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ASX jumps on listings rebound, Treasury Wine earnings drop 36%ASX Ltd shares had their biggest one-day jump in six years after flagging a stronger listings pipeline, with new IPOs up 37% to 92 in 2025 from 67 the year before, and average returns on those list…Canberra now vets who buys the shares it forced Chinese investors to sellTwo of the six China-linked shareholders ordered by treasurer Jim Chalmers to exit Northern Minerals in May now need government approval before they can sell at all, after Canberra froze some holdi…Washington just bankrolled the world's first primary scandium mineSunrise Energy Metals shares jumped as much as 29% after the US Department of War's Office of Strategic Capital offered up to $400 million in conditional debt financing for the Syerston project in …Westpac's mortgage pipeline just fell off a cliffHome loan applications at Westpac dropped from roughly 33,000 a month to about 27,000 after Australia's federal budget floated changes to negative gearing and capital gains tax, a 20% fall that Reu…The Aussie dollar is closing in on a 35-year high against the yenAUD/JPY has recovered to around 111.52 after Tokyo's currency intervention briefly knocked it down more than 4% toward 109, and strategist Sean Callow at InTouch Capital Markets sees resistance at …Rain saves Australia's wheat crop from the worst forecastsABARES now expects 26.7 million tonnes of wheat for 2026-27, down 26% year on year but well above the roughly 21.3 million tonne figure some private forecasters were pricing in earlier this season.…Glencore's Australia move is a vote of no confidence in LondonA secondary listing sounds like a footnote until you notice who else has left. Glencore is reportedly targeting Australia within months, chasing the pension pot that Aussie super funds have built f…HSBC's record rally now has to survive its own earningsHSBC shares have run further than most UK bank analysts expected this year, which means Wednesday's numbers face a higher bar than a simple beat, they need to justify a valuation that's already pri…Australia's biggest pension fund is quietly dumping local stocksA major Australian pension fund shifting allocation away from domestic equities toward global and emerging markets is a wager that the ASX's heavy concentration in banks and miners can't match retu…Rolling strikes at BHP's Australian port threaten iron ore supplyStrike action at a key export port used by BHP puts pressure on the world's largest iron ore producer at a moment when Chinese steel demand has been the wildcard determining prices all year. Even a…Indonesia's rupiah has a rate hike to lean on, the Aussie doesn'tBank Indonesia's rate stance and stronger fiscal numbers are giving the rupiah a floor that most emerging market currencies lack right now, with analysts pointing to improved current account discip…Australian bank rally burns short sellers betting on a lending slumpThe short thesis on Australian banks was straightforward: household debt is high, property is overvalued, and a lending slowdown was overdue. It hasn't arrived, and the rally in ASX-listed banks ov…BHP's first Port Hedland strike since 2000 lands right as it flags a copper slowdownIron ore workers walking out at Port Hedland for the first time in a quarter century is a labour signal, not a supply shock, since BHP posted solid full-year output numbers alongside the strike new…Alcoa's Australian gallium project is a China-dependency hedgeGetting international approval for gallium production in Australia matters because China controls roughly 90% of global gallium supply and has already used export curbs on the metal as leverage in …Australia wants AI companies to pay for news. The question is whether anyone actually will.Australia's shadow arts minister is pushing for AI companies to pay for the news and creative content they train on, joining a growing queue of governments trying to retrofit copyright law to a pro…Alcoa pays up to $5.6bn for South32's aluminium assets. The tariff bet is explicit.Alcoa is acquiring South32's alumina and bauxite portfolio in a deal worth up to $5.6bn, a major consolidation play in a sector where US tariffs have dramatically altered the economics of domestic …The RBA says it will be better prepared next time. Every central bank says that after a crisis.Reserve Bank of Australia assistant governor Christopher Kent's claim that the RBA would be better equipped to handle the next financial crisis follows the standard post-mortem arc: identify what w…Morgan Stanley Australia CEO calls auction clearance rates 'quite alarming'Richard Wagner warned on Bloomberg TV that recent auction clearance