Rates to stay on hold until 2020: NAB
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Business conditions have marginally rebounded in January but are still trending down creating further pressure on interest rates.
Business conditions have marginally rebounded in January but are still trending down creating further pressure on interest rates.
Transurban's WestConnex win means it now has nine projects due in the next five years. CEO Scott Charlton knows he now needs to deliver.
Macquarie Group maintained its profit guidance in a trading update on Tuesday, highlighting the improved performance of its markets-facing businesses and the conclusion of asset sales.
Challenger has kicked off a period of financial conservatism under new CEO Richard Howes by paying its interim dividend out of retained earnings.
The ASX is making gains heading into lunch time, supported by gains in large miners and Macquarie Group.
Britain's economy is growing at its slowest pace since the financial crisis, as manufacturing, construction and investment turn sour.
The Coalition could be spared the humiliation of being the first government in 90 years to lose a substantial vote in the lower house after the Greens baulked at a compromise plan by Labor.
Super Retail Group's 2019 profits will be decimated by $43 million in one-off costs to compensate retail managers underpaid for six years.
Stamp duty and integration costs linked to Transurban's $9.3bn purchase of Sydney tollroad WestConnex weighed down interim profits.
The packaging group run by major shareholder and Rich Lister Raphael Geminder has taken the knife to asset values by up to $340 million.
Amcor will sell three Bemis healthcare packaging plants in the UK and Ireland to gain EU competition clearance, and other asset sales are likely in the US.
Reckon's management has called out the company's "extraordinary resilience" in the past few years, despite declining revenue.
A 30 per cent allocation to so-called "illiquid assets" such as infrastructure and property boosted the portfolio's overall return while hedge fund investments offset a sharp decline in equities.
The conflict between the US and China has obvious similarities to the clash between Britain and Germany in the decades before the first world war. Markets did not see that coming either.
Challenger said its interim profit has been wiped out by "market volatility, industry disruption and political uncertainty".
New Zealand's central bank may acknowledge the rising risk of a rate cut when it makes its first policy decision of the year.
Signs are emerging that a two-year hiring burst that cut Australian unemployment by almost a percentage point is starting to cool.
Bendigo is one of a number of regional banks that have delivered poor financial performance and then tried to blame someone else.
Scott Morrison's message is a political clarion call about keeping Australia strong, insisting that only this government can be trusted to keep the country secure.
It is no surprise that Aurizon CEO Andrew Harding's fragile interim numbers are the product of many moving parts.
Labor would be unwise to overplay its parliamentary hand on boat and border issues when the results have been disastrous.
Michaelia Cash's chief of staff told her media adviser about a pending police raids on the Australian Workers' Union that was then leaked to the media, the Federal Court has heard.
Scott Morrison has not ruled out axing a $234 million deal with Bob Katter if he sides with Labor to force a recall of Parliament to deal with the royal commission.
Atlassian's Scott Farquhar says business is already being lost due to new encryption laws, but Peter Dutton says they are already producing results.
The key beneficiary of a $423 million government contract to provide security for refugees on Manus Island left a string of bad debts and failed contracts across Asia.
Penny Wong says the possibility of her becoming Australia's first Asian-born foreign minister says much about how the nation has changed.
If Brexit is going to happen, the graceful, canal-lined city of Amsterdam and other cities of Europe are intent on exploiting the opportunities.
Conservative MPs call for a 'common travel area' between Australia and post-Brexit Britain.
Contractors a few miles from the company’s spaceship-like headquarters live in fear of termination — and the bathroom lines.
If the last year is any indication of what will happen in 2019, US policy in Asia will be erratic and self-serving.
From appearing in an R&B; music video and trolling social media to vilify the new government, former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak has been combative before the start of his graft trial.
Invested heavily in the banks and Telstra for the dividends? A 'total return' approach is probably a safer strategy.
Westpac and Macquarie Bank are shaking up fixed rates in a bid to attract new borrowers, build market share and grow net interest margins.
Leading accountants say the tax implications during family breakdowns have not been considered in capital gains tax changes.
The strong economy is leading employers to develop "keep warm" strategies to retain graduate employees, as the competition for educated workers increases.
The case against former deputy tax commissioner Michael Cranston was based on vague evidence, failed to show that he acted dishonestly and ignored the issue of "the secret number", his defence told the District Court.
As other sectors eye off law graduates, companies work hard to keep the edge on competitors.
Sally McManus's On Fairness is readable, passionate and defiant. It shows the pressure that Bill Shorten will be under from the union movement.
Cosmetics queen Bobbi Brown, who first moved to the Big Apple in 1990, gives you the lowdown on her New York.
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