Finance and markets

During a call to discuss the ASX-listed data centre company’s own $2 billion capital raising plan, its founder hit out at the IPO hopeful’s pitch to the market.

Australian banking faces a reckoning as increasingly capable AI raises the stakes on competition, cyber risk and growth across the financial sector.

Mumurs that Firmus will allow early investors to cash out on day one of its IPO have become the latest intensely debated subplot involving the ‘AI factory’ company.

Global conflict hit active Australian equity funds but longer-term returns remain positive.

The digital asset industry has warned Treasury it is overestimating startups’ ability to comply with a regime designed for banks and super funds.

Canva’s co-founder and COO Cliff Obrecht tells Capital Brief why the company is betting its 250 million users — and its private company advantage — on becoming one of the world’s top AI platforms.