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Capital Brief covers business and politics news for those shaping the new Australian economy: founders and executives who need capital to grow their businesses, the people who help them get it, investors who allocate it, and decision makers in the federal capital, Canberra.

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capitalbrief.com > article > dont-call-it-a-backlash-airtrunks-been-building-data-centres-for-years-e0bb8547-2c26-4d22-bf93-8857652ca69d

Don’t call it a backlash, AirTrunk’s been building data centres for years

4+ day, 22+ hour ago   (235+ words) AirTrunk has been building and operating data centres in Australia for more than a decade. But even it has been caught off guard by the shift in sentiment towards the facilities as a generational AI boom kicks into gear. The…...


capitalbrief.com > article > to-fight-mortgage-fraud-lenders-should-be-as-connected-as-the-criminals-dd281698-889e-40de-866c-5ce48bf53124

To fight mortgage fraud, lenders should be as connected as the criminals

5+ day, 11+ hour ago   (227+ words) Give someone a few pieces of a jigsaw puzzle and ask them to describe the picture. They might make an educated guess, but they’re unlikely to get it entirely right. That’s exactly the problem Australia’s financial system faces when dealing…...


capitalbrief.com > briefing > state-streets-australia-head-tim-helyar-promoted-to-asia-pacific-lead-325019fd-3b3f-472e-bc5a-841d58259110

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…...


capitalbrief.com > article > the-forgotten-policy-making-the-rbas-inflation-fight-harder-4324146b-8f6d-4ffe-8637-dca9d8a2c774

The forgotten policy making the RBA’s inflation fight harder

6+ day, 22+ hour ago   (327+ words) The Reserve Bank has failed to get inflation back to target for five years. But while government spending, two international wars and an economy bolstered by AI-related investment have all been blamed for inflation running too hot, there may be…...


capitalbrief.com > newsletter > failure-to-launch-19a0e281-9ee6-4919-9868-cb9ddf1b1705

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…...


capitalbrief.com > briefing > treasury-warned-labor-tax-reforms-would-have-modest-housing-impact-6cdf611a-0107-44ed-83e9-4874011d6e49

Treasury warned Labor tax reforms would have ‘modest’ housing impact

1+ week, 4+ hour ago   (273+ words) The news: Labor’s tax reforms would have a modest but immediate impact on house price growth, Treasury officials warned in a newly released document. Advice given to Jim Chalmers said the government’s planned housing tax policies would reduce returns for…...


capitalbrief.com > article > incredibly-painful-geoff-wilsons-tough-year-might-be-just-the-beginning-293e411c-6cb4-434f-ad72-4173ff2a77a3

Geoff Wilson’s ‘hardest year’ might be just the beginning for out of favour LICs

1+ week, 22+ hour ago   (235+ words) During a two-hour shareholder grilling last week, WAM Capital’s Geoff Wilson and Oscar Oberg were forced to not only dissect their fund’s worst ever annual performance but address concerns their investment structure may have had its day. “We’ve got a…...


capitalbrief.com > article > rate-cuts-in-2027-are-expected-to-stop-property-price-falls-what-if-the-rba-doesnt-ease-83a78ced-eb51-456e-a6e3-ea020b344707

Rate cuts in 2027 are expected to stop property price falls. What if the RBA doesn’t ease?

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (193+ words) Economists will be keeping a close eye on scheduled remarks from Reserve Bank deputy governor Andrew Hauser and assistant governor economic Sarah Hunter this week for clues about where interest rates are heading. Here’s what you need to know about…...


capitalbrief.com > newsletter > swipe-out-81531707-e9a1-44ce-b42e-180af7cd951c

Swipe out — Capital Brief

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (229+ words) When Expert360 shot to prominence in 2015 after raising a $4 million Series A, Australia’s startup ecosystem as we know it today was still in its infancy. Atlassian had not yet listed on the Nasdaq, Canva was years away from attaining unicorn status…...


capitalbrief.com > newsletter > the-hourly-grail-daa3997e-4dae-44ef-a9e5-63f26c864bf5

The hourly grail — Capital Brief

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (199+ words) If the billable hour could speak, it might offer — in the words of Mark Twain — that reports of its death have been greatly exaggerated. Over the years, the preferred unit of measurement for law firms has survived war, pestilence and…...