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Where might global investors look for returns in today’s volatile, high-inflation world? Australian equities are the answer, according to several pundits.

Heavy industries are entering a new digital era as advances in connectivity and computing power enable them to run their operations more efficiently, safely and profitably than ever before.

An ASX-listed mining company has unearthed a rare pink diamond that is believed to be the largest found in 300 years.

An Australian company developing personalised therapies for cancer has joined forces with a specialist cell therapy manufacturer to bolster its capabilities in the lead-up to clinical trials.

Sentiment towards risk assets has continued to improve over the past week, but conflicting signals and opinions have investors split over where markets may be headed from here.

ASIC has lifted the veil on investor motivations, attitudes and behaviours in the period following the onset of the pandemic, with the regulator’s research report offering up a few surprises.

This year’s floods are now the second-costliest extreme weather event in Australia’s history, passing 1974’s Cyclone Tracy and sitting only behind 1999’s Sydney Hailstorm, with the Insurance Council of Australia revealing the latest figures on insured losses.

A once-in-a-decade report from Australia’s national science agency has identified seven global megatrends that hold the key to the challenges and opportunities ahead – both for the world and, in turn, for investors.

After seven straight days of plummeting prices – plus a new 52-week low – Australian shares finally rebounded yesterday, with the ASX 200 ending the session up 1.41%, at 6523.8 points.

Junior gold explorer Far East Gold has revealed a “significant outcome” for its Woyla project following the company’s first-ever Induced Polarisation geophysics survey at the site

A few years ago, Vasilios Piperoglou netted his fund a ‘five-bagger’ after identifying a key thematic in a “misunderstood and unloved” sector. Now, the fundie has identified a new thematic he believes is “very much on a similar plane”.

As Australia grapples with its worst-ever energy crisis, white-collar workers might be wise to take a leaf out of Spain’s book, courtesy of one seemingly off-the-cuff idea from its enterprising leader.