Battle of the asset classes: the investments likely to grow in 2025
Shares surged higher in 2024 and their returns will be tough to repeat in 2025, but other investment opportunities appear attractive.
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Melbourne start-up signs blockbuster pharmacy deal
A tech firm that streamlines how chemists find pharmacists for locum shifts has signed up Australia’s biggest player, as it expands to the US and into other fields.
More uni mergers on cards as our educational institutions struggle
Financial pressures on universities, exacerbated by the unsuccessful bid to limit international student numbers, could prompt more merger discussions, KordaMentha says.
SunRice booms on selling Aussie rice to the world
SunRice is well along the path of cracking more than $2bn and becoming one of Australia’s biggest food exporters – and investors have been piling in.
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State tax grab leaves city property on its knees
Melbourne’s sinking property market is trapping new borrowers as Victoria becomes the worst state in Australia for mortgage arrears.
US election: The five themes that count for business
From tech, to trade and Wall Street, businesses have a big stake in the outcome of today’s US presidential election.
Elite school doubles down on fight against nearby gas terminal
Geelong Grammar urged its network to write to the Victorian state government in opposition to an LNG import terminal being developed by Viva Energy.
Why MinRes went for the slow axing of Chris Ellison
Any other chief executive would have been forced out a long time ago. This is no ordinary boss.
The two decisions that stand to shape Westpac’s future
Peter King’s time at the banking major was never going to be marked by transformational deals. Rather it involved relentless fixing of long-term problems.
Will the Magnificent Seven start shooting blanks?
Investors love giant tech stocks including Apple, Microsoft and Meta, but some analysts say their short-term outlook is shaky.
Share tips: experts’ buy, hold and sell suggestions
This week’s share tips columnists examine some of the biggest names on the ASX, and they may be ripe for profit-taking.
Why buying and holding shares trumps US election winner
In terms of your portfolio, it doesn’t matter who wins the US election, says Barefoot Investor. What does matter is that you buy and hold shares and weather the political storms.
After AirTrunk high, what comes next for Macquarie?
An earnings miss; a watered-down outlook; and an effective dividend cut. It was a rare trifecta of negatives for the bank. Who’s game to bet against it?
How NIB’s CEO almost didn’t make it to his own retirement
Had political history gone another way, the puckish insurer may have never got off the ground. But this made it determined not to be an ordinary health fund.
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