Tony is a former managing editor of BRW, Shares, Personal Investor, Asset and CFO magazines. He specialises in small listed companies, IPOs, entrepreneurship and innovation and writes a weekly blog for The Sydney Morning Herald/The Age on small companies and entrepreneurs.
Recent Commentary
Resource sector ripe for consolidation
The best time to invest in mining might be approaching with conditions primed for M&A activity.
4 ways for long-term investors to play the mother of all megatrends
The Asia-led boom will put an extra 2 billion middle-class consumers on Australia’s doorstep and investors need to position themselves now.
3 stocks to cash in on capital-city densification
Global population growth is forecast to add another 2.5 billion people to urban populations by 2050, which should create opportunities for investors.
Patience needed for LNG investments
Supply fears weigh on LNG’s short-term prospects but long-term an extra 3.1 billion middle-class consumers by 2030 will be a big driver of demand.
3 arguments for buying South32
Retail investors should stand aside for a while as demergers have a habit of underperforming in the first six months of listing – but there is a solid argument to buy after that.
Myer and OrotonGroup join M&A watchlist
On the back of successful deals like Japan Post’s bid for Toll Holdings, expectations for further acquisitions this year are high. Here’s our M&A watchlist update.