Macquarie plays the long game in Asia
Asia might be on Macquarie's doorstep, but the group is playing the long game in the region where "the rise of cities along with the rise of capital" will change the face of business over the next century.
Asia might be on Macquarie's doorstep, but the group is playing the long game in the region where "the rise of cities along with the rise of capital" will change the face of business over the next century.
The chief executives of KPMG and EY have been forced to tell their partners and staff that misconduct will not be tolerated.
Almost 50 years after franchising took hold in Australia, there are serious doubts as to whether or not this popular business format remains fit for purpose.
As the region's private equity investors and fund managers fly into town for an annual gabfest starting Thursday, there is a $2.3 billion topic hot on people's lips.
Don Meij seems voracious for liquidity, which is truly puzzling.
As in the media sector, retail has become very good a diagnosing problems.Finding solutions is much harder.
British banker David Duffy says banks may offer health and other services and look more like Amazon, Alibaba and Tencent. "You can't sit and wait to be poked in the eye," he says.
Comcast chief Brian Roberts' shock £28 billion offer for British satellite broadcaster Sky has ignited that most archaic of business rituals — a knockdown, drag-out battle between media titans.
Harvey Norman is paying the price for failing to warn investors that ramped-up investments in e-commerce and systems would crimp margins.
China's preference for high-grade iron ore has allowed Vale to match rivals' profit margins and convinced one of the world's top mining investors to exit Fortescue's share register.
Bega Cheese is bracing for the impact of a bidding war for Australian milk supply at the time when global farm gate prices are expected to fall.
Pilbara Minerals has found a buyer for 100pc of its forseeable lithium production after striking a major offtake and share subscription agreement.
The Australian index limped to a lower close on Wednesday, with the move sealing another downbeat month for the ASX.
Melbourne-based stockpicker L1 Capital has kicked off what it hopes could be the firm's last big fundraising driving; a $600 million listed investment company.
Jerome Powell appears to be doing his best to punch some of the exuberance out of markets.
As reporting season makes way for initial public offering season, stockbroker Wilsons has a new contender to show to fund managers.
If Gerry Harvey wants to play farmer, he should do it on his own books, not those of his ASX listed company.
Telstra boss Andy Penn spent the past week speed dating with other telco CEOs at a congress dominated by 5G. He says it's not going to replace the NBN. "That is not going to happen."
Jerome Powell appears to be doing his best to punch some of the exuberance out of markets.
Virgin Australia's decision to clean out the unmarketable parcels owned by 21,000 shareholders is a step toward the ultimate privatisation of the company.
The effective tax rate paid by companies operating in Australia has deteriorated over the past 15 years from the fifth lowest in the Group of 20 nations to 12th.
"We are making decisions that are based on evidence, and we are making decisions based on what we think will set Tasmanians up best for the future," Ms White said
More than 60 of the country's richest families and foundations have warned the Coalition's crackdown on foreign political donations would jeopardise community advocacy by wrongly classing them as political actors.
The federal government has ramped up its assault on Bill Shorten's character.
All political players must accept responsibility for the energy policy paralysis that has "chilled" investment in Australia, says Treasury secretary John Fraser.
Pony Ma, the founder of technology giant Tencent, is now China's richest man after his personal wealth overtook rival ecommerce and property tycoons.
Even as the Washington Consensus struggles, China's leaders have not worked out how to balance state power with the energy of markets.
Complacency and blind faith killed earlier versions of globalisation. We need a new world economic paradigm.
The stock market's first-day response to the debut of the new Federal Reserve chief should not be taken as Wall Street's last word on his performance.
Mandatory military conscription is the French equivalent of Donald Trump's wall – a pet project that's become a political albatross.
A $25,000 annual cap on super contributions leaves little wriggle room when repayments can't be covered by rental income.
With the March deadline looming, ASFA says over 90 per cent of super funds will sign up to the life insurance code.
A sharp slowdown in price growth in 2017 leaves Sydney's annual house price growth "poised to dip into negative for the first time in 5½ years", Westpac economists say.
Few boardrooms have the courage to sell a non-earnings accretive acquisition to shareholders, regardless of its potential, laments Peter McConnell.
Australian Universities are almost twice as efficient as their American counterparts on staff ratios, says vice-chancellor of Melbourne University Glyn Davis.
Australians with viral conjunctivitis will be the first to try drops that hope to reduce its fortnight-long infectious period.
A KPMG partner has left the firm after an investigation into a sexual harassment against him found he breached firm rules. CEO Gary Wingrove said the firm had a zero tolerance policy.
Common Good, the exhibition that anchors the 20th edition of the festival, explores the revival of craft-based practice and a yearning for the human touch.
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