The day the GFC came to Australia
Catherine Allfrey remembers Warren Buffett would appear on CNBC regularly preaching calm. "And then the market would lurch another 3 to 5 per cent down."
Miners unseat Telstra as dividend stars
The dividend crown was well and truly seized by the miners in 2017-18, new analysis from Bell Potter's Richard Coppleson shows, and it's BHP Billiton which has done the heavy lifting.
So much for the 'tough cop' on the beat
ASIC demonstrated an extraordinary clemency when it comes to meting out punishment to the financial firm ClearView.
Inside the Investa fight club
Blackstone's young gun Chris Tynan and Oxford's property veteran Paul Brundage are slugging it out for the $3.3 billion listed landlord Investa Office Fund.
Life insurance in need of reform
The systemic rip-offs in the life insurance market have been piling up for decades and the ugly situation is a result of a combination of factors unique to Australia.
Morrison links climate targets to security
Scott Morrison says abandoning the Paris climate change targets could lessen Australia's influence in the Asia-Pacific.
At last some good news for bank investors
Major bank payouts have only gone backwards three times over the past 39 years, and fears they will soon be cut again are overblown, an analyst reckons.
Direct life insurance on the ropes
The direct insurance business model is in doubt after extraordinary revelations that it sells worthless policies using illegal methods to people who don't understand them.
Twitter inks deals with Seven West, Domain, Fox Sports
Twitter's user numbers may be falling as it kicks bots and hate speech off the social media platform, but it's still managed to strike a suite of new deals with Australian media and entertainment organisations
Qantas lobbies against 'excessive charges'
Qantas Airways is seeking an independent regulator to manage price disputes with airports.
Near impossible to sell direct life insurance compliantly
ClearView's chief risk officer Gregory Martin has admitted that it is virtually impossible to sell life insurance over the phone in compliance with the relevant financial services laws.
'I feel so sorry for the poor customer'
Baptist pastor Grant Stewart was forced to cancel his disabled son's debit card after a call centre operator from Freedom Insurance's boiler room sold him a package of worthless insurance.
CSIRO's Main Sequence Ventures raises another $132m
The CSIRO's innovation fund Main Sequences Ventures has raised an additional $132 million for its first fund with big investors such as Lockheed Martin and Hostplus.
Pengana chases private equity's 'superior' returns
Boutique fund manager Pengana Capital claims its new private equity LIC is the "antithesis" of other offerings targeting retail shareholders.
ASX snaps eight-session losing streak
Australian shares snapped an eight-session losing streak on Tuesday as banks and Telstra, along with a handful of miners, helped the market take back some losses.
Short sellers bet big against Apple as new iPhone due
Tech giant Apple has become the most shorted stock in America as traders question the growth prospects for its latest gadgets.
Crop woe cloud over food, agriculture stocks
ASX-listed food and agribusiness companies face more drought-related headwinds after Grain Producers Australia warned the latest official forecast for the nation's winter crop is over optimistic and may be out by millions of tonnes.
Opinion
No accident in Orr's demolition of Freedom
Senior counsel assisting the royal commission, Rowena Orr, QC, is seething. Before her sits Craig Orton of Freedom Insurance. And a metaphorical dog appears to have eaten his homework.
APA tick will trigger main game for CKI
It is hard to believe that the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission might do anything but green-light the $13 billion takeover of APA Group by Hong Kong's infrastructure Pac-Man.
Talking about power prices won't bring them down
The NEG was by no means perfect, but it was a policy that had the support of virtually the entire business community and near-bipartisan support.
The new front in the energy wars
So the National Energy Guarantee is officially pronounced dead on arrival by the Coalition only to be resurrected in some form by a Labor Party that has spent months criticising its failings. Confused? Join the queue.
Nationals want Nash for marginal seat
The Nationals are trying to woo former deputy leader Fiona Nash to run for the marginal NSW seat of Eden-Monaro.
KPMG report for ABS 'excessively optimistic'
A controversial KPMG report that allegedly watered down criticism of hundreds of millions of dollars of tech spending at the Australian Bureau of Statistics was "excessively optimistic", according to a senior analyst.
Dutton accuses Quaedvlieg of 'grooming' woman
Peter Dutton accused Labor of having its own Godwin Grech moment and mistakenly trusting claims made by former Border Force boss Roman Quaedvlieg.
Aged care gets carrot and stick approach
The government is boosting funding for its aged care cop to crack down on dodgy providers and will also bring forward $90 million to help improve the quality of aged care providers.
Victoria underwrites six new wind, solar farms
The Victorian government has signed up 928 megawatts in new wind and solar projects at what low prices in the first tender of state renewable energy target scheme.
Mark Carney to stay on at Bank of England
Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond confirmed that Mark Carney would stay on as BoE governor but warned time was running out to secure a Brexit agreement.
Why Kim Jong-un is one up on Trump
With a second summit in the offing, the US has nothing to show: North Korea hasn't made a single move towards dismantling its nuclear forces.
Call for Canberra to pressure China over Uighurs
The Morrison government says it has raised concerns with Beijing about the mass detention of Uighur Muslims, but on Tuesday declined to say whether it would consider imposing sanctions over the issue.
Swedish business worried by gridlock
Sweden's most senior business leaders have warned that the country's competitiveness is at risk from an election that has failed to deliver a clear winner and is instead likely to produce a weak minority government.
Trump treats trade like a game to be won
Time and again Bob Woodward's new book shows Gary Cohn throwing hard facts, analysis and first-year economics arguments at the deaf ears of a 'Flat Earth Society' president.
Personal Finance
Put your property strategy to the 'sleep test'
Real estate worries keeping you awake at night? Use our 7 tips to get your portfolio in order.
Small lenders set for new round of hikes
HomeStart, which relies on wholesale markets for funding, is the first of the small lenders to increase rates in the wake of hikes by five of the six biggest lenders.
Wealthy investors see Nikkei exodus as omen
Those who remember the impact of Japanese woes on Australian fixed assets from 1989-1992 are concerned it could happen again.
Unis must share the pain, professor says
Universities should brace for higher workloads, lower salary increases and, in cases where student numbers are low, redundancies, according to Melbourne University's Danny Samson.
How BHP unlocked the power of people
An ugly strike led BHP to re-engage with its workers in a creative way.
Why caring is a pillar of leadership
Putting people ahead of outcomes is not only the right right thing to do, it keeps team members engaged and committed to doing their best.
The pleasure of a well-aimed parting shot
There is much to be said for the polite goodbye. But a speech that completely ignores, say, the speaker's move to a bitter rival or a brutal forced exit has little to recommend it.
Lifestyle
A mission to give a voice to Vietnamese art
Vietnam is notably absent from the roll-call of Asian art nations grabbing global attention, but gallerist Suzanne Lecht is working hard to change that.
