Wells Fargo 'wake-up call' for banks
Former Westpac CEO Bob Joss says the unprecedented action against Wells Fargo is a huge "wake up" call for banks in Australia.
Former Westpac CEO Bob Joss says the unprecedented action against Wells Fargo is a huge "wake up" call for banks in Australia.
The investment house's shares trade three quarters above their pre-crisis peak and their ratio of market to book value is near recent 10-year highs.
Solomon Lew's Premier Investments is demanding a current shareholder register so it can hold an EGM and overthrow the existing board.
The Australian sharemarket advanced 1.4 per cent on Wednesday after sentiment stabilised in the US overnight.
The biggest US equity reversal since 2011 was deepened by a bevy of exchange-traded products that allowed investors to wager on the Vix index.
The muscle car of Australian banking is badly dented, but its engine is still ticking over pretty nicely.
Genworth has reported a 26.5 per cent slide in its net profit after tax for the full year after taking a hit to its revenue.
Domain CEO Antony Catalano oversaw a boys-club workplace culture in which some women were addressed as "doll" and "babe", according to an internal complaint .
The mortgage broking revolution has failed and many brokers act in the best interest of the banks that own them and not consumers, a scathing report has found.
Australia's biggest bank misses expectations after making a $575 million provision for AUSTRAC allegations and related costs.
Carsales chief executive Cameron McIntyre expects solid growth to continue into the second half of the year after posting another record half-year result.
Murray Goulburn is warning about its fate should the ACCC block Saputo's $1.3b takeover bid as it loses its position as the nation's biggest milk processor to Fonterra.
The fall in global stock markets is not being exacerbated by exchange traded funds, says BlackRock's head of global strategy.
Eddy Zillan invested his entire savings into cryptocurrencies when he was 15 years old and made over a million dollars in profits. He now offers his services as a cryptocurrency consultant.
"This is the most predicted selloff of all time," St Louis Fed chief James Bullard told reporters.
US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin told lawmakers that markets are "functioning very well", and the sudden drop didn't pose any financial stability concerns.
Rates have fallen for most of Nicholas Moore's career. But rising rates won't necessarily crimp Macquarie's growth.
Leading UK CEO Andrew Formica says Wesfarmers owes it to shareholders to stick with its loss-making Homebase business in the UK.
Turmoil in global stock markets will have a far bigger impact on Australia's economy and house prices, for example, than endless arguments in Canberra.
A further cause for unease is the change at the top of the Fed, with the somewhat inscrutable Jerome Powell replacing the ever-conciliatory Janet Yellen.
CFMEU boss John Setka has threatened to take "any action required" after an employer demanded union flags be taken down from its building sites.
Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce, who revealed in parliament last year that his 24-year marriage had broken down, is expecting a baby with a former member of his staff.
Federal Labor has all but resolved to oppose the $16.5 billion Adani coal mine but is grappling to come up with a rationale.
US Navy commander Harry Harris has all but been confirmed as America's next ambassador to Australia.
Unions claim workers aren't getting a "fair share" of company profits. Long-run figures show that's wrong.
As Jerome Powell settles in as chair of the US Fed, he's being haunted by Alan Greenspan's ghosts of 1987.
China's Foreign Ministry has reiterated calls for Australia to abandon what it calls a "cold-war mentality".
Is 21st century populism just a blip in political history? And can liberal politics find a way to resist it?
The Reserve Bank of India's job as the government's debt manager just got harder after the federal budget unveiled a near-record $US95 billion borrowing plan in the coming fiscal year.
Banks in Britain and the US have banned the use of credit cards to buy Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, fearing a plunge in their value.
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NAB could use the deal with real estate start-up to roll-out predictive data analytics to tailor communications with mortgage broker customers.
EY' Alison De Kleuver says her offshore EA is as good or better than having one in the office nextdoor.
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ACTU head Sally McManus has attacked Labor's Fair Work Act for contributing to low wage growth and sidelining unions.
One of Australia's biggest mining contractors has defied claims about wage stagnation by increasing pay rates on some sites by an average of 10 per cent.
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