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FNArena is one of few remaining truly independent providers of financial markets analysis, financial commentary and business news in Australia. Our Daily Financial News is not based on ASX lodgements or corporate press releases, but more so on updated views, insights and responses from stockbrokers and other experts. FNArena is not aligned with any financial institution, hence the moniker “independent”. We have a long history of publishing out-of-consensus views and market analysis. Our quest is not to be bullish or bearish, but to correctly assess future trends.

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Latest Stories

Australia’s general insurers face a new mandatory cost –the “AI Governance Tax”– forcing billions in defensive spending to meet FAR compliance and avoid algorithmic bias penalties before they can capture AI efficiency gains

12:48 PM - Australia

The growing complexity of global energy market grids necessities better, smarter and more data complex management tools, a tailwind for Energy One

10:29 AM - Small Caps


Overviews in raw numbers and calculations that might assist investors with assessing trends and currents that might not be apparent from daily volatility and movements

Dec 20 2025 - Australia

The development of humanoid robots is moving more mainstream, yet the household deployment could be 20-years away

Dec 19 2025 - International


Previous Stories

Flight Centre On Cruise Control Re-Rating

Dec 18 2025 - Australia

Flight Centre has re-rated on competitor woes but following a new acquisition and an improving backdrop analysts see further re-rating potential


Crude Oil: What’s next?

Dec 17 2025 - Commodities

Crude oil has had a terrible time post its March 2022 peak and while commodities sentiment is rising, charts and history suggest the next bull market for oil requires a much deeper sell-off first, DeCarleyTrading.com’s Carley Garner reports


ASIC Watch: 2026 Priorities Target Private Credit & Unlisted Asset Opacity

Dec 17 2025 - Australia

This story features regulatory enforcement priorities affecting private credit providers, superannuation funds, asset managers, banks, and general insurers across both listed and unlisted sectors


Technical Views On Nasdaq, ASX200 & Oil

Dec 17 2025 - Technicals

Tony Sycamore, Market Analyst, IG shares his technical views on the Nasdaq, ASX200, gold and crude oil


COG Financial Firing On All Cylinders

Dec 17 2025 - Small Caps

Analysts forecast solid earnings growth for all divisions of COG Financial Services over FY26-27


ImpediMed Ready To Scale Up

Dec 16 2025 - Small Caps

It’s been a long road for medical device manufacturer ImpediMed, but analysts believe the company is now ready to increase scale


Sellers’ Exhaustion Lifts Macquarie Shares

Dec 16 2025 - Technicals

An exhaustion of sellers with a break out through previous resistance should pave the way for Macquarie shares to recover, Fairmont Equities’ Michael Gable reports


Rio Tinto’s New CEO Outlines His Grand Plan

Dec 15 2025 - Australia

The new Rio Tinto CEO’s updated targets for earnings, volumes, costs and capex have been met with mixed responses from analysts


The Market In Numbers – 13 Dec 2025

Dec 13 2025 - Australia

Overviews in raw numbers and calculations that might assist investors with assessing trends and currents that might not be apparent from daily volatility and movements


ASIC Watch: Shield, First Guardian Collapses Force Supply Chain Accountability

Dec 12 2025 - Australia

The collapse of Shield and First Guardian Master Funds has triggered one of ASIC’s largest investigations, marking a definitive shift in enforcement strategy that targets the entire financial product supply chain


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