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Tony Boyd, Chanticleer Columnist
Tony Boyd writes on business, markets, personal finance and news. Based in our Sydney newsroom, Tony has more than 35 years experience as a finance journalist and is known for writing The Australian Financial Review's Chanticleer column, as well as his previous roles as associate editor Telecommunications, Financial Services editor, Global Markets editor, Information Technology editor and Tokyo correspondent.
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ASX's CHESS move upsets brokers
Stakeholders are ropeable about how the ASX has approached one of its important software platform upgrades in more than 20 years.
Soul Patt's farcical bid for Hunter Hall
There is a risk some Hunter Hall shareholders will be misled into thinking that the WH Soul Pattinson offer is the highest price available for the shares.
Bellamy's CEO facing potential cash crisis
Bellamy's directors deserve credit for finally getting their arms around the company's problems and appointing a CEO with the ability to handle a crisis.
How to manage a Millennial workforce
Have Millennials been dealt a poor hand and do they have every reason be disconnected and disillusioned?
Industry super funds safe from good governance
Why Bernie Fraser has little choice in his review of industry super funds but to preserve the status quo.
Investors should learn the lessons of 2016
You don't have to look far to find evidence 2016 was one of the hardest years on record for the multitrillion-dollar professional fund manag...
Hunter Hall ties itself in knots
Hunter Hall's chairman Kevin Eley and CEO Peter Hall are living in La La Land.
Doubts over back-office agent for mid-tier brokers
Trading ran hot in December rekindling concerns over a firm called Pershing which handles clearing and settlement for 40pc of ASX members.
Big four looking good on capital
Why the dispute between European banks and the global banking regulator won't affect Australia's big banks.
Veda ruling shows need for oversight
Damning rulings against credit information provider Veda are a timely reminder of the need for independent regulation.
Hunter Hall board under pressure to act
Just because Hunter Hall's board was blindsided by Peter Hall's sudden sell-out doesn't mean it's powerless to protect minority shareholders...
ANZ now the best of the big four
After the $1.8 billion sale of its stake in a Shanghai Bank, the markets regard ANZ's dividend as sustainable.
Redemption risks at Hunter Hall
ASIC and the ASX should be crawling all over the messy disposal of Peter Hall's $12 million stake in Hunter Hall.
Seven West Media is out of touch
The high-profile company is taking an aggressive legalistic approach to a young woman who has suffered stress. It is the same mistake as mad...
Meet 2016's winners and losers
So how did our CEOs, politicians, banks, businesses, economists and strategists fare in 2016?
Rating cut will hit consumers
The likely loss of the AAA credit rating because of slack financial management will add to uncertainty already weighing on consumers.
Lessons from Seven's sex scandal
Two of Australia's leading female non-executive directors have weighed in on the issue of office relationships following Seven West Media ch...
ANZ CEO faces two big challenges
When Shayne Elliott sat down for an end-of-year interview two words kept entering the conversation – costs and technology.
Foreigners crave infrastructure
Why are foreigners willing to pay more than local investors for assets with reliable, long-term cash flows?
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