Finance and markets
Small cap stocks in Australia and elsewhere are trading at their lowest valuations relative to large caps in decades.
For the better part of three decades, the big banks have been mainstays of balanced portfolios. But their stress-free status is now being seriously challenged.
A sharp selloff in US bonds has upended the narrative that has dominated financial markets this year.
Markets are realising that rate cuts aren't coming anytime soon and the narrow path to a soft landing may be getting even narrower.
US benchmark bond yields hit 16-year highs last night and look set to stay higher for longer. This makes Australia vulnerable, in more ways than one.
Brazil-focused oil and gas producer Karoon Energy is negotiating with international banks to increase its loan facility in a matter of weeks.
The ACCC's expected decision on Brookfield's $18.7b takeover of Origin Energy next week will force some tough decisions on the Canadian bidder - whichever way it goes.
The latest quarterly figures from Cut Through Venture provide a glimmer of hope for founders, but show VCs still have the upper hand over startups in funding rounds.
WICET now faces industrial action and a new majority owner of one of its shippers, while one of WICET's lenders sold out due to ESG concerns
Emma Quinn, who heads up CBOE in Australia, wants to bring something different to local investors.
Everyone is excited about Australia's Samsara Eco, which has developed tech to dissolve plastics in under an hour. Even VCs who aren't invested in it.
An FOI request on the RBA’s internal discussions outlines concerns about the extreme lengths people are taking to make mortgage repayments, even in ‘prosperous suburbs of Sydney’.
The coal miner is getting its ducks in a row as it prepares to attempt a transformational acquisition.
