News & Insights
European stocks close mixed and Asia-Pacific markets rise as investors assess renewed Middle East hostilities
8 Sep 2026
European stocks ended Monday’s session in mixed territory after Asia-Pacific markets broadly rose, with investor attention focused on the latest developments in the U.S.-Iran war. The pan-European Stoxx 600 benchmark closed just below the flatline. France’s CAC 40 led…
Read moreSantos boosts stake in $19.5b Papua LNG project
8 Sep 2026
Santos will proceed later this year to build a $19.5 billion LNG project in Papua New Guinea after its French partner TotalEnergies announced a suite of deals that include Australian second-largest oil and gas company…
Read moreASX to rise, Nvidia sparks tech-led Wall Street rally
Australian shares are poised to open higher, bolstered by renewed technology enthusiasm on Wall Street after Nvidia said it would invest $US5 billion ($7.6 billion) into rival Intel. All three major US benchmarks reset intraday…
S&P 500, small-cap Russell close at all-time highs a day after Fed rate cut
Stocks closed at record highs on Thursday, with smaller equities seeing the biggest boost, as the Federal Reserve signaled this week it was embarking on an easing rate path, reinvigorating investors and raising hopes for…
Fed forecasts only one rate cut in 2026, a more conservative outlook than expected
The Federal Reserve is projecting only one rate cut in 2026, less than expected, according to its median projection. The central bank’s so-called dot plot, which anonymously shows 19 individual members’ expectations, indicates a median…
Three factors that killed the Santos takeover
Santos will come under pressure to re-think an LNG spin-off or other asset sales after stumbling on its third trip to the altar for what would have been a huge takeover. After resisting shareholder calls to break up the…
The stock picks that helped Regal beat the market in August
Regal Funds Management’s long short strategies managed to beat the market during the most volatile reporting season on record in August, thanks to some big calls on Zip Co and Singapore telecommunications company Tuas, and founder Phil…
ASX to fall; Jarden downgrades Santos to ‘underweight’
Australian shares are set to open modestly lower after the US Federal Reserve cut its key rate by a quarter of one percentage point and signalled more monetary easing is on the agenda before the end of…
Stock futures are up slightly following latest Fed decision: Live updates
Stock futures rose slightly on Wednesday as investors continued to digest the latest rate cut decision from the Federal Reserve. S&P 500 futures traded up 0.2%, as did Nasdaq 100 futures. Additionally, futures tied to the Dow Jones…
Fed set to cut rates, but forecast for rest of 2025 is key to markets with politics clouding the picture
Source: https://www.cnbc.com/2025/09/16/fed-interest-rate-decision-preview.html
ASX to fall; TikTok buyers group to include Oracle
Australian shares are set to open lower as the share rally on Wall Street ran out of steam as traders await both a rate decision and rate outlook from Federal Reserve policymakers. An expected quarter…
The ASX stocks to fire once the Fed kicks off rate cuts
The Australian sharemarket is widely expected to rally from the US Federal Reserve’s highly anticipated interest rate cut this week, with fund managers tipping that the heavily beaten-up James Hardie could be among the biggest…