In finance there is a truism: risk can be shifted between holders, but it can’t be destroyed by doing so. Low rates and QE after 2008 and the monetisation of COVID-19 created…
Month: April 2025
Gold Road pushes for higher bid as mine study suggests vast riches
West Australia’s Gold Road Resources says a scoping study on its flagship asset suggests there is more gold than first thought, a clear indication that a $3.3 billion takeover bid from its…
Virtual Gaming Worlds’ Laurence Escalante rants on Instagram against Below Deck stars over rumours
Name an entrepreneur whose Achilles’ heel isn’t his own thoughts and the ability to post them at will online. We’ll wait. Perth gambling tycoon Laurence Escalante is the latest example. He spent…
thousands of superannuation fund account details for sale on the dark web, stolen by malicious infostealer software that tracks password changes
The superannuation account details of thousands of Australian retirees are up for sale online, according to cybersecurity researchers who say the data was taken by covertly installed software known as “infostealers”. The…
PEP’s Secure Assets team bows out of the sale of Imaging Associates Australia
Dealmakers who missed out on Advent Partners’ $25 million-a-year radiology business, Imaging Associates, need fret no longer. The negotiations with Pacific Equity Partners have fallen flat. Street Talk understands PEP’s Secure Assets…
Recessions tend to be nasty, so how low can markets go?
We’re somewhere between slamming the brakes on the US economy and causing a nosedive towards recession. Markets are jumping around, views are jumping around, and in the background we have stalwarts like…
PEP bows out at Advent’s mini I-MED, Imaging Associates
Dealmakers who missed out on Advent Partners’ $25 million-a-year radiology business Imaging Associates need fret no longer. The negotiations with Pacific Equity Partners have fallen flat. Street Talk understands PEP’s Secure Assets…
Market mayhem ends the ASX’s era of effortless momentum
Market mayhem ends the ASX’s era of effortless momentum
Heading towards real-time payment advantages
That was the precursor to prescient shifts toward real-time payments at Service NSW where, behind the scenes, Westpac has been supporting moves to real-time readiness so faster payments can be deployed across…
James Hardie chief executive Aaron Erter partying in Florida as shareholders fume
Existential angst caused by the merger of building materials groups ASX-listed James Hardie and Chicago neighbour Azek is here and now. Local fund managers are apoplectic at James Hardie CEO Aaron Erter’s…