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Banking & Finance

Australia central bank saw upside risks to inflation lingering after September rate hike

2026-10-13T07:43:59.000Z
Home prices in Sydney, the nation’s biggest city, have fallen almost 9% from their peak in February. 
Property

Australia home auction clearance rate stuck below 50% for second week

2026-10-11T05:37:12.000Z
The reinvestment further deepens Nuveen’s relationship with Temasek, following the announcement of a strategic partnership in September 2025.
Global Enterprise

Temasek among investors in Nuveen’s US$698.6 million Australian debt fund

2026-10-09T05:57:58.000Z
The company initially planned to sell its shares at A$11 each, giving Firmus an equity valuation of US$30.6 billion.
Telcos, Media & Tech

Nvidia-backed Firmus scraps US$5 billion Australian IPO on poor demand; eyes private funding

2026-10-09T02:04:46.000Z
Residents said they had little understanding of the project’s scale until huge cranes appeared at the construction site in February.
Property

Goodman’s Japanese data centre comes under fire following Sydney site setback

2026-10-07T06:29:27.000Z
ESR-Reit still has A$3 million in outstanding arrears, after they were recovered through the partial drawdown of the banker’s guarantees.
Companies & Markets

ESR-Reit recovers around 75% of outstanding arrears from Australia rent default

2026-10-06T10:59:56.000Z
Nationally, property prices have fallen for six consecutive months. The declines have been steepest in Australia’s two biggest and most expensive cities: Sydney values, for instance, are down 8.6% from their February peak.
Property

Australia’s property boom is unravelling. How bad will it get?

2026-10-05T07:26:02.000Z
Firmus is seeking to raise as much as US$5.5 billion, including a greenshoe option, in one of Australia’s largest-ever IPOs.
Capital Markets & Currencies

Data centre operator Firmus said to plan allocating half of IPO to existing investors

2026-10-05T03:38:51.000Z
Bookbuilding for the Firmus IPO will begin on Tuesday and the stock is due to start trading on the Australian Securities Exchange on Oct 23.
Companies & Markets

US$5 billion Firmus IPO divides investors after valuation trebles in two months

2026-10-04T08:24:33.000Z
The company has apologised for its AI models breaching Australian government websites and pledged to establish a new task force with local experts for the country.
Companies & Markets

OpenAI scraps debut of AI model as it sets new guardrails

2026-09-29T12:15:39.000Z
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