Solar, wind and lots of red ink
There is a direct link between Australia's energy policy vacuum and the collapse of an engineering company working on about $1.1 billion in solar farms in Queensland, Victoria and Western Australia.
There is a direct link between Australia's energy policy vacuum and the collapse of an engineering company working on about $1.1 billion in solar farms in Queensland, Victoria and Western Australia.
All those involved in Australia's $8.7 billion renewables energy development boom ought to rethink their risk management following the voluntary administration of engineering contractor, RCR Tomlinson.
The sirens finally appear to be wailing for Australia's tough cop on the corporate beat. All year ASIC chairman James Shipton and his team have been talking tough and yet it's taken him all year to finally make a sweeping show of strength.
The overall view of Brian Hartzer's evidence to the royal commission is that he views wealth as a challenging, complex and decreasingly profitable business that is nice to have, rather than essential.
Rowena Orr hit Catherine Livingstone with the sensational suggestion that the bank had failed to meet its statutory obligations under the Corporations Act by not keeping accurate minutes from its board meetings.
It seems certain the Hayne inquiry will change the face of governance in Australia just as the global financial crisis changed the shape of banking regulation in Britain and North America.
The evidence given by Catherine Livingstone and Matt Comyn makes it look like they were the prime agitators for a change in culture over the past two years.
It was a good morning for CBA CEO Matt Comyn, who painted an image of someone who has campaigned for reforms to protect customers.
Rowena Orr demonstrated how CBA's failure to listen to staff inside its own organisation was partly to blame for its problems.
Viva Energy Group's profit downgrade carries lessons for other public companies new to the share market and the most obvious is Viva's partner, supermarket chain Coles, which will list separately on Wednesday.
After Matt Comyn's explosive evidence to the royal commission, it is clear that he not only knows where all the conduct problems occurred at CBA but was involved in most of them somehow.
CBA's chief might be the most vulnerable at this week's royal commission hearings; he might also have the best chance to shape the result.
Dan Ariely hasn't looked at a profit and loss statement in the last five years. And yet his hedge fund, Irrational Capital, has smashed the S&P; 500.
When two former federal Treasury economists, David Chessell and Geoff Carmody, set up their own independent consulting firm 30 years ago Australia was in the midst of a golden era of economic reform.
Scott Bessent, the man in charge of George Soros' investments, is optimistic President Trump and Xi Jinping will mend their ways.
Veterans of the Smashed Avocado War of 2017 will have some sympathy for the undercurrent of bewilderment as people panic about falling house prices.
The Wesfarmers chairman has slammed analysts for using two- to three-year time frames for performance. There are a couple of problems with Chaney's argument.
While markets still stop to check what the world's biggest active investors do, new data shows the incredible growth of passive investing.
Blame US President Donald Trump for the collapse in the share prices of Crown Resorts and Star Entertainment Group over the past three months.
Wednesday brought another three profit downgrades on the ASX, extending a string of poor trading updates that is looking increasingly like a confession season.
The securities regulator does not need to take Westpac Bank to court to force it to introduce tougher lending standards but it almost certainly will do so.
It might seem laughable that the fate of our biggest grocery chains can rest on the whims of our youngest consumers, but collectables promotions have become huge business.
It seems extraordinary that one of the most critical sectors of the economy, which finances about $400 billion in new loans each year, is being called out in such a blatant way as being inadequately supervised.
The team-bidding strategy of private equity firm BGH and pension giant AusSuper has failed to deliver at Healthscope and Navitas.
Lendlease CEO Steve McCann has revealed that its engineering and services business had been hit with pre-tax provision of about $450 million. The news triggered an 18 per cent plunge in the share price.
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