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Indexed articles, last 90 days
57
Latest publication
Oct 1, 2026
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Top 50K sites
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Jul 5, 2026

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  1. Article · Oct 1, 2026 · Anthony Macdonald

    Firmus targets $43.7b market capitalisation, will offer shares at $11 (opens the original)

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    Firmus is seeking a $43.7 billion valuation this month, according to pricing sent to potential investors on Thursday night, with the neocloud setting a price of $11 per share for its initial public offering. Firmus will start taking formal institutional bids on Tuesday and seek to have the deal done by Friday next week. Its bankers told investors they had already received indicative bids to fill the $US5 billion ($7 billion) raising at $11 per share, and said the deal may be upsized by another $

  2. Article · Oct 1, 2026 · Anthony Macdonald

    Just before the new CEO arrives, Lynas swallows a baby elephant (opens the original)

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    Hats off to Perennial fund manager Sam Berridge for asking the most important question on Lynas Rare Earths’ call. If Lynas’ brand new yet promising $968 million patch of dirt and bush over the other side of the world ends up being no good for production and shareholder value creation, who is accountable? Amanda Lacaze (retired on June 30), the new chief executive (TBD), interim chief executive Pol Le Roux (still warming the seat) or who, exactly? Gift articles to anyone you choose each month wh

  3. Article · Oct 1, 2026 · Anthony Macdonald

    Two pension giants just put Australia on notice. That’s scary (opens the original)

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    Canada’s two largest pension funds each selling two of their biggest Australian investments at the same time? Wake up Australia. We’re not the fast-growing economy we used to be; our superannuation funds are looking outward, and we’re going to have to fight harder for foreign capital if we want to expand the economy and not have to rely on short-sighted governments to underwrite the lot. Gift articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.

  4. Article · Sep 30, 2026 · Anthony Macdonald

    Liontown expands flagship mine without Rinehart or taxpayer funds (opens the original)

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    Little Liontown is growing up. The lithium miner signed off on a material $389 million expansion at its flagship Kathleen Valley project in Western Australia without any new offtake agreement, without any fresh capital raising, without a billionaire’s blessing or government support, and saying it would fund the works from existing cash reserves and incoming cash flow. It’s all quite mature – and shows chief executive Tony Ottaviano and his team have come some way. Gift articles to anyone you cho

  5. Article · Sep 30, 2026 · Anthony Macdonald

    Hedge funds’ $13.2b big short says Australia’s banks lose in rates war (opens the original)

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    Everyone’s looking for higher rates-for-longer losers, and Australia’s big banks are bearing the brunt of it. Brokers are bagging them, fund managers are rethinking their modest 1 per cent annual earnings per share growth, short positions are through the roof, and they’re making it hard for the benchmark S&P/ASX 200 Index to do much more than trade sideways. Gift articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.

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