After months of rumours, the possibility of a card surcharges ban was announced as a reality in 6 months time. The Reserve Bank of Australia published its long-awaited Conclusions Paper from the Review of Merchant Card Payment Costs and Surcharging this morning.
Now the headline ban on surcharges on debit, prepaid and credit cards across the…
Time to look at another company that is seeing AI-weary investors selling now and leaving the question asking until later, and today it is insurance broker Steadfast Group (ASX:SDF). Can't AI do insurance for us, taking into account our interest only and doing so at a fraction of the cost of humans? Investors think so,…
There are hard questions investors need to ask about their portfolio every now and again, because anyone telling you there's such a thing as a 'set and forget' investment is wrong. Markets evolve, company fundamentals shift, and macro conditions change, yet many portfolios are left largely unchecked. The most rational approach is to periodically interrogate…
The ASX's Good Fame and Character Test is not new. But the possible listing of Oliver Curtis' Firmus meant investors are paying more attention than they otherwise would.
You see, the Australian Securities Exchange does not let just anyone run a listed company. Before an entity joins its official list, the ASX requires that every director,…
Every time a parcel travels across the Tasman or a courier van pulls up outside an Auckland office, there is a reasonable chance Freightways (ASX:FRW) is behind it. Yet for many retail investors, particularly those in Australia, this company sits in the category of companies they may passively benefit from without ever consciously choosing to…
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Last week, it was another day another 4DX Medical (ASX:4DX) re-rating, all because the Mayo Clinic agreed to use its…
Xero and Anthropic have just unveiled a strategic partnership. The press release this morning did what all press releases of this kind would do: frame it as a win win for both sides...but of course few deals truly turn out like that. In the short-term, Xero will be the winner because investors worried it'll go…
The global boom in artificial intelligence and cloud computing has turbocharged demand for data centres, but also turbocharged a data centre backlash. In Australia (and elsewhere), demand for data centres is colliding hard with electricity and water (two of the most important but finite resources on the planet) and the friction is producing a backlash.…
A SpaceX IPO looks like it is on. It is not the first venture of Elon Musk's to list, but this one could be the largest ever IPO in terms of capital raised and the value of the company, it would be over US$1tn barring a highly unlikely cut in the most recent private valuation!…
Some ASX companies little fanfare and consistent long-term returns and Data#3 (ASX:DTL) is a textbook example. For nearly three decades as a listed company, it has grown steadily, paid reliable dividends, and rarely generated the kind of excitement that draws retail investors in large numbers.
That obscurity may now be changing not because the business has…