rates and housing indicators show 'downward pressure' building in pockets of Australia's property market. His unusually stark lan…Treasury Wine shares surge on US operations reviewThe Australian winemaker announced a strategic review of its underperforming US business, with asset sales and exits from lower-margin labels under consideration.Australia's Guzman y Gomez scraps US expansion after $2bn IPO surge fadesThe Mexican food chain is exiting America after failing to entice local diners, despite raising A$240 million at a 37x earnings multiple that briefly sent shares up 1,000%. GYG's withdrawal follows…Global banks fill Australia's A$40bn AT1 voidUBS issued the first AT1 bond in Australian dollars since APRA decided to phase out domestic bank hybrids, and the deal was heavily oversubscribed. Australian banks cannot issue new AT1 capital aft…Beach Energy resets for M&A pivotBeach Energy CEO Brett Woods is positioning the company as both buyer and takeover target after Australia's domestic gas reservation push increased strategic value for gas-focused producers. Woods …Rinehart bets $100m on US defense stocks after rare earths windfallGina Rinehart is putting almost US$100 million into American weapons-makers, marking a sharp pivot from her traditional iron ore empire into the military-industrial complex. The investment comes ju…Australia orders Chinese investors to dump rare earth stakesTreasurer Jim Chalmers has ordered several China-linked investors to sell down their 10.4% stake in Northern Minerals, a rare earths producer with a strategic heavy rare earths project in Western A…Australians reject Albanese budget despite cost-of-living focusAlmost half of Australian voters say the federal budget will leave them worse off financially, with only 13% expecting to benefit from Treasurer Jim Chalmers' tax and spending package. The negative…Australia's PEP sweetens loan terms as leveraged credit tightensEven top-tier sponsors are paying up in today's credit markets. Pacific Equity Partners, Australia's A$19 billion private equity giant, had to enhance pricing and protections on two portfolio compa…CSL crashes to 8-year low as $60bn erasedAustralia's former healthcare darling hit A$125.78, down 49.91 percent over 12 months and wiping A$60 billion from its market cap after dismal half-year results triggered another confidence collaps…oOh!Media draws rival $554m bid from I SquaredInfrastructure investor I Squared Capital has trumped Pacific Equity Partners with a $1.45 per share offer for the Australian out-of-home advertising company, valuing it at A$766 million versus PEP…Sydney's Regal Partners crosses $20bn as inflation hedges draw flowsRegal Partners reported funds under management surpassing A$20 billion as of September 2025, driven by A$723 million in quarterly net inflows into inflation-sensitive strategies including royalties…Atlas Arteria reviews IFM's $5.3bn takeover as conditions pile upAtlas Arteria's board is evaluating an unsolicited A$4.75 per share takeover offer from largest shareholder IFM Investors, which rises to A$5.10 if IFM exceeds 45% ownership before closing. The Aus…Indians overtake British as Australia's top migrant groupIndia now supplies 916,300 Australian residents, representing 10.7% of the overseas-born population and doubling from 2014 levels. Permanent visa grants to Indians hit 49,848 in 2023-24, primarily …Australia forces LNG exporters to reserve gas for domestic useAustralia is finally admitting its gas export boom was a domestic disaster. From 2027, east coast LNG producers must reserve 15 to 25 percent of output for local use, covering three Queensland plan…Australia's unemployment holds at 4.3% despite 56,000 new full-time jobsAustralia added 56,000 full-time positions in December while unemployment stayed flat at 4.3 percent, suggesting the labour market has found its floor. The Reserve Bank of Australia now has cover t…Fire shuts Australia's second-largest oil refinery, tightening fuel suppliesA major fire at Viva Energy's Geelong refinery will disrupt Australian petrol supplies for weeks. The facility processes 120,000 barrels daily, about 20 percent of the country's refining capacity.Australia's sovereign wealth fund reviews investment rolesThe Future Fund reviewing investment positions suggests Australia is reassessing its long-term asset allocation amid global uncertainty. Sovereign wealth funds don't reorganise their investment app…Half of Australians fear they'll never retire as housing costs biteAustralia's retirement crisis just got measurably worse. Nearly 38% of superannuation members now fear they cannot retire — up from 28% in 2024 — while housing costs have overtaken daily expenses a…