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In his weekly Bites column, David Bassanese from BetaShares gives us a rundown of what’s happening in markets, both local and global.
Read MoreIn his weekly Bites column, David Bassanese from BetaShares gives us a rundown of what’s happening in markets, both local and global.
Read MoreThe Dow Jones index rose by 65 points or 0.2%. The S&P 500 index lifted 0.1%. And the Nasdaq index gained 12 points or 0.1%.
Read MoreCatch up on the full webinar with presentations from Volpara Health (ASX: VHT), Platina Resources Limited (ASX: PGM), Andromeda Metals (ASX: ADN) & Talga Group (ASX: TLG).
Read MorePresenter – Ralph Highnam – CEO – Volpara Health provides clinically validated, AI-powered software for personalized screening and early detection of breast cancer.
Read MorePresenter – Mark Thompson – Managing Director – Talga is a battery anode and graphene additives company headquartered in Perth Western Australia.
Read MorePresenter – James Marsh – Managing Director – Andromeda Metals Limited is focused on developing Carey’s Well halloysite-kaolin deposit in South Australia.
Read MoreFutures trading on Friday put the ASX 200 up a tiny 6 points for the resumption of trading on the local market today – which, without the guide from the US tonight should make for a quiet couple of days.
Read MoreA busy week in store on the economics front as we get a Reserve Bank monetary policy meeting, a clutch of start of month economic data and then the national accounts and GDP numbers for the March quarter.
Read MoreA big week for markets and investors – although trading will be shortened because of the US Memorial Day holiday today – that should give us a good idea how the world economy is travelling and where it is heading.
Read MoreA mixed end to May: for most of the world’s biggest and most important markets, today’s Memorial Day holiday in the US (and one in the UK as well) means Friday was the final session for the month.
Read MoreA fair bit going on at the moment, here are a few developing stories from over the weekend we thought you might like updates on, involving PEXA / LNK, ING, SHV, TAH and FMG.
Read MoreOne of the more intriguing aspects of the stock market in recent years has been the burgeoning medicinal cannabis sector; and Australian Primary Hemp is driving a similar story for one of cannabis’ varieties, hemp.
Read MoreGood news for buy now pay later (BNPL) companies with the Reserve Bank deciding against regulating the sector for now. But a change could be coming down the track.
Read MoreSpirit Technology Solutions has undergone an acquisition and organic sales-fuelled metamorphosis, selling an array of I.T. and telco add-on services to small to mid-sized businesses and not-for-profit clients.
Read MoreWe understand you are busy and may not have been left with enough time to keep up with the quality content we’ve been bringing you throughout the week. So here it all is in one handy location. You’re welcome.
Read MoreIn his weekly Insights column, Dr Shane Oliver from AMP Capital gives an in-depth analysis on inflation, what is driving the recent jump, and what the risks are for investment markets.
Read MoreBy way of follow-up to our story of last week, we take a deeper dive into all of the permutations at play in Amazon’s proposed $US8.45 billion purchase of MGM.
Read MoreHousing prices in the US are surging at their fastest rate in 15 years and, along with the rapid rise in raw material costs, the pressures are starting to hurt new home construction and demand.
Read MoreHSBC has finally decided to pull the plug on 40 years of trying to crack the huge US retail banking sector and losing tens of billions of US dollars in the process.
Read MoreUS private equity giant KKR and Nine Entertainment’s real estate listings company Domain Holdings have made a surprise $3.1 billion bid for the online property conveyancer PEXA.
Read MorePresenter – Corey Nolan – Managing Director – Platina Resources is a gold focused explorer targeting world-class provinces in Western Australia.
Read MoreA strike by 205 workers employed by BHP at two of its big mines in Chile has pushed the price of copper back over $US10,000 a tonne.
Read MoreThe Dow Jones index rose by 142 points or 0.4%. The S&P 500 index lifted 0.1%. But the Nasdaq index fell by just 2 points or less than 0.1%.
Read MoreA day after Mosaic Brands convinced the market that it wasn’t heading off a cliff, it has fallen foul of the competition and consumer watchdog, the ACCC, for misleading product data.
Read MoreShares in New Zealand medical technology group Fisher & Paykel Healthcare took a pounding yesterday despite the company turning in a stellar result for its 2021 financial year.
Read MoreFor the second time in two years shares in fruit and vegetable grower and distributor Costa Group have fallen out of bed after a weak trading update, ending the session down 24%.
Read MoreFederal government investment incentives drove strong growth in March quarter capital expenditure and construction spending, according to figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
Read MoreAs we approach the midpoint of 2021, the Global Listed Infrastructure team at First Sentier Investors share their predictions for the sector, summarised in five points.
Read MoreAMP shares shrugged off legal action from ASIC involving the most notorious part of the Hayne Royal Commission – the company charging fees to people after they had died.
Read MoreYarra Capital’s Phil Strano takes a look at the respective risk and return profiles of Yarra’s Australian credit portfolios with comparable credit portfolios/indices in the US.
Read MoreThe Australian sharemarket rose from this morning’s lows, with mining and tech stocks among the strongest improvers.
Read MoreDoes your Outsourced CIO fit within your governance structure and able to offer the governance you need? It is a vitally important, yet often overlooked element in the development and maintenance of enduring and resilient investment programmes.
Read MoreThe takeover of paper and personal care products Asaleo Care by its second biggest shareholder has been given the greenlight by the Foreign Investment Review Board and New Zealand’s Overseas Investment Office.
Read MoreASX200 up 14 points (0.2%) to 7107. Qantas (-1%); Virgin has started cancelling flights in and out of Melbourne. No word from Qantas as yet……
Read MoreTwo separate events on Wednesday – one in a courtroom in the Netherlands, the other at the Exxon Mobil annual meeting in Texas – have stunned global business, especially the oil industry.
Read MoreAMP will be quick to try and settle this ASIC case which involves the most notorious part of the Hayne Royal Commission two years ago – the company charging dead people fees.
Read MoreInvestors reacted warily on Thursday to the surprise $1.8 billion takeover bid from private health group Ramsay Health Care for a UK private hospital operator.
Read MoreComments from US Federal Reserve officials helped damp down concerns about runaway inflation and kept bond yields in check.
Read MoreCommonwealth Bank hit an all-time intra-session high of $100.20 yesterday, but couldn’t sustain the push and actually lost 5 cents on the day to end at $99.58.
Read MoreFund manager Australian Ethical has upgraded its June 30 profit estimates after boosting funds under management (FUM) to more than $5.6 billion – a record for the group.
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