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Reshaping finance
Probing the changing outlook for cryptocurrency investing, decentralised assets, blockchain technology and Web 3.0 at the Financial Review’s Crypto & Digital Assets Summit 2024.
Look at Zoox and Waymo to see Australia’s AI potential
The local ecosystem for investment in artificial intelligence is in its infancy, but could thrive if given the right funding.
- Michael Bailey
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- 21 & 22 October 2024
Energy & Climate Summit
- 29 October 2024
Super & Wealth Summit
- 11 November 2024
Infrastructure Summit
June
How to tell if work stress is burning you out
Behavioural scientist Jemma King says most people have one of three “instant stress styles”. Determining yours could help you avoid burnout.
- Euan Black
‘I fire people just as quickly as my male co-founders’
High-profile female entrepreneurs including Airwallex’s Lucy Liu have hit out at sexist attitudes, and male-led venture capital investors.
- Tess Bennett
‘What if a cruise ship got in the way?’ Rocket wrapped in red tape
Australia’s first home-grown rocket launch has been slowed down by a nervous regulator, says Gilmour Space Technologies CEO.
- John Davidson
Super funds ‘should be forced’ to back start-ups
Employment Hero chief executive Ben Thompson has proposed a novel aid for the flagging start-up sector: reserving 1 per cent of superannuation money for it.
- Nick Bonyhady
Telstra looks to cash out of venture capital investments
Telstra Ventures has changed its name to Titanium Ventures, as the telco mulls selling its venture capital investments.
- Tess Bennett
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- Funding
Start-up funding bounces back, as two-speed sector emerges
New data shows early signs that the tech funding winter is thawing, with Aussie tech deals up 30 per cent on this time last year.
- Tess Bennett
What does a “higher-for-longer” world mean for the property sector?
The Property Summit gathers the industry’s most influential leaders, investors, commentators and disruptors to discuss the trends, threats and opportunities in commercial and residential sectors.
- Exclusive
- Funding
This ex-Young Rich Lister built a top media company, now he’s trying tech
Chris Wirasinha co-founded Pedestrian almost 20 years ago and bootstrapped the company until it was acquired by Nine. With Linkby, he’s taking a different path.
- Yolanda Redrup
Sonic Healthcare-backed Harrison.ai boots up $100m-plus Series C raise
Harrison.ai’s management team has commenced discussions with a handful of potential investors regarding the cash call.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
- Exclusive
- Funding
Aussie vaccine start-up scores $300m valuation
GPN Vaccines has raised $18 million in a round led by Forepont Capital and Kern Capital.
- Yolanda Redrup
Nature the next frontier but boards lack skills
Biodiversity is critical for maintaining a liveable planet, but a deficit of skills at the board level is proving a roadblock in accounting for its value.
- Lucy Dean
Australia is ‘cherry-picking’ sustainability reporting standards
It is one of few jurisdictions that has agreed to apply new reporting standards only partially, says former super fund chief David Atkin.
- Sally Patten
Companies undeterred by failure of the Voice referendum
Big companies such as Westpac say the failure of the Voice referendum will not dissuade them from campaigning on social issues.
- Sally Patten and Patrick Durkin
Investors ought to show fossil fuel companies ‘understanding’: TCorp
The journey to net zero is ‘riddled with uncertainty’ and investors need to have some sympathy for companies, ESG executive Alexis Cheang says.
- Ronald Mizen and Joanna Mather
Super funds target fast food giants over antibiotic use
Superannuation funds have opened a new ESG front by demanding companies such as McDonald’s provide more information about their use of antibiotics.
- Ronald Mizen
Honesty and action key to limiting ‘real’ greenwashing
The risk of regulatory crackdowns should not turn companies off making climate change commitments, provided they manage them well.
- Hannah Wootton
Climate targets ‘challenged’ as energy transition stumbles
The energy transition is proving much more costly and difficult than anticipated.
- Sally Patten
- Opinion
- ESG Summit
In the ESG debate, this is what’s really torching shareholder value
For all the talk about the “E” in “ESG”, what gets CEOs sacked and costs investors money are old-fashioned social licence and governance issues.
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- Anthony Macdonald
May
Higher Education Summit
The Higher Education Summit critically examines the policy shake-ups, big ideas and bold strategies that aim at equipping the sector to meet the needs of our economy for decades to come.
Securing Australia’s Asian destiny
The Asia Summit provides fresh perspectives on how Asia is transforming Australia’s future through geopolitical competition, economic growth, technological innovation and social change.
