Opinion
Friday 22nd September 2017
Mining giants’ cash bonanza
The cash showered on Rio and BHP shareholders represents a remarkable turnaround. There’s likely more to come.
Downgrade a test of leadership
Standard & Poor’s downgrade of China’s sovereign credit ratings has come at an especially awkward time for Beijing.
Mining’s surprise jobs recovery
A sharp rise in resources and energy job ads is a pointer to where the share action is going to be in the coming year.
Lame duck Narev has a quack
Outgoing Commonwealth Bank boss Ian Narev showed lame duck leaders can run when he laid down $8 billion in divestments.
Friday 22nd September 2017
Narev denies Spring axed
CBA chief Ian Narev has denied that wealth executive Annabel Spring’s exit is an accountability measure.
Bancassurance era comes to end
CBA’s sale of its CommInsure life insurance business signals the end of the bancassurance era in Australia.
Thursday 21st September 2017
Who suffers when rates rise?
Kirby and Kohler take stock of the week in business, grappling with the Fed and whether male investors take more risks.
Super funds have a bloke issue
If you want to add risk to your superannuation savings let the men take over, says a new study due out this week.
CBA deal marks end of an era
A reinvention of our banking system is taking place, with the focus shifting from sheer size back to core banking.
Narev clear on Spring leaving
CBA chief Ian Narev has energetically denied that wealth executive Annabel Spring’s exit is an accountability measure.
Narev shows lame ducks can run
Ian Narev may be moving on but he’s positioning the Commonwealth Bank well for the future.
Banks unwind wealth experiment
CBA’s sale of its life arm and its review of Colonial First State are significant steps by a bank sector going back to its core.
Private sector in record disarray
In 50 years of reporting on Australia’s private sector I have never seen significant lumps of it in such disarray as now.
APRA could do more: small banks
The regulator will never convince the small banks it does a great job balancing financial stability and competition.
China’s student factories
We have a stake in the Chinese rush for overseas education, but what does it take for those students to make it here?
Wednesday 20th September 2017
Sims turns up heat on gas players
ACCC boss Rod Sims has attacked the Gladstone LNG gas exporters for not adequately supplying local customers.
ATMs hang over CBA contender
As jostling for the top CBA role heats up, more needs to be known about Ross McEwan’s role in the smart ATM rollout.
Myer chair’s parting shots
Paul McClintock has blasted health reform and political leadership and says department stores need a rethink.
