Sydney auctions bounce back
Cashed-up buyers who have been biding their time and waiting out the downturn are now starting to make their move.
Easing trade tensions set to buoy ASX
The US-China trade ceasefire delivered at the weekend's G20 was the result hoped for and expected by markets, but analysts remain sceptical of a lasting truce.
Trump, Xi agree to new trade war ceasefire
The US and China will resume negotiations to end their trade war, putting on hold a threat by Donald Trump to impose tariffs on another $US300 billion of Chinese imports.
- Opinion
- G20 summit
Trump's antics steal the G20 limelight
A cocaine bust, a cold handshake and a riffing Donald Trump overshadowed matters of substance at the annual G20 leaders' summit.
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
Mixed year for rich list fundies
Four of the five richest fund managers in Australia are ruling off the financial year with returns below their chosen benchmarks.
Push for investigation into Pyne's EY job
Senate crossbench powerbroker Rex Patrick will push for a Senate inquiry into the enforcement of rules around post-ministerial employment.
- Analysis
- Pension
Reverse mortgages: How the new rules affect you
Retirees worried about income, due to lower interest rates, have a new way to dip into the equity in their property. We outline what's available.
Business
Where cautious fundies are hunting in 2020
Markets are soaring, but fund managers are nervous. We speak to four investors and learn where they'll be looking in the new financial year.
ASIC digs in over boardroom shrinks
James Shipton has doubled down on the regulator's plan to embed psychologists in boardrooms saying it would be ignorant to do otherwise.
The Aussie brands most vulnerable to trade war
Yield focused stocks could do well from Chinese and US fiscal stimulus, but there is wariness among investors around consumer darlings that export to China, fundies warn.
Why more businesses will pay for music
The two collection agencies for Australia's music industry are set to raise more revenue from businesses that play their tunes.
Tabcorp hit with legal claim from Racing Queensland
It is believed the claim relates to the state's new point of consumption tax.
Oil Search in $US450m deal to double Alaskan oil interests
A selldown of Oil Search's increased stake in the venture is due in the first half of 2020.
Mongolia casts doubt on Rio Tinto's Oyu Tolgoi expansion
The future of a 2015 agreement to expand Rio Tinto's copper mine in the South Gobi Desert is in doubt according to a Mongolian minister.
Markets
US stocks gain ahead of US-China talks
The S&P 500 Index pushed its June advance to 6.9 per cent and rose by more than 3.5 per cent in the quarter, rebounding from the rout in May.
Twin obsessions to take market higher as fiscal year dawns
Investors show no sign of abandoning the hunt for yield and growth that propelled shares to their best fiscal first-half performance in almost 30 years.
GFG Alliance targets $1b Australia IPO for steel unit
GFG Alliance may list parts of its Australian Liberty Steel business in a deal that could fetch about $1 billion, according to banking sources.
Yield-hungry investors flock to fixed-income ETFs
Historically low interest rates have pushed income-seeking investors to riskier alternatives. One emerging asset class has attracted $10 billion already this year.
Lower rates are 'a recipe for asset inflation'
Sub-par economic growth married to low inflation and even lower rates should provide a solid base for investment returns through the coming 12 months.
Opinion
Get ready for a return of political gamesmanship
Parliament resumes next week with a prime minister promising to concentrate on Mr and Mrs Everybody and not political games. But political gamesmanship will not be far away, writes Laura Tingle.
Columnist
Setka and Folau cases test boundaries
There is a world of difference in their speech. But one has lost his job and the other hasn't.
Editorial
Housing party is just getting started
With property prices on the turn and banks unlikely to pass on full rate cuts, it seems inevitable that the RBA will expand its monetary policy toolkit.
Columnist
The ASX has had a great trade war so far
Aussie shares look like they have more to lose than gain when assessing best- and worst-case scenarios in the US-China trade dispute.
Columnist
Politics
Scott Morrison's 'great and powerful friends'
Canberra wants a lasting ceasefire in the trade war and has begun coralling a coalition of middle powers to speak out against growing protectionism.
Morrison wins G20 support for online terrorism crackdown
Scott Morrison has scored a victory at the G20 summit, with fellow world leaders agreeing to lobby social media companies over the publication of violent content by terrorists.
