Software was eating the world. Now AI is eating software - including on the ASX.
Jack Derwin
Markets and finance correspondent
Jack has worked as a business reporter for the better part of a decade, filing from Mexico, Spain, New Zealand and the Pacific. He has previously reported for The Asahi Shimbun, the second largest newspaper in the world, Business Insider and 7News amongst others.
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The Mexican food chain is poised to become one of the most hotly discussed IPOs on the ASX in years. Despite recent controversies, its largest shareholder TDM is convinced it’s onto a generational winner.
Australia's so-called 'crypto king' Fred Schebesta has long been known as the face of Finder. But now his little known co-founder is steering the startup beyond a period of layoffs and regulatory troubles towards an eventual IPO.
Having successfully secured two BHP coal mines last year – and the funding to pay for them – Whitehaven is riding high. But analysts are now asking, is this as good as it gets?
Bill Ackman's latest crusade against his alma mater Harvard and media outlet Business Insider has unexpectedly won him the respect of arguably his fiercest critic.
The $9 billion engineering company will likely be investigated by the AFP over allegations a former subcontractor bribed Ecuadorian officials.
The Florida based, ASX-listed global stockpicking house is focused on organic growth but admits it is still looking for potential acquisitions of rival fund managers.
Miracle drugs, battery tech and a private equity reckoning. This is what fund managers are thinking about in the new year.
The founder of Wise, one of Europe’s most valuable fintechs, wishes banks would improve their payments offerings even if it made his product obsolete.
After a quiet year for deals, bids are suddenly flying around like days gone by.
The diversified miner has ambitions to corner lithium in Australia, break the country's iron oligopoly, get into oil, and build billion-dollar gas facilities – all at once.
After a slow twelve months, it has taken just 48 hours for three multi-billion dollar prospects to land on the table and reignite interest in Australian markets.
The future of the 137-year-old investment company is uncertain as bidders sense an opportunity to swoop while the chips are down.
Appen rode the big tech wave but landed with a thud. The company is now hitching its wagon to artificial intelligence, but investor patience is wearing thin.
The financial regulator has released the findings of a two year review into the once booming online trading sector, as foreshadowed last week by Capital Brief.
It's not often five directors abruptly resign from the board of a listed company just hours before its AGM. But that's what happened at electrification and defence play Rectifier Technologies this week.
Australia’s online share trading platforms are bracing for a regulatory blitz as ASIC wraps up a two-year investigation into them.
Australia could play a key role in the global production of the world’s most vital tech, industry voices say.
On a day when Fortescue shares hit record highs, Andrew Forrest was caught on a hot mic complaining to colleagues about its lengthy AGM and the the Welcome to Country that preceded it.
Some 400km from the nearest capital city in the rural outpost of Dubbo, Wes Maas has built an emerging industrial powerhouse he describes as an “infant Seven Group".
After several delays and a failed experiment with blockchain, the ASX says it has a plan to finally replace its CHESS system. Should investors believe it?
One of Australia's largest coal miners is already looking at what it might do when fossil fuels finally fade away.
A Las Vegas based business led by an Aussie is betting Netflix's blockbuster TV series Squid Game will be as big a hit on gaming floors as it is in living rooms.
Chinese tech company valuations have taken a beating. For some fundies that spells opportunity.
There were times when the fund manager's high profile directors including Hamish McLennan and John Eales appeared as though they were attending their own funerals.
It’s been a quiet couple of years for public floats in Australia but the ASX is preparing for some big listings next year. Who are the IPO candidates in 2024?
The national carrier's board and management team fronted up to an angry retail shareholder base, despite a year of record profits.
Chicago-based Ariel Investments, which manages US$15 billion, says equity valuations in markets like the Philippines and Vietnam are the lowest they've been in 30 years.
Bell Rock founder Peter De Putron is intensely private. But links to George Soros, Brexit and the Tory party provide some clues about the man.
Penfolds has long been the jewel in the crown of Treasury Wine Estates. Has it finally found another global hit?
As Whitehaven and Bell Rock retire to their respective corners following the miner's AGM, the scoring of their brawl has begun.
The white hot public anger directed at the Qantas board should send a clear message to directors of all companies this AGM season: listen to your shareholders.
Special situations groups are watching coal terminals, which may face a difficult refinancing environment
In volatile markets, Abrdn is looking well outside the box.
Whitehaven's most outspoken shareholder is rushing around town to mount an 11th hour campaign against the coal miner's management.
Whitehaven has emerged victorious in the heated battle for two BHP metallurgical coal mines, but can it duck a few haymakers from shareholders?
Our biggest and most iconic companies are fleeing coal. But, unafraid of controversy, a wave of smaller players have moved in to chase outsize returns from the unloved sector.
The online broking industry looks ripe for consolidation as smaller players such as ASX-listed Selfweath get sized up.
