Investment

The government's pre-budget merger and foreign investment updates weren't necessarily designed to work together, but lawyers say they could help speed up deal approvals.

Compliance experts are calling for an opaque feature of Australia's financial services industry allowing smaller players to rent key regulatory licences to be reformed.

The broker's 35 million global investors will have an increasing say in the direction of ASX companies, with its managing director laying down the gauntlet for super funds.

ASIC is closely monitoring a financial services conglomerate providing key licences for neobrokers servicing more than 1 million investors, including Stake and Pearler.

The Australian online retail broking market is hurtling towards a price war.

The Mexican fast food chain is inching closer to IPO as new investors back its ambitious vision.

The ASX is littered with examples of combative investors lighting a fuse under the very companies they are trying to save. John Wylie’s Tanarra Capital says he is on a mission to do things differently.

A feud between Hostplus and Sydney startup Employment Hero displays the growing power of Australia's mega super funds.

IFM Investors is the biggest infrastructure investor in Australia. Its chief economist warns that offshore opportunities in green energy are likely to drag money out of the country unless the government provides a clear plan for the transition.

The world's biggest investors like Warren Buffett know they have to make big bets to move the needle. But what to do when investment opportunities at that scale are few and far between?

With Altium set to peel off the local sharemarket, investors are looking hard for the next generation of Australian tech companies.