strong performance and an opportunity to align investment with social wellbeing has led to increased popularity of the alternatives market.
- Joanne Tran
Cashed-up retail investors eye private markets
Investors are turning to private debt markets to fund commercial projects that also benefit society.
- Nina Hendy
Retail investors invited to the private assets party
Access into private markets is being democratised as retail investors get an invite to the party.
- Nina Hendy
Private markets to boom amid AI and net zero transition
The sector has emerged as a cornerstone of investment strategies as investors chase outsized returns and diversify their portfolios beyond traditional assets.
- Michael Read
How super funds are tapping the private credit boom
The $4 trillion sector is moving past classic unlisted assets to look at private debt, more creative private equity, social infrastructure and energy transition assets.
- Hannah Wootton
November 2024
Revealed: Australia’s fastest-growing companies in 2024
In a tough consumer environment, this year’s Fast 100 and Fast Starters finalists have managed to find their niche.
- Victoria Thieberger
Why this entrepreneur does tech differently
From food to climate, innovators saw problems in the tech sector and took action to make things right.
- Christopher Niesche