Where I’m putting the money: Piers Bolger

Piers Bolger, Chief Investment Officer at Infinity Asset Management, leads the firm’s multi-asset investments and is responsible for macroeconomic research. He spoke to Stewart Hawkins about the divergence of market performance and job growth in the era of AI, what that means for consumption and wealth and the effect on investment portfolios. Also how Australians […]

The songwriter turned billion-dollar boss of Songtradr

Paul Wiltshire swapped songwriting for software – and built the world’s biggest B2B music licensing platform. This story appears in Issue 20 of Forbes Australia – Out now. Paul Wiltshire wonders about the two competing sides of his brain, the creative one that wrote and produced songs for chart-topping performers, and the commercial half that […]

Quick Takes: Three Australian entrepreneurs to watch – Issue 20

Forbes Australia picks out three Australian entrepreneurs who are making waves in the startup space right now. Quick Takes appears in Issue 20 of Forbes Australia, out now. Tap here to secure your copy. Conry Tech After six decades in the air-conditioning sector, Ron Conry found himself facing an industry that looked much the same as […]

Antarctica to Hobart: Ponant’s ultra-luxury icebreaker is headed Down Under

The world’s first ultra-luxury icebreaker is charting a course for Hobart, bringing billionaires, scientists and an idea born over dinner in Brittany to Australia’s edge.  In 2015, over dinner and a bottle of wine in Brittany, France, a handful of Ponant executives discussed an idea that sounded implausible. They wanted a ship strong enough to […]

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Chinese operator signs on for Australia’s largest tourism development

Australia’s first indoor snow resort has taken a step forward, signing a partnership with global Chinese operator Bonski Group — a move its developers say positions western Sydney for a new era of tourism investment. Key Takeaways Key Background Winter Sports World, a $700 million indoor snow resort planned for Penrith in western Sydney, has […]

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Saluda’s long journey towards hitting the ASX pain barrier

Saluda had a disastrous debut on the ASX on Friday, shedding half its value. But here’s the inside story of resilience in the company that learnt how to read signals going up the spinal cord and to turned them into pain relief. Saluda founder John Parker has just delivered a talk at an international biomedical […]