Out Now: The definitive list of Australia’s wealthiest people, now in its 38th year.
America is holding its breath
Voters' heads are filled with dark portents about what the other side will do if they don’t wake up next Wednesday to the country they thought they were living in.
RBA's rate cut to 'hurt recovery', savers
Former Reserve Bank board member Warwick McKibbin, along with fund managers and bankers, is suggesting that rate cuts and QE could undermine the economy now.
AMP investors still bullish on break-up despite offer
AMP's confirmation of the offer sent its languishing share price soaring, but shareholders maintain the company won't survive in its current form.
Biden ups his pace, holds battleground polling lead
Fresh polls show Joe Biden maintaining his narrow advantage over President Trump in Pennsylvania and Florida.
Dividend pickings set to get richer
Economic growth will revive blue chip payouts payouts as companies with good prospects for a rebound get back to work.
- Exclusive
- Governance
'Pile on': Business, political leaders defend Australia Post boss
The boss of Australian Super and a former foreign minister are among those who have praised Christine Holgate's leadership and integrity.
- Opinion
- Hayne fallout
Boe back in the box seat at AMP
It's clear AMP's senior executives hold all the trump cards in negotiations with potential acquirers of the embattled wealth giant.
RICH LIST
Ruslan and Anastasia Kogan: The making of a power couple
Newly married and newly minted, Ruslan and Anastasia Kogan are breaking new digital ground in business, technology and the arts.
Rich List 2020 in pictures
Financial Review photographers Louie Douvis and Dom Lorrimer worked their magic on the 2020 Rich listers. Here's a gallery of their work.
The full list: Australia's wealthiest 200 revealed
The Financial Review Rich List for 2020 proves it was a good year to own an iron ore mine. An office tower? Not so much.
Watch: Who made the cut and who didn't?
The AFR Rich List editors discuss this year's list – who made the cut and who didn't, and why.
Australia's cattle kings and queens on top of the world
Cattle prices are at record highs, adding to the fortunes of the Rich Listers who control vast tracts of land in rural Australia.
Companies
Ares' AMP move was months in the making
Ares has been watching AMP as a possible deal - designed to build on its push into Asia Pacific - since earlier this year.
'This is just a cover story': Melbourne mates defy corruption inquiry
Victorian investigators are using taped phones and secret videos to allege corruption, but two men are adamant they were only benefitting from gambling.
No sanctuary for disgraced developer Craig Gore
From fast cars, helicopters and high-risk developments to a guilty verdict and the prospect of up to 12 years in jail. Where did it all go wrong for the former rich lister?
Banks can't avoid investment to fend off disruption
ANZ's results this week showed record levels of spending on technology. Its CEO says this is necessary to safeguard its future.
Australia's cattle kings and queens on top of the world
Cattle prices are at record highs, adding to the fortunes of the Rich Listers who control vast tracts of land in rural Australia.
- Analysis
- Hedge funds
Why fake job ads may not matter to Seek
An already divided investment community is digesting Blue Orca's attack on Seek. It's quite possible the Zhaopin business has a fake jobs problem, but the extent to which investors will tolerate that is unclear.
Manager charged with insider trading over Sigma shares sale
ASIC alleges an employee of Sigma Healthcare had inside information when he sold shares before a stock tumble that would have cost him paper losses of more than $290,000.
Markets
- Analysis
- US votes 2020
US election is one for the market history books
US stocks tend to falter around elections, but history suggests investors should look through the volatility.
The economy needs help. Is QE the right answer?
The Reserve Bank of Australia has a crucial decision to make next week that could mark a historic shift in the way the central bank operates.
Keep cool amid election turmoil: Hamish Douglass
The outcome of the US election may not be immediately clear, so investors should try and keep a cool head, says billionaire investor Hamish Douglass.
M&A helps ASX to small monthly gain
Australian shares edged higher over the month, as dealmaking helped offset rising COVID-19 infections in the northern hemisphere and amid increasing nervousness around the US election.
ASX suffers worst week since April, gains 1.9pc in October
The Australian sharemarket fell 3.9 per cent over the week on US election uncertainty and concerns about rising COVID-19 cases in Europe and the US.
Opinion
PM shows a Trumpian disregard for transparency
The Morrison government's outrage at the behaviour of big institutions seems to be driven by whose side they are perceived to be on, writes Laura Tingle.
Columnist
President Biden with a Senate brake is the best outcome
The virus pandemic has probably finished off Donald Trump's flawed presidency. Yet his foes must not see his departure as vindication with no lessons in it for themselves.
Editorial
Boe back in the box seat at AMP
It's clear AMP's senior executives hold all the trump cards in negotiations with potential acquirers of the embattled wealth giant.
Columnist
Why ANZ's Elliott is wrong about RBA's QE
Rather than criticising the central bank while borrowing billions from it at near-zero interest rates, fat-cat bankers should focus on how they can help the RBA get workers back into jobs, writes Christopher Joye.
Columnist
Is the RBA inflating a property price bubble?
A growing gap between residential property prices and rents could mean the RBA's unprecedented rate cuts and expected quantitative easing are laying the groundwork for the next property bubble.
