From startups to sustainable energy plays, the new economy is crying out for capital. Where are the banks?
Finance and markets
Depending on who you talk to, open banking in Australia is on the point of acceleration or the pause in its rollout is a welcome chance to improve data quality.
Smaller startup investors say super funds' support for a limited number of Australian firms risks creating a "VC oligopoly".
A feud between Hostplus and Sydney startup Employment Hero displays the growing power of Australia's mega super funds.
“If you're going to invest in startups, you've got to accept that they're going to do disruptive things" Employment Hero founder Ben Thompson said of Hostplus, one of the country's biggest VC LPs.
The Canva IPO will release a lot of liquidity into the market, but it's also likely to release a lot of experienced founders into the ecosystem's talent pool. The Valley had the 'Paypal Mafia' — could Australia have the 'Canva Cartel'?
The big four bank has a crisis CEO and a cyberpunk tech platform. Both are going to change, its chair Steven Gregg has been telling investors and analysts.
