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1 week ago | 
afr.com | Campbell Kwan |Sam Buckingham-Jones |Joshua Peach
Campbell Kwan, Sam Buckingham-Jones and Joshua PeachApr 18, 2025 – 9.00am or Subscribe to save articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Tim Wilson and the Coalition are leaving nothing to chance in their bid to reclaim the well-heeled Melbourne seat of Goldstein – least of all their YouTube ad spend.
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2 months ago | 
afr.com | Paul Smith |Joshua Peach |Amelia McGuire
TechnologyAIProminent technology chiefs offer their views on the sudden rise of DeepSeek: it’s a game changer, competition is good and expect more market gyrations. AirTrunk’s Robin Khuda, Telstra’s Vicky Brady and Google’s Mel Silva give their views on the impact of DeepSeek.
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Jan 15, 2025 | 
afr.com | Joshua Peach
Nate Anderson, the US activist investor who made his name by publicly attacking companies including Afterpay-owner Block and billionaire tycoon Gautam Adani’s empire, is closing his New York short-selling firm Hindenburg Research. In a statement on Thursday morning AEDT, Mr Anderson said he had decided to disband his 11-person team after eight years. Loading...
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Jan 15, 2025 | 
afr.com | Alex Gluyas |Joshua Peach
The number of listings on the Australian Securities Exchange has dropped to the lowest level in almost two decades as companies continue to either abandon or avoid the challenges associated with public ownership. The number of stocks and funds listed on the exchange stood at just 2116 at the end of December, according to figures provided by the ASX, which is its lowest level since 2006 and 75 less than in 2023. Loading...
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Jan 15, 2025 | 
afr.com | Joshua Peach |Lucas Baird
Macquarie is refusing to commit to its green targets amid a broader pullback from environmental goals by major asset managers, including the suspension of the world’s largest climate finance alliance. The global investment manager, bank and transaction advisory business has publicly pledged to work towards net zero carbon emissions by 2050 and was a member of the Net Zero Asset Managers Initiative, which this week cited the election of Donald Trump in deciding to review its activities. Loading...
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Jan 13, 2025 | 
afr.com | Joshua Peach
The world’s biggest climate finance alliance backed by major asset managers said it would suspend its activities, review its structure and no longer disclose its membership list citing the election of Donald Trump and “and different regulatory and client expectations”.
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Jan 12, 2025 | 
afr.com | Joshua Peach
High-profile stock picker Phil King is hoping to attract a flood of money from index-tracking funds to his Regal Partners investment house by dividing up his holding and paving the way for the firm’s inclusion on ASX indices. Mr King and his brother Andrew founded Regal in 2004, and have grown the business into an ASX-listed manager of around $18 billion invested in strategies from global equities to private credit and agriculture. Loading...
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Jan 9, 2025 | 
afr.com | Joshua Peach |Cecile Lefort
ANZ became the second major bank this week to bring forward its forecast for a Reserve Bank interest rate cut from May to February as Australia’s inflation outlook brightens. The change in forecast was prompted by a fall in underlying inflation in the November consumer price index, released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics on Wednesday, which came in softer than expected at 3.2 per cent in annual terms. Loading...
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Jan 9, 2025 | 
afr.com | Joshua Peach
Jan 9, 2025 – 4.35pm or Subscribe to save articleEmailLinkedInTwitterFacebookSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Bronte Capital’s John Hempton, one of Australia’s best-known short sellers, is hunting for journalists to join his investment team and sharpen its dirt file, steering the hedge fund’s performance back to form after the second-worst losing streak in its history.
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Jan 8, 2025 | 
afr.com | Joshua Peach
Jan 8, 2025 – 5.42pm or Subscribe to save articleEmailLinkedInTwitterFacebookSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Phil King’s Regal Partners has defied a wave of fund outflows sweeping equities investment houses to top $18 billion under management, more than triple what the ASX-listed firm’s portfolio held just two years ago.