Economics correspondent
CFOs to lead on investment opportunities
The challenge for executives in charge of company finances is to provide the leadership needed to seize the opportunities for investment emerging in the post-COVID world.
Editorial
Politics
Border hardball expected to pay off for Palaszczuk
Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has abandoned her plans to open up to all of NSW on November 1.
- Exclusive
- Governance
Treasurer open to hybrid model for virtual AGMs
After strong opposition to making virtual annual meeting permanent, Treasurer Josh Frydenberg says a hybrid model would now be best.
Government to consider new privacy rights for citizens
Individuals could be compensated for privacy breaches under a wide-ranging review of privacy announced by federal Attorney-General Christian Porter.
- Exclusive
- Governance
'Pile on': Business, political leaders defend Australia Post boss
The boss of Australian Super and a former foreign minister are among those who have praised Christine Holgate's leadership and integrity.
- Analysis
- Monetary policy
After years of resisting, RBA is set to join the QE club
The Reserve Bank is looking at unconventional ways of pumping money into the economy but the big concern is whether it will just sit there.
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World
Americans abroad sweat the race for the White House
Democrats Abroad organisers in Australia have been distributing corflutes, calling voters and urging American citizens to send in postal votes ahead of next week's presidential election.
Biden ups his pace, holds battleground polling lead
Fresh polls show Joe Biden maintaining his narrow advantage over President Trump in Pennsylvania and Florida.
- Analysis
- US election
Australia is having trouble with its great and powerful friends
Whoever wins the US election next week, America – ravaged by the pandemic and tiring of its global role – will still be looking inward leaving Australia to fend for itself.
Trumpism has taken over; What is the future of the GOP?
Win or lose next week, the Trump family will continue rallying their white working-class fans around the country for the next four years.
'It's silly season right now': Trump tries economy card play
Donald Trump tried to make the campaign about the economy again and Joe Biden stuck to his script of COVID, COVID, COVID as the rivals took the race to the key state of Florida. The numbers are still with Biden, but no one is writing off Trump with four days to go. See all Thursday's news here.
Property
Sydney's struggling King Street focuses on the future
One of Australia's oldest, longest and busiest commercial strips is looking to the future after it shut down in March, seeing restaurants and retail shops close forever.
Australia's richest property tycoons – and where they live
Almost a quarter of Australia's richest 200 people built their fortune through property – and now they live in mansions on large blocks with water views.
- Opinion
- Coronavirus pandemic
Why big cities will survive and thrive after the pandemic
Pandemics always lead to predictions of the demise of cities as urban dwellers and office workers flee but history shows that once people feel safe, they will be back.
Amazon expands in Melbourne at Dexus estate
The Ravenhall facility will increase the proportion of items the e-commerce giant can ship directly to its Victorian customers from Melbourne and enable quicker delivery.
- Exclusive
- Industrial
Fife Capital bags $80m bargain on giant Kaufland shed
Fife Capital paid only about half the $160m Kaufland spent on its giant distribution centre, but will see an immediate valuation uplift from the DHL lease.
Wealth
What do I do about my Dixon investments?
Making a complaint to ASIC or joining a class action are some options, writes John Wasiliev who answers your questions on super.
- Opinion
- Flat Chat
Passing the buck when there are no bucks to pass
What happens to the finances and maintenance of an apartment block if owners can't afford the levies?
When leaving super to estate is a better fit
If your beneficiaries are adult children and there is no spouse, there are five big tax savings.
Technology
China seeks technology self-reliance in five-year economic plan
China's new five-year plan was heavy on rhetoric and light on detail but it has pledged to become self-reliant on technology in the face of US sanctions.
- Opinion
- Sharemarket
Why Disney's focus on streaming gives it a long growth runway
Managing content creation will put Disney in control of making what consumers want most, delivered in the way they prefer to consume it.
Alphabet sales growth back as Google flooded with advertisers
The third quarter revenue growth reflected a bump in spending across each of Alphabet's key ads businesses, including search, YouTube and partner properties.
Work & Careers
The stories behind the Nobel women of science
Telling the tales of some of science's most accomplished women was a voyage of discovery for the author of a new book.
- Exclusive
- Mining
BHP chairman's new CEO Academy
Aspiring chief executives and chairmen will be able to learn from Ken MacKenzie under a new venture with Melbourne Business School.
Life & Luxury
Why Gai Waterhouse doesn't invest in the sharemarket
The champion racehorse trainer has done well from both moving and fixed assets.
China's Li Jin celebrates food, life and sex in new exhibition
The contemporary ink master has made a name for himself with his witty and lush depictions of sensory pleasures.
Why this race really stops Australian racing
The Coolmore Stud Stakes, raced every year on Derby Day, has become a race that turns young stars into stallions sometimes worth hundreds of millions of dollars.
Crude, cringeworthy but compelling: Borat is back
As America's reality TV President turns the nation into a Jerry Springer show, satire hardly seems needed. But somehow, this is the right movie for our times.
Behind the scenes at the Melbourne Cup
How will the race that stops a nation outrun the coronavirus? We speak to a top trainer, a star jockey and the executive keeping the whole shebang on track.
