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Financial services' gender pay gap improves at 21.4%

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2026
... the Employer Gender Pay Gaps Report, financial services top the industries with massive pay gaps alongside construction, mining and electricity, and gas, water and waste services, which tend to be male-dominated industries. At a granular level, WGEA ...

Former IFM executives branch out, launch Black Kite Partners

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2026
... Scarcity's previous investments include Evidentia Group, which was acquired by Generation Development Group in February 2025, mining and minerals finance investment manager Benwerrin, and Singapore-based January Capital.

Fidelity promotes high-profile resources analyst

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 26 FEB 2026
Fidelity International has promoted renowned metals and mining analyst to the rank of portfolio manager Sam Heithersay has been named co-portfolio manager of the local equity funds - Fidelity Australian Equities Fund and Fidelity Funds - Australian ...

Productivity slumps again, capital injection needed

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2026
... 1994-95 to 2003-04. At an industry level, agriculture, forestry and fishing led MFP growth at 10.4% over the last year. Mining saw its fifth consecutive year of declining MFP and had the largest fall of any industry in 2024-25 at 3.2%. Productivity Commission ...

RBA gives bleak economic outlook

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2026
... because of slower housing price growth over the forecast period. "The outlook for household consumption growth and non-mining business investment in 2027 have also been revised down." The RBA is also anticipating the unemployment rate will increase gradually ...

BTC Markets names chief executive

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  THURSDAY, 5 FEB 2026
... assets. After serving as a broadcast engineer at Seven Network, Dobbins worked with Bitcoin in the early 2010s, building mining infrastructure and experimenting with decentralised systems. He then co-founded a software consultancy firm, delivering real-time ...

Global X rides silver's highs

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2026
... silver miners ETF, which tracks the Solactive Global Silver Miners Index, providing investors targeted exposure to silver mining companies and other related activities, including exploration. The ETF is distributed semi-annually and incurs a management ...

Australian profits flat as global earnings soar to record highs

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2026
... ($100.5bn), up from US$66.3 billion ($98.5bn) in 2024, with revenue rising 0.4% in US dollar terms. "Profits in the key mining and energy sectors were lower year-on-year, while banking profits were impacted by a combination of restructuring costs, lower ...

AirTrunk plants second data centre in Victoria

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 DEC 2025
... sector is generating $12.6 billion in gross value added per terawatt-hour of energy consumed, outperforming sectors such as mining and manufacturing, it said. Data centres also consume less than 0.1% of Australia's water, and by 2030, the sector ...

Super tax receipts to increase by $10.9bn

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 18 DEC 2025
... to 2028-29, driven by stronger corporate profits," the MYFEO said. "The improved outlook for profits is due to both non-mining profits flowing from higher nominal private sector activity and a near-term increase in mining profits reflecting higher bulk ...