Australia is suffering from a mental health crisis. Suicide and self-harm are increasing, and some are linking it to technology. Meanwhile, in Bhutan, there is a nuanced vision for creating happiness but also, a push to digitalise. It is also seeing a serious brain drain. Where are they going? To Australia. Forbes Australia’s Stewart Hawkins […]
Alphinity’s Global Portfolio Manager, Mary Manning, started as an investment banking analyst working in New York, London and Moscow. She has also worked for Soros Funds Management and Oaktree Capital. The Alphinity Global Fund has about $10 billion in funds under management. She speaks about the offshore investment landscape, why earnings are important, why you […]
Tim Sims, co-founder and managing director of Pacific Equity Partners [PEP] – with $9 billion AUM, talks to Forbes Australia’s managing editor Stewart Hawkins about public versus private equity, the debt market, interest rates, why investing in startups isn’t what the firm does, the future of deal cadence and whether we’re now in a “difficult” […]
Tim Reynolds, one of the founders of quant firm Jane Street Capital, which now trades trillions of dollars’ worth of securities annually, stepped back from the company more than a decade ago to concentrate on building art schools and private resorts to support them in some of the world’s most beautiful but economically challenged locations.
Australian actor CLAUDIA KARVAN is about to make her first mainstage appearance in almost 25 years, after spending the past two decades working on films and TV series such as The Secret Life of Us, Love My Way, Puberty Blues and Bump. Here she talks about life, happiness and what brings her joy. What is […]
In an exclusive interview with Forbes Australia, Platinum CEO Andrew Clifford reveals his thoughts on this year’s investment landscape.
At Polo Valley, Sotogrande, Spain, they understand purchasing a polo pony is a difficult decision that involves understanding the relationship between horse and rider. Choosing the right playing pony is important. At Polo Valley they make their own polo ponies so why not get to know the horses before deciding during a long-weekend trial? These […]
Leah Purcell has brought extraordinary First Nations’ stories to light in an incredible career on stage and screen. The value of blood and culture: Multi-award-winning playwright, actor, director, screenwriter and producer Leah Purcell has brought extraordinary First Nations’ stories to light in an incredible career on stage and screen. Purcell reveals it’s her people, her […]
Okay … it’s an SUV … and the new Daytona, with a V12 naturally-aspirated engine – the most powerful it’s ever built into a street car. Ferrari recently unveiled in Australia arguably two of its most exciting products in years: the SUV it said it would never make and the new Daytona, with a V12 […]
Spanish-born, Sydney Dance Company artistic director, Rafael Bonachela is an internationally acclaimed choreographer, equally at home in popular culture and high art. Bonachela muses on the joyous things in his life that money can’t buy. What’s your favourite place and why? The island of Formentera in Spain is a special place for me. It’s a […]