No end to slide in property prices
Alert readers may recall my terrific advice to them to get into the Sydney apartment market ASAP coincided exactly with the peak in mid-2017. What could go wrong?
House price slump worse than expected
The accelerated plunge in home loans caused UBS analysts, who had expected a gentler fall in lending of 3 per cent over December, to downgrade their peak-to-trough forecast of home prices from a fall of 10 per cent to 14 per cent.
Speaker has last word in desperate question time
Labor hammered the government in question time on Tuesday, with last minute legal advice threatening the fate of a bill on asylum seeker medical transfers.
Ex-Deutsche trader walks free
A former Sydney-based Deutsche Bank derivatives trader who inflated his profit-and-loss figures to mask trading losses has escaped jail time.
Super Retail CEO right to go
Super Retail Group CEO Peter Birtles sounds personally devastated that his impressive reign at the company has ended with an ugly underpayments scandal. As he should.
Heavyweights push ASX higher
Australian shares closed higher on Tuesday as muted gains by the index heavyweights ended a two-day run of losses.
Credit crunch bites investors in 2018
Loans to housing investors slumped to a seven-year low in December as banks remained cautious and a declining residential market dampened appetite for credit.
Clock ticks on Transurban's to-do list
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.
Super Retail books $43m for underpayments
Super Retail Group's 2019 profits will be hit by $43 million in one-off costs to compensate retail managers underpaid for six years.
Pact hit with $340m write-down
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 to sell Bemis plants for $9b deal green light
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.
Transurban interim profits fall 56pc
Stamp duty and integration costs linked to Transurban's $9.3bn purchase of Sydney tollroad WestConnex weighed down interim profits.
Rates to stay on hold until 2020: NAB
Business conditions have marginally rebounded in January but are still trending down creating further pressure on interest rates.
Markets Live: Energy index leads ASX
The ASX is up 0.4 per cent to 6085 with energy and health stocks leading.
How the Future Fund avoided the rout
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.
JD.com is flying, but its shares are too high
JD.com shares have dropped more than 40 per cent in the past year. Yet it still trades at 60 times forward price-to-earnings, compared with Alibaba at 27 times. It is due another de-rating.
Bets on death an upside for hedge fund
A hedge fund trading in 'life settlements' is starting to turn a profit as the population ages.
Opinion
Clock ticks on Transurban's to-do list
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.
It's all about safety - the Coalition's
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.
Challenger's new conservatism
Challenger has kicked off a period of financial conservatism under new CEO Richard Howes by paying its interim dividend out of retained earnings.
Harding's year of living dangerously
It is no surprise that Aurizon CEO Andrew Harding's fragile interim numbers are the product of many moving parts.
'Exporting terrorism': Parliament splits over security bill
Enhanced powers to strip extremists of citizenship are under a cloud, with Labor warning they might be unconstitutional and amount to "exporting terrorism".
Generator scheme falls behind schedule
The Morrison government is facing a pre-election logjam in its energy policy as its generator underwriting scheme falls behind schedule.
Biggest change for 'small business since GST'
The move to single touch payroll for all businesses in Australia is estimated to be worth as much as $1.3 billion in boosted productivity this financial year.
Boat deal on verge of collapse
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.
Charities cry foul as business leaders win tax break
The granting of a prized tax break Tuesday to a politically connected Sydney charity has annoyed some competitors.
Air NZ flight turned away over Taiwan issue
An Air New Zealand plane on its way to Shanghai was forced to return to Auckland after several hours in the air on Saturday because paperwork for the flight included a reference to Taiwan, Stuff reported.
US lawmakers reach tentative deal to avoid shutdown
US congressional negotiators have reached a tentative deal to try to avert another partial government shutdown on Saturday.
China says consumption growth likely to slow further
Consumption growth in China is "very likely" to slow further this year as the economy cools, the commerce ministry said on Tuesday
Italian populists target huge gold reserves
Italy's populists opened a new front in their clash with the country's central bank, calling on lawmakers to pass legislation stating that its gold holdings worth almost $146 billion belong to the state.
'No doubt': Brexit saps British economy
Britain's economy is growing at its slowest pace since the financial crisis, as manufacturing, construction and investment turn sour.
Personal Finance
How to assess leaders before buying shares
Given the relatively nimble nature of small to mid-cap companies, they're particularly exposed to the positive or negative influence of decision-making by the executive team.
Cash economy probe nets $2.7b from builders
The Tax Office has stopped $2.7 billion from being lost to the cash economy in the building and construction industry.
5G riches a blocked number for investors
How can investors profit from China's race with the United States for 5G supremacy? Finding the answer is as tricky as figuring out the geopolitics.
Employers look for grads with thinking skills
Major companies are hiring graduates for jobs they are not technically qualified for as business shifts to more flexible employment.
Compliance to become a top-tier concern for CEOs
Financial institutions will be forced to build up their compliance systems to reduce misconduct and to avoid sanctions from newly-empowered regulators, says a governance expert.
Abbott joins list of elite self deluders
Tony Abbott has joined the man he evicted from The Lodge at the vanguard of elite self-delusion.
Companies are working harder to retain graduates
The strong economy is leading employers to develop "keep warm" strategies to retain graduate employees, as the competition for educated workers increases.
Lifestyle
Here's a top chef's guide to Brisbane
For the best way to discover – or rediscover – Brisbane, take the advice of local chef and restaurateur Dominique Rizzo.