PM 'not over reading' balanced budget as surplus
The deficit is down from $4.9 billion in April and $2.25 billion lower than the 2018-19 revised budget profile, latest figures show.
CFMEU must 'clean own house first' after Setka conviction
Domestic violence campaigners say the CFMEU must confront Setka's conviction after a video emerged showing its senior leaders speaking out against abuse.
Pyne's EY job may be referred to privileges committee
Parliament's powerful privileges committee could consider former defence minister Christopher Pyne's new job with consultants EY, Peter Dutton said on Friday.
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- Analysis
- EU
Europeans wrestle over top jobs
A battle over who runs the EU bureaucracy has wider implications, including who will head the ECB and Europe's global approach to economics and markets.
Trump offers to meet Kim Jong-un
US President Donald Trump has offered to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong-un on the border of the isolated state when he visits South Korea this weekend.
Grinning Trump tells Putin not to meddle in election
Once again, Donald Trump refused to publicly cross Russian president Vladimir Putin with so much as a word of disagreement, much less reproach.
World leaders warn US-China spat threatens global growth
Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said he had 'grave concerns' for the world economy as G20 leaders stepped up warnings but hopes for a US-China trade deal faded.
- Analysis
- Trump diplomacy
Here's why Trump doesn't want a war with Iran
Hellfire and brimstone tweets notwithstanding, he promised Americans no more foreign wars. And he does tend to keep his promises.
Real Estate
Sydney's Sirius to get refurbishment after $150 million sale to JDH
Government says the controversial sale of the iconic brutalist apartment block will mean housing for 630 people.
Sorrento's 'pregnant' Continental Hotel seeks new midwife
The Conti, as locals call it, is being sold entirely vacant and dangling precariously against the side of a huge excavated hole.
Building and construction industry in crisis over insurance
These issues are the culmination of the fragmented NSW building industry that is now the subject of an urgent overhaul.
Housing credit sets another record low
Housing credit growth is the lowest since records were kept by the Reserve Bank in 1976, but the data comes from pre-June 4 interest rate cut.
- Opinion
- Development outrage
Mascot Tower loan just one small step in the right direction
Forget the rights and wrongs of the situation, it is the precedent that it threatens to set – for governments all over Australia – that is significant.
Personal Finance
Super shake-up to boost older workers staying in workforce
Increases to pension age, work bonuses for eligible pensioners and enhanced contribution rules begin from Monday.
How to minimise tax when you inherit spouse's super
Being left your loved one's nest egg can be hard to navigate thanks to the $1.6 million cap, writes John Wasiliev.
- Opinion
- Interest rates
7 income strategies for cash-strapped retirees
Eating into capital or taking on more risk than your comfort levels permit are not your only options.
Technology
Big tech takes Morrison's G20 Christchurch resolution in its stride
Facebook, Google and Twitter are among those pledging to do more to block terrorist content as Scott Morrison took G20 kudos for leading a global edict.
Afterpay shares slump as Visa enters buy-now, pay later
Afterpay shares plunged as much as 15 per cent in late trading after Visa said it would pilot its instalment payments technology.
My weekend in space
If you're not made of the right stuff, for $US599 plus airfare, the astronaut manqué can live the dream at ground level.
Leadership
Why brands and fans can't get enough of Ash Barty
"Finally, a sports sponsorship opportunity involving someone incredibly human and relatable."
How Zali Steggall beat Tony Abbott
The giant slayer who defeated Tony Abbott at the election reveals how approaching her campaign like one of her ski races helped.
Lifestyle
The art world's Weekend at Bernie's moment
Despite being unable to work, Peter Max has apparently been churning out paintings that have sold for millions of dollars. Now his children are locked in a bitter court battle for control of the artist's business.
The allure of simplism
Collectively, we know an awful lot - but each individual’s knowledge of the world is much sketchier and more superficial than he or she imagines.
DIY solution turns insulin pump into an artificial pancreas
Around the world a community of people with diabetes are modifying medical devices to make them function like our bodies do.
What Song Exploder has taught us about music
We might, each in our private orb of listening, be about to enter a rich new era. Music plus commentary can be music magnified.
Parasite pushes comic situation to extremes
Parasite is not just a dark comedy about class and privilege in South Korea, it has broader resonance.
