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Showcase: Staying true to alpha

THE FINANCIAL STANDARD TEAM  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 NOV 2026
When AI drives the market, diversification needs a different engine. Australian investors are fluent in the language of market concentration risk. For most of the last two decades, banking and resources stocks have each made up around a quarter of the ...

FEATURE | Agriculture | Beneath the soil

VINNY VUCAGO  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 NOV 2026
When rain settles, there's a certain kind of optimism that hangs in the air. The soil holds its moisture, crops move ahead of schedule, and the season begins to look less like a gamble. For a farmer, these changes can mean the difference between ...

Perpetual awards OTC reporting mandate

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 9 NOV 2026
Perpetual Corporate Trust has selected a service provider to provide independent reconciliation and oversight of over-the-counter (OTC) derivative reporting across funds for which it acts as trustee and responsible entity (RE). Fund Recs offers automated ...

Wikramanayake exits Macquarie, APRA slams 'serious' governance failure

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 6 NOV 2026
APRA has slammed Macquarie Group's leadership on the day chief executive Shemara Wikramanayake officially bows out for "a serious failure" in complying with another capital requirement. Wikramanayake leaves the group souring the prudential regulator ...

Mall owners count cost as David Jones enters administration

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 6 NOV 2026
Shopping centre owners Scentre Group and Vicinity Centres have almost $80 million a year in rent at stake after Australia's iconic David Jones went into voluntary administration following 188 years of trading. David Jones occupies space at 17 Westfield ...

AustralianSuper scores Moody's top credit rating

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 5 NOV 2026
AustralianSuper has become the first Australian superannuation fund to receive an AAA long-term issuer rating from Moody's. It has assigned a stable outlook to the rating. The AAA rating by Moody's is the highest-quality long-term credit rating ...

Count makes 'largest' equity partnership acquisition

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 5 NOV 2026
ASX-listed Count Group has acquired a majority stake in Skybridge Financial, merely days after snapping up a 30% interest in Brisbane's Apiary Financial. The binding agreement is set to be Count's "largest equity partnership acquisition to date", as ...

ASX capital raisings fall, derivatives activity climbs

VINNY VUCAGO  |  THURSDAY, 5 NOV 2026
Capital raising activity on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) contracted sharply in October, while derivatives trading increased, reflecting divergent activity across the market. The exchange's monthly activity report shows net new capital quoted ...

ASIC raises red flags on prediction markets

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 2 NOV 2026
ASIC chair Sarah Court has warned retail investors to be wary of "highly speculative" prediction markets, likening them to betting. Court said prediction market contracts "have all the features of a bet" and that the regulator believes they are not ...

Count takes 30% stake in Brisbane advice firm

VINNY VUCAGO  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2026
Count has agreed to acquire a 30% stake in Brisbane-based accounting and financial advice firm Apiary Financial, continuing its push to expand its equity partnership network while reporting stronger first-quarter earnings. The investment will see Count ...
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