Time for GetSwift to get smart
One stock that looks distinctly like the poster child for tech boom 2.0 is applications software designer GetSwift.
One stock that looks distinctly like the poster child for tech boom 2.0 is applications software designer GetSwift.
David Jones and Myer's announcements this week are stark evidence of the immense downwards pressures on a retailing format fitting the definition of a burning platform.
The management of Australia's four largest general insurance companies should hang their heads in shame in the wake of the $120 million in refunds paid to customers who bought dodgy insurance policies.
Why did one of South Africa's most respected fund managers decide to throw good money after bad and stick with its shareholding in Steinhoff?
Afterpay looks and feels like the sort of disruptive payments application that will threaten the hold the major banks have over Australian retailers and their customers.
JB Hi-Fi is at the centre of a classic confrontation between powerful short sellers targeting overpriced stocks and a value investor convinced the electronics retailer is fundamentally mispriced.
Shopping centre landlords are starting to feel the disruptive power of online shopping as an increasing number of troubled retailers rebel against exorbitant rents.
The first thing that strikes Telstra CEO Andy Penn each year when he attends the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas is the extraordinary amount of innovation that has occurred in the space of 12 months.
Two reports published this month on leverage in the Chinese corporate sector counterbalance the usual fear and loathing about China's long-running credit boom.
One of the pillars of corporate governance – one share, one vote – is under attack from the disruptive power of fast-growing technology companies.
Events are moving so fast at Retail Food Group that management is having trouble keeping up, as shown by the second profit downgrade within a few weeks.
Canva is a role model for the more innovative and agile nation once talked about by Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull.
Enzo Ferrari, the founder of luxury car maker Ferrari, would be turning in his grave if he knew that the company he founded planned to succumb to stock market pressure and build a range of sport utility vehicles.
Steinhoff was on the radar of one of London's most-secretive hedge funds nine months before news escaped of a possible accounting fraud.
When hedge fund legend Howard Marks from Oaktree Capital wrote a book on investing he devoted a chapter to the importance of being attentive to cycles.
It's hard to believe that four months ago ratings agency Moody's praised Steinhoff for its liquidity, cash surplus, geographic diversity and vertical integration.
The drums are beating and the tribes are meeting. The workers are scrumming and the business is humming.
In Chanticleer's opinion, there is one Canadian banker who stands head and shoulders above all for Ian Narev's position at Commonwealth Bank.
Thanks to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's economic policies the Japanese economy has expanded for five quarters in succession, which is the longest growth stretch since 2006.
As someone who has written about big business for more than 30 years it has been a revelation to explore the strategies of Australian small businesses using global technology platforms.
While Australian politicians have been running around in circles and failing to agree a policy for decarbonisation, the world's largest institutional investors have been marshalling their forces to make boards of directors accountable.
Alan Joyce's lowest point was when a Jack Russell terrier started biting his ankles during a live television cross while he was being abused by the dog's owner.
One obvious lesson from 2017 is that it was wrong to blame Amazon for the poor performance of retail businesses that were either badly run or suffered from poor operating models.
Until the government takes action the sole gatekeeper for determining the integrity of real estate transactions involving foreigners is the Australian banking system. That clearly worries the OECD.
Senior banking executives and boards have gone into overdrive to sell the message that they have seen the errors of their ways and will make amends for a lapse in conduct that has brought on a royal commission.
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