This Month
Why everyone is investing in ETFs
Exchange-traded funds are an investment megatrend that offer cheaper fees and a vast array of choice. But there is a lot to consider before buying.
- Tom Richardson
Investors find value in championing social good
Impact investing is on the rise as more Australians seek to drive positive change as they reap financial returns.
- Prashant Mehra
Can this man reverse Goldman Sachs’ falling profits?
Responsibility for correcting two years of declines at the famed investment bank falls on the head of its funds management division.
- Sridhar Natarajan
- Opinion
- Gold
Six tips for buying shares in gold companies
Here’s what investors need to think about when considering buying shares in a gold miner.
- Elio D'Amato
PAC Capital forced to liquidate ‘esports’ gaming fund
The decision is a blow to fund owner Clayton Larcombe, who has promoted online gaming as a promising investment opportunity.
- Aaron Patrick
Caution creeps into green finance market
As investors and regulators lift the credibility bar for borrowers, the sustainability-linked finance market faces its first real confidence test.
- Updated
- Jonathan Shapiro
ETFs quietly rewrite rule books amid regulatory crackdown
ASIC’s move on Vanguard for alleged misleading marketing has the rest of the ETF sector scrambling.
- Nina Hendy
Tesla, Toyota and their lithium suppliers are clean energy winners
Stock pickers and research chiefs are scouring sharemarkets for companies positioned to win from an investment super-trend that is accelerating.
- Tom Richardson
September
Deal making languishes at decade low on private equity drought
At $3.1 trillion, the value of merger and acquisition deals announced in the first nine months of the year was the lowest since 2013.
- Ivan Levingston, Ortenca Aliaj and James Fontanella-Khan
‘Maybe charge me for being an idiot’: SEC hunts Aussie banker
Andrew Waters, accused of defrauding American investors then fleeing the country, blames a former Trump adviser for his troubles.
- Primrose Riordan
How much money do you actually need to invest?
New research has found Australians believe they need $15,200 to begin investing. But do you actually need that much?
- Lucy Dean
No other investor has a life story as unbelievable as Li Lu
The inside story of a radical who fled Tiananmen made billions betting on China.
- Eleanor Olcott
A robot beat Australia’s top fundies (but it still can’t count)
A three-month experiment comparing a portfolio of stocks chosen by ChatGPT and Bard delivered mixed results, and lessons for investors.
- Lucy Dean
- Exclusive
- Rich List
Forrest empire exodus spreads with two more CEOs
Former Mincor chief executive Gabrielle Iwanow and Joost Heymeijer, the boss of the Forrest family’s hospitality and lifestyle arm, have departed.
- Brad Thompson
Australian couple defrauded wealthy Americans, SEC claims
Andrew and Helen Waters targeted the parents of their children’s friends in California and Aspen to pay for a “lavish” lifestyle, the US regulator alleges.
- Primrose Riordan
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- La Trobe Financial
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