Finance and markets
With one of Australia’s largest ‘licence for hire’ firms under a regulatory cloud, brokers are scrambling to attain their own AFSLs to protect their businesses.
The predicted cost benefits from artificial learning are overstated, according to Macquarie analysts, while regulators are also adding notes of caution to the most ambitious plans.
The acquisition of Leonardo.Ai gives the Australian design software company its own foundational model, a roster of AI talent and a bulwark against its competitors.
The Kiwi investment bank has suffered a string of departures over the course of the year. And the latest wave following a raid by a rival may be the biggest yet.
A focus has emerged in the trademark appeal between Robyn Denholm’s Wollemi Capital Group and Tim Bishop’s climate tech VC Wollemi Capital.
The millionaire factory's trading update showed it will keep the pressure on margins, with the focus now shifting to Commonwealth Bank and Bendigo Bank results — and the ongoing strength of bank shares.
Four big banks, four models of corporate venture capital. CBA's is the most tightly controlled — but in return, it promises a more efficient pathway to scale.
