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Good afternoon,

One stock is at a 20-year low after a ‘woeful’ time, another is a Queensland-based small cap set to boom, while this veteran beauty brand is ripe for revival. These are the top stock picks from experts at this year’s SOHN conference.

Australia’s big super industry faces a crackdown, amid calls for a “stress test” of the sector’s co-dependency with banks to be expanded to infrastructure and energy. 

As the debate about working at home versus the office intensifies, a growing group of people are taking remote work to extremes.


Perry Williams
Business editor
The markets


Commentary
Are the scandals sweeping big super a signal to switch funds?
By JAMES KIRBY
Wealth Editor
Big super has delivered some significant dirt of late but if you think leaping from one scandal-plagued fund to one untarnished so far will protect you, think again.
Latest news
What next for crypto after bitcoin euphoria
Bitcoin’s ascent past $US93,000 this week shows its coming out of ‘regulatory purgatory’ and on the cusp of bigger, better things, according to billionaire believer Mike Novogratz.
By VALERINA CHANGARATHIL
‘I’m not a drug dealer’: all-female hemp start-up seeks to raise $1.7m
Credit card companies thought she was dealing in narcotics, and raising capital has been a slog but Tasmania’s Andi Lucas says running an all-female crew at her hempcrete mill was a pragmatic decision.
By JARED LYNCH
Cuscal locks in funds for its $336.8m IPO
Cuscal will be the largest IPO of the year when it lists later this month with a $479m market value.
By BRIDGET CARTER
Lendlease shareholders back Bunnings boss for turnaround
Lendlease is retreating back to Australia after billions of dollars’ worth of writedowns but shareholders have backed new chairman John Gillam to restore its fortunes.
By BEN WILMOT
Why golf has returned to the fore for deal makers
Former Westpac executive Raj Narayan banked on a post Covid-19 thaw to return business dealing to the nation’s fairways when she set up Emajin Golf – and she hasn’t looked back.
By DAMON KITNEY

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