Financial services
Australia's super funds are joining a growing global trend for pension investors to exert direct influence on investee company strategy, especially on ESG matters. The next step may be agitating for seats on company boards.
It was the hedge fund to watch in Australian finance circles. But like many managers before it, VGI Partners' enviable growth would eventually lead to its fall.
After a painfully slow 12 months, dealmakers expect their fortunes are finally turning around as markets shake out.
Known as much for its phenomenal success as its sudden demise, Rob Luciano's VGI Partners is officially no more. But the hedge fund's legacy lives on with a wave of alumni now gaining increased attention in the market.
As debate continues over whether private credit is a bubble destined to burst, JPMorgan and ASX-listed HMC Capital are betting that the boom is just getting started.
Schroders has been exploring building investment teams without analysts, and instead using AI to assist portfolio managers.
With holdings in more than 400 Australian companies, Dimensional Fund Advisers is often mistaken for an index manager. Country head Bhanu Singh explains why those perceptions are wrong.
With a multi-billion dollar US backer, corporate Australia has watched Pogust Goodhead's arrival with interest, if not fear. Its head of Australia Amie Crichton says it's "time to level a massively uneven playing field" between individuals and industry.
An ambitious Sydney market infrastructure provider is looking to capitalise on the ASX’s mistakes and shatter its monopoly in clearing and settlement.
Perpetual's management team were interrogated by analysts today over their $2.2 billion deal with private equity firm KKR.
Dual listings have helped the local exchange smooth out a tough few years for initial public offerings amid rising competition from private equity and rival exchanges.
The Afterpay parent company is reeling from a wave of fresh accusations from a whistleblower in the US, but former employees say its compliance problems are long running.
Macquarie isn't backing away from its expansive bet on financing the energy transition despite a big profit hit and signs that investors may be losing patience.
The bank's commitment to climate solutions remains intact despite a slowdown in the selling of green assets hitting its full-year result.
As startups look to list overseas and market concentration creeps in, Canada's TSX and America's CBOE are finding new ways to court the next generation of Australian companies.
TMS likes to buy and hold. Up to 70% of its portfolio is made up of picks it made when it was established two decades ago - including CSL, Soul Patts and Brickworks.
Most of the big four banks will actually be financing more CO2 emissions in 2030 than they do today courtesy of loopholes in their fossil fuel exclusion policies.
