ASIC's regulatory capture exposed
The royal commission has exposed an embarrassing and frankly troubling example of regulatory capture at the Australian Securities and Investment Commission.
The royal commission has exposed an embarrassing and frankly troubling example of regulatory capture at the Australian Securities and Investment Commission.
One of the country's most respected long-short fund managers, Philip King of Regal Funds, says valuations for growth stock could go a lot higher even though they are already at extreme levels.
Myer's new CEO John King is trying an ambitious margin-driven turnaround plan with one hand tied behind his back.
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CBA's insurance arm denied a woman's trauma insurance claim because her cancer treatment was not "radical breast surgery.
Canada's Oxford Property Group has surged back into the battle for Investa Office Fund with a $3.4 billion bid, topping rival Blackstone's offer.
The finance sector is dominating the losses on the market today with the major banks, AMP, Macquarie and the major insurers all weighing the index.
Adani has moved to slash costs on its controversial $16.5 billion Carmichael mine by abandoning plans to use a different rail gauge than the rest of Queensland's rail network.
ASIC failed to pursue CBA for an $8 million fine, instead settling for a $300,000 voluntary donation, and allowed the bank to tone down its media release about the misconduct.
Propertylink has launched a $755 million takeover for Centuria Industrial REIT after taking a 12 per cent stake in an overnight raid.
When a private equity firm wants to fund a big new Australian leveraged buyout, it no longer goes straight to the big four banks.
New Myer chief executive John King vows to reverse a long-term slide in earnings as Solomon Lew renews his attack. Myer shares fell 4.6 per cent to 41.5¢.
The GFC created "major seismic shifts" that Sir Michael Hintze says have changed the world: populism, regulation and a change in the world order with regard to China.
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European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker isn't a nationalist populist but he argued for wider use of the euro to bolster European sovereignty.
Oil futures rose, with Brent reaching $US80 a barrel, after a larger-than-expected drop in US crude inventories and as US sanctions on Iran added to concerns over global oil supply.
The Great Crypto Crash of 2018 looks more and more like one for the record books.
Just over 40 years after fleeing Vietnam, Jack Truong is taking over as head of one of the world's largest fibre cement suppliers.
The new gas supply deal forged between Santos and Brickworks is a model that should be followed by other big industrial energy customers.
Individual states have pursued their own Renewable Energy Targets, energy policy subsidies and moratoriums in order to play politics.
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Scott Morrison has rejected overtures from his predecessor Malcolm Turnbull that the government refer Peter Dutton to the High Court.
A stronger than expected 44,000 additional jobs in August reiterated the ongoing strength in Australia's labour market, as the unemployment rate held steady at 5.3 per cent.
Former NZ prime minister takes a swipe at his own country's curbs on population growth and investment.
A $13 billion bid by Hong Kong's CK Group for Australia's east coast gas pipeline network faces stiff opposition from all levels of federal government
British officers described Sergei Skripal as a little fish. But Skripal was significant in the eyes of one man – Vladimir Putin.
A survey of more than 430 companies found almost half believed the implementation of additional US tariffs would have a "strong negative impact" on their business.
Tencent, which has lost some $278 billion in market value this year, is facing fresh criticism from investors unnerved by regulatory roadblocks, a fuzzy overseas strategy and growing debt.
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The country's newest budding bank announces a high-profile director as the nation's biggest bank continues its board renewal.
Former LinkedIn Australia boss Cliff Rosenberg used to run a business based on the written CV, now he's backed a start-up which can replace it.
A senior partner at a law firm sexually harassed younger female employees by forcing them to watch pornography, a whistleblower has told the national sexual harassment inquiry.
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