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Banking & finance
Retail investors pile into COVID-hit companies amid online share trading boom
Retail investors have placed growing bets on hard-hit travel businesses including Qantas, Flight Centre, WebJet and cruise liner Carnival.
- by Clancy Yeates
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Payments
Bulletproof buy now, pay later outfits a hit with investors
The buy now, pay later phenomenon is, for the time being, proving to be more than a match for the biggest economic shock since the Great Depression.
- by Colin Kruger
Adani
Aspen Re rules out insuring Adani mine
Another financial institution has said it will not renew any insurance policies with Adani's Queensland coal mine project.
- by Charlotte Grieve
Hostplus
'Ride it out': Hostplus CIO defends investment strategy
Hostplus' exposure to illiquid investments has come under pressure as its returns turned negative but Sam Sicilia is doubling down on the fund's venture capital push.
- by Charlotte Grieve
Indigenous justice
Mine approval laws allow 'systematic erasure' of Indigenous culture
Environmental lawyers and politicians are pushing for law reform to better protect Aboriginal artefacts from major development projects.
- by Charlotte Grieve
AUSTRAC crackdown
'We need to guillotine it': AUSTRAC given deadline for new Westpac claims
Financial crimes watchdog AUSTRAC has been given two months to make any new legal claims against Westpac in its blockbuster anti-money laundering case against Westpac.
- by Clancy Yeates
Mining
US funds titan BlackRock 'deeply concerned' about NSW coal mine
Political leaders, farmers and academics are demanding answers from investors of the Chinese conglomerate set to destroy Aboriginal artefacts in regional NSW.
- by Charlotte Grieve
LIVE: Victorian Deputy CHO gives COVID-19 update
Victoria’s Deputy Chief Health Officer Dr Annaliese van Diemen provides an update on COVID-19.
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Mining
Investors face pressure over miner set to destroy Aboriginal artefacts
The world's largest asset manager and a top super fund are facing pressure to explain investments in a Chinese miner set to destroy ancient artefacts.
- by Charlotte Grieve
Emerging markets
How tech and demographics could save emerging markets investors
The chief executive of private equity fund LeapFrog has said emerging markets present challenges and opportunities during COVID-19.
- by Charlotte Grieve
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Adani
Adani losses hit $794m as insurers signal retreat
One of the insurers revealed to be paid by Adani has said it is reviewing its policy towards fossil fuels which raises further questions about the financial backing of the future.
- by Charlotte Grieve and Colin Kruger