David Evans and Alan Dixon's audacious public float is built on a struggling residential property fund that has charged its investors hundreds of millions of dollars in fees while delivering little in return.
Robert Penaloza, Aberdeen Standard Investments' head of Australian equities, sets out his top stock picks in the Australian market.
A distracted Donald Trump was motivated by the failure of his predecessor Barack Obama to enforce the red lines that he had set out in Syria in 2013.
Oil prices have hit their highest since late 2014 and JP Morgan says Brent could go to $US80 as US strikes on Syria threaten a new period of heightened Middle East conflict.
Australian shares are poised for a nervous start after weekend US air strikes in Syria, which helped push oil prices to over three-year highs.
Manufacturing chiefs have ramped up pressure on the states to sign the National Energy Guarantee, warning delay will see more investment opportunities lost.
The Coalition is being accused of dragging its heels on road-user pricing inquiry as Australian's growing switch to towards electric threatens up to $20 billion in fuel excise.
Virgin shareholder Geoff Wilson wants to know why the airline's board rejected privatisation.
Banks, regulators and industry associations are pushing on with talks on a new Professional Banking Council as round two of the royal commission gets under way.
It will be a few years yet until the big streaming giants pay up big money for Australian sport.
Mortgage brokers are being pounded by slowing lending markets, regulatory issues and some very public spats with their major paymasters, the big four banks.
Macquarie Group-backed online mortgage broker Lendi supports the industry's often controversial commission pay structure, although it has expressed confidence the company can navigate any change.
Fund managers are cautious about high levels of household debt as Latitude prepares for a mega-float on the ASX.
Electronic property settlements provider PEXA's has kicked off its potential run at the ASX-boards, asking investment banks to "pre-qualify" for a role in its slated $1 billion-plus initial public offering.
Former Evans & Partners money manager Stephen Arnold - who was overseeing $1 billion in global equities before leaving unexpectedly last year - has popped up with a new fund.
Investors should be taking Donald Trump "seriously, but not literally", as the US president uses fiery rhetoric to get a better deal for his country from China, writes AXA Framlington's Mark Tinker.
If you think the battle for Blue Sky is all about short sellers, you're not paying attention. But don't worry no one else is either.
Between now and the conclusion of the royal commission, there will be a lot more change and a lot more apologies.
The big banks will be even more alarmed by the start of round two of the royal commission Monday morning than they were with Kenneth Hayne's previous scarring round of hearings into consumer lending.
The idea that Mitsui could or would be squeezed into surrendering the opportunity to operate the major WA gas project it has bought is risible.
Malcolm Turnbull will swap domestic unrest for global turmoil over the next 10 days in Europe.
The resources industry is pushing to abolish Australia's more than 122 industry awards.
Economist and former Treasury official Robert Carling says a cut to marginal rates should be a secondary priority for Malcolm Turnbull and Scott Morrison.
Governments need to help engineering contractors assess risks before signing multibillion-dollar infrastructure contracts, Aecom says.
A key parliamentary committee report has not secured support for a ban on foreign political donations.
Donald Trump wants to contain the US role in Syria but warned there will be more strikes if Assad government uses chemical weapons.
Donald Trump has promised a sustained campaign to stop chemical weapons attacks in Syria but also wants to limit the US role.
It is vital we show that the world will not tolerate use of chemical weapons, writes Boris Johnson.
After 33 years building up the world's largest advertising firm, WPP's Martin Sorrell quits amid investigation into his conduct.
UK Prime Minister Theresa May is facing criticism over decision to strike Syria without waiting for Parliament's approval.
Labor's proposal to stop franking credit refunds will affect about a million people and retirees are up in arms because it's not just "millionaires" who will be affected.
Retiree Toya Adams and her husband Laurie will be $20,000 a year worse off under the Bill Shorten plan.
The bias that many SMSFs have to Australian shares would almost certainly change if the Labor proposal went ahead.
As private school fee increases continue to outstrip wage growth, you now have the chance to make 12 per cent annual returns helping parents cope.
The post-graduate employment survey has been super-sized by the Group Of Eight university collective.
A six month non-compete clause against a former middle manager at SAI Global Property might not apply, a court has found.
Hailed as one of the 20th century's most influential economists, Max Corden has plenty to say about China, population, Trump and Hitler over Lunch with the AFR.
MyState CEO Melos Sulicich hopes to cycle in the Pyrenees or Dolomites. But he's wary of Hobart's mountain.
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