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Australian shares to open lower as surging oil prices hit Wall Street
2+ day, 11+ hour ago (434+ words) The news: The Australian sharemarket is set to open lower after Wall Street fell overnight, as an uptick in US producer prices and surging oil prices fuelled expectations the Federal Reserve could raise interest rates next week, while rising Treasury…...
Australian shares to open lower as oil surge hits Wall Street
3+ day, 11+ hour ago (367+ words) The news: The Australian sharemarket is set to open lower after Wall Street fell overnight as oil prices surged above USD101 ($138) a barrel, with losses deepening after the US Treasury announced plans to purchase up to USD6 billion of longer-dated government debt....
State Street’s Australia head Tim Helyar promoted to Asia Pacific lead
4+ day, 7+ hour ago (225+ words) The news: Global financial services firm State Street Corporation has promoted its Australia country head to the head of Asia Pacific. The context: Helyar will be based in Hong Kong to oversee State Street’s regional business strategy and will report…...
Geoff Wilson’s ‘hardest year’ might be just the beginning for out of favour LICs
6+ day, 14+ hour ago (235+ words) During a two-hour shareholder grilling last week, WAM Capital’s Geoff Wilson and Oscar Oberg were forced to not only dissect their fund’s worst ever annual performance but address concerns their investment structure may have had its day. “We’ve got a…...
Swipe out — Capital Brief
1+ week, 3+ day ago (229+ words) When Expert360 shot to prominence in 2015 after raising a $4 million Series A, Australia’s startup ecosystem as we know it today was still in its infancy. Atlassian had not yet listed on the Nasdaq, Canva was years away from attaining unicorn status…...
KPMG Australia ex-COO Eileen Hoggett sues firm
1+ week, 3+ day ago (412+ words) The news: Former KPMG Australia chief operating officer Eileen Hoggett has filed to sue KPMG in the Supreme Court of NSW. The legal action follows the firm’s decision to expel her from the partnership. The context: Hoggett’s expulsion was the…...
Forbidden fruit — Capital Brief
1+ week, 5+ day ago (205+ words) Australia’s sprawling financial services industry is full of competing interests that aren’t often aligned. For example, as Capital Brief reported today, three of the big four banks are urging the RBA to regulate agentic AI in finance, while NAB, big…...
The seaweed startup aiming to beat climate tech’s ‘valley of death’
2+ week, 3+ day ago (270+ words) A 32-hectare seaweed producer in Western Australia, Fremantle Seaweed, has taken on the weighty challenge of supplying Australia’s cattle industry with asparagopsis — a seaweed additive to cattle feed that it claims reduces ruminant methane emissions by 80-90%. At present, the farm…...
Australian shares to open higher as tech rebound lifts Wall Street
2+ week, 4+ day ago (290+ words) The news: The Australian sharemarket is set to open higher after Wall Street’s major indices closed higher overnight, as technology stocks rebounded from a recent sell-off while falling oil prices and bond yields provided further relief to investors. The context:…...
Australian shares to open higher as chip stocks drag Wall Street
2+ week, 5+ day ago (364+ words) The news: The Australian sharemarket is set to open higher after Wall Street ended mixed overnight, as technology stocks fell while investors weighed fresh US pressure on Iran and braced for key inflation data. The context: The S&P 500 and…...