Anthony Macdonald

ASIC commissioner Simone Constant says the sector must lift its game or prepare for enforcement action and become the regulator’s next cautionary tale.

JB Hi-Fi is proving itself to be the pin-up of the “softening Australia” sell-off. It’s a lesson all blue-chips should heed.

When shy private equity investors come out of the woodwork to bust up strategic M&A, you know it is game on for deals.

With private credit and other factors squeezing developers, and project feasibility crumbling, the numbers behind housing targets no longer stack up.

TCorp manages about $127 billion for the NSW government, and is preparing to join the world of private equity to broaden its exposure to artificial intelligence.

Economists may be celebrating wage growth as “in line with expectations”, but corporate Australia is quietly pressing the panic button.

JB Hi-Fi’s July sales shock drags down retailers, BlueScope delivers on its takeover defence, Aurizon tanks on a dividend shock and poor old Lendlease is still poor old Lendlease.

From community protests to stretched power grids, Australia is walking straight into America’s data centre playbook.

Abandoned by big super and obsessed with quick wins, the small-cap market has turned private equity from a last resort into its only escape.

Ringing the ASX bell is easy. Keeping buyers on the hook is where research matters.