News, 07 Oct 2025

Escalating along despite the bumps and bubbles

Economic Update - October 2025

Like President Donald Trump’s escalator stopping at the UN, the US Federal Government’s shutdown is producing some outrage, but is largely a non-event. What is important is that the US economy is holding up despite employment and inflation m ...

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News, 16 Sep 2025

Australian Investment in AI R&D

Chart of the Month - September 2025

Opinions on AI range from it being another dotcom bubble to Terminator 2 scenarios. Regardless, no company or country can afford to be left behind. The good news for Australia is that AI is now the fastest growing area for business investment in R&D ...

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Insights, 19 Sep 2024

Blackstone bets big on Australia

Australian Spotlight - September 2024

When the world’s biggest alternative asset manager, USD 1.1 trillion AUM, makes some big bets on Australia, the world takes notice. Over 13 years, Blackstone has invested USD 17 billion in Australia. However, a single new investment announced ...

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Insights, 01 Jul 2024

Australia’s quantum computing leap

Australian Spotlight - June 2024

ChatGPT is dominating public attention but behind the scenes there is arguably a bigger computer revolution brewing. If the potential of quantum computing is realised, all current cryptography will be made obsolete and meteorological models could dramat ...

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News, 02 Apr 2024

Stock Market Highs Amidst Global Economic Shifts

Economic Update - March 2024

Bridges may be crashing down, cargo ships sinking in the Red Sea, and the Panama canal drying up but the major stock markets continue to push new highs. If we are in an AI stock market bubble, surely ChatGPT would tell me? The US has gone from &ldqu ...

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