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Market Wrap

ASX ends lower as tech rout continues; A2 Milk tanks on guidance hit

Buyout Boost / Update

Insignia shareholders vote in favour of $3.3b CC Capital buyout

Extra Costs

Viva Energy reports $25m impairment after ASIC-prompted accounting changes

Capital Gains

Around the Bendigo

Defence Force

Mark Hammond to become ADF chief amid Defence shake-up

Ideas

Why cash discipline will define the next startup wave

Market Open / Update

ASX opens lower as tech stocks extend selloff; A2 Milk plunges on guidance downgrades

Buyout Boost

Insignia shareholders to approve CC Capital takeover as proxy votes tallied

Done Deal

Pro Medicus inks $37m contract extension with Northwestern Medicine

Bigger Bid

Monash IVF receives improved takeover offer from Genesis Capital, Soul Patts

Joint Development

Telix to receive $57m through new partnership with Regeneron

Board Moves

Regal Partners names AIA Australia chairman Peter Yates as chair-elect

Legal Logistics

Brambles reviewing Federal Court judgment on longstanding class action

Global uncertainty

‘We want to see the talks resume’: Anthony Albanese continues push for Iran-US conflict to end

Bottle Neck

A2 Milk downgrades FY26 guidance as Middle East conflict sparks supply chain issues

Market Open

Australian shares to lift despite Hormuz blockade, failed US-Iran peace talks

Standup

Trump orders naval blockade of the Strait of Hormuz

Humanforce acquires Emprevo and ShiftMatch amid global expansion

Short sellers circling PEXA as it loses $1 fee stoush

‘Highly unusual’: The mystery energy deal underpinning Firmus’ IPO pitch

Hormuz deadlock

Trump orders Hormuz blockade after historic US-Iran peace talks fail

Public purse

Middle East war to drive $30b federal budget improvement by 2028-29: Chris Richardson

Global ties

Anthony Albanese to travel to Brunei and Malaysia to discuss energy supply

Future proofing

Shore up fiscal buffers and undertake reform to prepare for ‘rolling crises’: Grattan Institute

Global focus / Update

‘Disappointing’: Penny Wong urges US, Iran to keep negotiating

Global focus / Update

No deal reached in US-Iran talks: JD Vance

Home prices

Property values to sputter amid geopolitical uncertainty, higher rates

Global focus

‘Right direction’: US-Iran talks to continue as reports indicate progress

Global challenge

More cost-of-living support possible in budget amid US-Iran disruption: Catherine King

Forward Guidance

Australia faces tough times regardless of US-Iran talks

Standup

Trump threatens Iran as Vance departs for Pakistan peace talks

‘Heat and light’: The challenge facing Kevin Rudd’s successor

Price Surge

US inflation surges to highest reading in March on Middle East energy crisis

The Edition

Bugged out

Market Wrap

ASX ends lower as tech stocks extend selloff; Telix climbs on FDA decision

Magellan easily wins support for Barrenjoey merger in move to create a financial powerhouse

Moving Ahead

Magellan shares lift as shareholders approve merger with Barrenjoey

Compliance Check

EOS pinged by ASX for director trading ahead of price sensitive announcement

Fresh Funding

Sydney startup Haast seals $17.2m Series A led by Peak XV Partners

Political Capital

The country town that wants more migrants