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Big changes coming to Australia’s top companies
It may only be the start of the year but already the top end of the Australian market is set for some very large changes. One is that what used to be known as the Big Australian – mining giant BHP (ASX: BHP) – is actually about to live up to the old advertising slogan by getting […]
WAAAXing and waning tech valuations show danger of treating sector as an amorphous lump
The founder of one of the ASX’s most unusual tech companies is scathing about the business model of tech stocks with billion dollar-plus valuations, with the current climate redolent of the dot-com era. “I find it hard to understand why companies stampede into these businesses,” says David Dicker, founder, chief executive officer and chairman of […]
Aussie investors embracing growth at all costs
One of the more interesting things to flow out of the just completed profit reporting season in Australia were the results of two of the hottest companies in the market. One of them – Afterpay (ASX: APT) – has already prompted the biggest bid Australia has ever seen, a $39 billion all stock deal from […]
Beyond Afterpay, what are the next ASX fintech dazzlers?
The $39 billion takeover offer for Afterpay (ASX: APT) highlights the stupendous potential of our home-grown digital-oriented fintech minnows, bearing in mind the towering buy-now-pay-later (BNPL) oak tree was a mere acorn five years ago. Naturally, investor attention has turned to the slew of listed BNPL wannabes who are emulating the Afterpay model with various […]
Banks clashing with fast growing fintechs
If there is one thing that the $39 billion merger between Afterpay (ASX: APT) and Square (NYSE: SQ) has brought into stark focus, it is the contrast between the established banks and the new financial players. While banks like to pretend they are hip and getting down with the homies with the odd bit of […]
Afterpay to be acquired by Twitter founder Jack Dorsey’s Square for $39 billion
Billionaire Twitter founder Jack Dorsey today confirmed his payments giant business Square Inc will acquire pioneering buy now pay later (BNPL) entity Afterpay (ASX: APT) in a $39 billion deal which has already been labelled the largest in Australian corporate history. Under the terms of the all-scrip offer, Afterpay shareholders will receive 0.375 shares of Square class […]
Shares that could make for handy EOFY tax losses
In keeping with the pre-30 June end of financial year (EOFY) vibe, this week your columnist opines on a few well-known underperformers that arguably are worthy of being sacrificed on the altar of the fiscal fiend. In other words: they’re unlikely to recover in a hurry and their best use is as a tax loss. […]
Afterpay graduation to NASDAQ is a winner for Australia
If you are looking for a great reason to give Australian investors and our share market a pat on the back, there is no better reason than the announcement that buy now pay later (BNPL) company Afterpay (ASX: APT) is set to list on the NASDAQ exchange. True, it may be a bit disappointing that […]
Battle between Afterpay and Commonwealth Bank one for the ages
Who do you trust more – Afterpay or Commonwealth Bank? It is a difficult question to answer, although the answer will probably give a good indication of your age. If you skew younger, you are much more likely to trust Afterpay (ASX: APT), because even though the $30 billion minnow has only been around for a […]
PayPal enters Australian buy now, pay later space
Global online payment giant PayPal is joining the Australian buy now pay later (BNPL) market, going up against local rival Afterpay (ASX: APT) with the launch of its ‘Pay in 4’ credit platform. In an announcement on Wednesday, the Nasdaq-listed giant said its BNPL solution will be available to its 9 million Australian customers in […]