Success and More Interesting Stuff

Launching a stockbroking firm at the height of the 2008 GFC sounded like madness, but Marcus Freeman and his partners did it anyway, founding BGF Equities. Today, that boutique startup has become Canaccord Genuity Australia - a 550-strong powerhouse with a $40 billion wealth advisory arm that dominates local capital-raising league tables. In this episode of Success and More Interesting Stuff, Marcus Freeman joins Matthew Kidman to reveal how he navigated turbulent cycles to build a market-leading global player from scratch.

Alf Ianniello joined Codan in early 2022 as CEO. Since then, the profits have almost doubled, and the share price is up around 750%. Codan’s market capitalisation is over $12 billion, making it the largest technology stock on the ASX.
 
In this episode, Alf reveals the simple metrics he believes define Codan’s success, explains why R&D investment has been critical, and why he believes Codan’s scale can help the business go from good today to great in the future.

Matthew Jinks is helping power Australia’s digital revolution. As CEO of SKS Technologies (ASX: SKS), he spearheaded an extraordinary transformation, pivoting a small commercial electrical firm into a $1 billion data-centre leader and driving a stunning 4,500% share price surge in just three years. In this episode of Success and More Interesting Stuff, Jinks discusses scaling operations, partnering with global tech players, and meeting the massive electrical demand of the data-centre buildout.

Success and More Interesting Stuff has enjoyed conversations with a range of stock market participants. We have never talked to a lawyer - until today. David Friedlander could possibly be one of the most influential people in Australian corporate activity over the last 40 years.

In this episode of Success and More Interesting Stuff, David shares his insights on the impact of AI on the legal profession and takes us inside some of Australia's biggest corporate deals.

The geopolitical and economic tides have shifted. Recent decades played out against a backdrop of globalisation, disinflation, falling interest rates, and above-normal equity market returns. That era is behind us, and the path forward looks vastly different. This shift sits at the core of this special episode, which brings together three leaders in equity investing, gold mining, and economics. The panel dives into the outlook for geopolitics, commodities, inflation, and equities - highlighting both the challenges and the unique opportunities ahead.