Finance and markets
Australia's National Reconstruction Fund has invested $150 million in venture capital firm Brandon Capital in a bid to stop promising biotech companies from moving offshore.
Heavyweight shareholders failed to compel Macquarie to step up its climate disclosures, but their protest vote suggests the Trump-driven backlash against ESG has not reached Australia.
A day after agreeing to keep its platform open to Employment Hero, Seek says it warned the startup about misusing its access.
Andrew Parsons did not hold back on two major data centre stocks at a conference hosted by investment incubator Pinnacle in Sydney this week.