IXUP (ASX: IXU) – With hackers on the rise, their tools and techniques are becoming more sophisticated and harder to prevent, giving rise to a global cyber security market valued at US$167 billion ($223 billion). The number of “submitting vulnerabilities” – read, attempted hacking events -went up by 63 per cent in 2020, according to HackerOne’s 2021 Hacker…
Independent fund manager Barwon Investment Partners, which manages more than $2 billion on behalf of their clients, is to launch the Barwon Disability Accommodation Fund. The property and impact investment fund is open-ended in structure and will target wholesale investors seeking returns from properties in the Australian specialist disability accommodation (SDA) sector, under the National…
It hasn’t been a great year for the healthcare sector, whether due to company-specific issues or the pressure of a strong Aussie dollar holding back what are predominantly overseas profits. Overall, the healthcare index is up 9.7 per cent for the year, but that’s a far cry from the rest of the market. The S&P/ASX…
In April 2021, 5.2 million Australians shopped online, according to Australia Post’s 2020 eCommerce Industry Report. It’s no secret that Covid-19 changed not just Australian retail, but retail operations around the world. The move to e-commerce was brought forward by two to three years and took place at a rapid pace, out of need rather…
L1 Capital has announced the launch of its new L1 Catalyst Fund in July, aimed at unlocking company value via shareholder activism. The launch comes several years after listing of the firm’s L1 Long-Short Listed Investment Company (ASX: LSF), which has delivered strong long-term returns. Activist funds look to shake up a company’s management by…
Finding a cure or treatment to Alzheimer’s disease has been labelled “the last medical frontier” as it remains one of the most prevalent human diseases, and to this day there are no treatments or cures. In fact, the exact causes of Alzheimer’s disease aren’t even fully understood. Alzheimer’s disease is an irreversible, progressive brain disorder…
Catapult Group International (ASX: CAT), the Melbourne based sports performance technology company, recently released its financial results for the year ending March 31, 2021 (FY21). Catapult has been around since the early 2000s, developing sports technology for elite sports athletes to measure and analyse performance. The last year has been a challenging one for the…
ETF Securities, one of Australia’s leading exchange-traded fund (ETF) issuers, says “we’re just getting started” when it comes to the robotics, automation and artificial intelligence boom. In its view, the sector is still in its infancy and this revolution will touch almost every corner of the world. Director of research at index developer and research…
T.Rowe Price’s head of Australian equities and portfolio manager, Randal Jenneke, and the head of multi-asset solutions, Thomas Poullaouec, recently discussed with investors what is in store for the Australian economy post-pandemic. They both provided valuable insights into the vaccine rollout currently underway, policy stimulus and the subsequent pandemic recovery. According to Poullaouec, “the recovery…
This year has brought on a flurry of initial public offerings (IPOs) ranging from new tech start-ups to BNPL platforms. There have been 51 new floats so far, with another 35 to come before the end of July. There were 27 listings in the last two months alone. The total figure for 2021 looks at this…
