Australian bank stocks slide as Westpac warns of weak housing investor appetite
As per the Westpac, investor credit demand for Australia's housing sector would fall from 9.1% in 2026 to 4.5% in 2027 and 4.4% in 2028...
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Glencore registers massive energy trading profits, pushes ahead with Australia listing
Glencore booked USD 2.66 billion in H1 adjusted EBIT from energy trading, up from just USD 40 million a year earlier...
AI search outpaces Google in concentrating insurance visibility, says Somantra study
Among the major industry players, Allianz recorded the highest combined total at 13,437 mentions across Google AI Overviews and ChatGPT...
Australian wealth management company JBWere concludes leadership changes
JBWere started 2026 on a bad note, as it lost advice executive Andrew Bird after a decade, who moved to join UBS for the second time...
Westpac NZ launches Microsoft AI tool to support customer conversations
Westpac has already rolled out the Microsoft Dynamics 365 Contact Centre as a Service platform...
Cover-More, Aon enter travel insurance arrangement in Australia
The agreement establishes Cover-More as the provider of travel insurance products to Aon’s Australian retail customers and to the firm’s workforce...
Australian households struggle to afford everyday purchases: Dr John Hawkins
As evidenced by its being the dominant concern in opinion polls, cost-of-living pressures are weighing heavily on many Australian households...
Meezan Wealth: The force behind Australia’s Islamic Finance growth
More than representing the success of a single company, Meezan Wealth’s growth reflects the maturation of Islamic Finance within Australia...
Optus emergency call outage: Probe finds failures in firewall upgrade
The independent internal investigation revealed that Optus provided incorrect instructions to its contractor, Nokia...
Australia’s ‘soft landing’ at risk
A stronger Australian dollar makes imports cheaper, which provides a disinflationary impulse for tradable goods...