The ASX, which set a world benchmark when it was demutualised and listed itself, is now the subject of an ASIC inquiry and faces the possibility of being split from its clearing and trading division.
It’s the bright, shiny new toy which we’re told is the most significant development in living memory but just how much of a game changer is AI compared with other hyped events?
Global financial markets have had a lot to cope with this year with Trump and tariffs which all spell slower earnings, but strangely equity prices are trending higher into record levels. Something has to give.
Australia isn’t living up to its investment potential says Australia-based Tesla chair Robyn Denholm, and the lack of focus on this is a significant concern.
Allan Gray’s Simon Mawhinney is due to meet with the board on Wednesday and wants it to test the market’s interest in a takeover for the whole business.
Chris Bowen’s failure to act earlier on the ailing Climate Active program has let loose a potential crisis which threatens his objective to cut emissions to meet his international commitments.
Australia’s airlines are pushing for the establishment of a sustainable fuel (SAF) industry here, and want the Albanese government to show it’s not just all talk.
The need to decarbonise is universally supported but just how remains a debated issue. And this is convenient for the naysayers.
The campaign’s been between a government which doesn’t deserve to be re-elected and an unelectable opposition, and if the polls are right a Labor/Greens coalition is a very real possibility.
After this week’s sale of the old Delaware Investment assets, Macquarie boss Shemara Wikramanayake will have $4bn to spend, so what will she buy next?
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