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Sour notes — Capital Brief
19+ hour, 40+ min ago (210+ words) Canva and US music-rights specialist Crunch Digital are suing each other in the Superior Court of California. As Capital Brief’s Bronwen Clune reports, the commercial relationship has broken down, and each side is now accusing the other of causing it....
Low-rate era is firmly over as markets brace for central bank hikes
1+ day, 19+ hour ago (327+ words) Interest rate rises are firmly back in vogue. Or, as ANZ put it in a recent note, “the post-GFC era of low rates is over”. Here’s what you need to know about the key economic data releases this week. The…...
Australian shares to open lower as surging oil prices hit Wall Street
3+ day, 19+ hour ago (434+ words) The news: The Australian sharemarket is set to open lower after Wall Street fell overnight, as an uptick in US producer prices and surging oil prices fuelled expectations the Federal Reserve could raise interest rates next week, while rising Treasury…...
Oil above USD107 as Houthis close in on shipping chokepoint
3+ day, 20+ hour ago (78+ words) Good morning. Here’s what happened overnight and what you need to know today. First Table raises $10 million without AI angle. Oliver Curtis is shifting focus beyond Australia’s shores. It could also be a new frontier for Firmus investor and supplier…...
Australian shares to open lower as oil surge hits Wall Street
4+ day, 19+ hour ago (367+ words) The news: The Australian sharemarket is set to open lower after Wall Street fell overnight as oil prices surged above USD101 ($138) a barrel, with losses deepening after the US Treasury announced plans to purchase up to USD6 billion of longer-dated government debt....
Xero friends — Capital Brief
4+ day, 20+ hour ago (234+ words) It was only yesterday we observed Xero had gotten offside with its employees, and just two weeks since shareholders protested the CEO’s pay package. Now Capital Brief’s Rose Mackenzie reports it has managed to leave a third and even more…...
State Street’s Australia head Tim Helyar promoted to Asia Pacific lead
5+ day, 15+ hour ago (225+ words) The news: Global financial services firm State Street Corporation has promoted its Australia country head to the head of Asia Pacific. The context: Helyar will be based in Hong Kong to oversee State Street’s regional business strategy and will report…...
Failure to launch — Capital Brief
6+ day, 20+ hour ago (197+ words) AMSL Aero has tapped boutique advisory Allunga Advisory to sell its drone and aircraft business after an apparently unsuccessful attempt to raise $30 million in a Series B round last year. The NSW-based startup has raised more than $50 million from big…...
How the ASX’s two-speed market punished small-cap fundies
6+ day, 22+ hour ago (293+ words) Even after a better-than-expected earnings season and the benchmark ASX 200 index resetting a record high last month, many active fund managers were caught on the wrong side of a trend building beneath the surface of the market last financial year....
Australian shares to open flat as strong US jobs raise Fed hike odds
1+ week, 19+ hour ago (324+ words) The news: The Australian sharemarket is set to open flat after Wall Street closed lower on Friday as stronger-than-expected US jobs growth fuelled expectations the Federal Reserve could raise interest rates as soon as this month. The context: The S…...