How two Sydney engineers turned a camping problem into a global award winner

Sydney startup Bound created the Looplock device just two years ago. This is what the founders of the reusable roll-top bag seal went through to bring it to market. Long before accepting an award on stage in Essen, Germany, Ryan Burke and Luke Hamilton were cleaning spilled flour, coffee grinds, and pasta out of the […]

Shemara Wikramanayake steps down as Macquarie CEO

Macquarie head of banking and infrastructure Greg Ward will in November take the reins from Wikramanayake, who has led the bank for eight years. Key Takeaways Key Background Wikramanayake is a Macquarie lifer, having joined the Millionaire’s Factory in 1987 – just two years after Macquarie Bank was spun out of UK firm Hill Samuel. […]

Smart home

The luxury property that looks after its owner

Opinion: As AI, sensors and wellness technology move into the built environment, the next premium address may be defined less by its postcode than by how well it cares for the people living inside it, argues economist Atom Go Tian Wellness used to be a luxury. Now most gyms have a sauna, while recovery spas […]