'Women don’t work again': AMP taken to task
AMP Capital employees are unhappy with the appointment of Boe Pahari, who the subject of a sexual harassment complaint - and the stoush has attracted attention from one of America's highest profile #MeToo champions.
Mandatory testing urged in Melbourne's virus battle
Experts say the message is not getting through to multicultural communities in Melbourne's north-west corridor.
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
ESG funds are booming - but doubts linger
Funds invested based on environment, social and governance principles are beating their benchmarks. But there are questions about how "green" some really are.
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
AMP board's risky appointment
AMP's board has had contentious issues the past few years. Now it is forced to defend an executive who has apologised for alleged sexual harassment.
Global cases top 11m; Australians on UK exempt list
From July 10, arrivals from Australia will no longer need to self-isolate for a fortnight after touching down in Britain. Follow more virus developments here.
What investors can learn from the Virgin bond saga
Will directly holding corporate bonds put your portfolio into take-off or tailspin?
China's wolf warriors take on the world
The list of China's international spats is rising daily, but what is driving Beijing's increasingly assertive stance on the world stage, and will it backfire?
Companies
What investors can learn from the Virgin bond saga
Will directly holding corporate bonds put your portfolio into take-off or tailspin?
Afterpay defies gravity amid e-commerce scramble
The company's 24 times sales valuation is greater than that of most US technology stocks, but then so are its expected growth rates.
Gas fights for its post-COVID-19 future
Huge write-downs by Shell have raised big questions over the long-term prospects for Australia's $200 billion of LNG projects in a post-COVID-19 world that may hasten towards a zero-carbon goal.
Brett Blundy blunders in on Honey Birdette's feuding founders
The retail billionaire should have asked whether the lingerie entrepreneurs were lovers, fellow venture capitalists say.
Westpac hit with $8m underpayment bill
About 8000 current and former employees have been left short-changed in long service leave entitlements, caused by a 'system error'.
Private equity under spotlight as retail victims pile up
Five private equity-backed retailers have collapsed this year. The common thread? Too much debt.
QSuper quits financial advice sparking job losses
QSuper, the $110 billion industry fund, is the latest financial institution to exit the business of comprehensive financial advice, resulting in at least 20 redundancies.
Markets
- Opinion
- Fixed income
Why fixed-income diversification is a myth
When an economy is hit by a large shock such as COVID-19, the ensuing recession imposes adversity on a large number of businesses at the same time, writes Christopher Joye.
Healthcare, Telstra pace ASX 0.4pc higher
Rio flags increased capex at Mongolia mine; Cochlear up on product approvals; Adelaide Brighton falls 24pc; Telstra climbs on broker upgrades; oil gains.
European stocks slide as surge in virus cases hits rebound hopes
While the Stoxx 600 slid in Friday trade, it ended the week with a 2 per cent advance. Wall St was closed to mark Independence Day.
Soaring tech stocks lift ASX to three-week high
A soaring technology sector has driven the market higher this week amid signs the economic environment is improving across the globe.
Fundies wary as earnings crunch time looms
Equity investors have just ruled off one of the most tumultuous financial years in living memory but are now heading into more uncertainty, as the August reporting season looms.
Opinion
Trump is not the right man for this crisis
Donald Trump's characteristically erratic and narcissistic mishandling of the triple-whammy health, economic, and racial crises means he deserves the defeat he is headed for in November.
Editorial
Australia is more alone in a dangerous region
The sobering reality of the latest defence review is that we can’t just keep riding shotgun to the US.
Columnist
Beijing crackdown will squeeze business
Investors will make a grave mistake by ignoring how much China's new national security law will change Hong Kong.
Contributor
Cormann's exit ramp highlights tax reform dead ends
With Mathias Cormann poised to leave politics by the end of the year, the government will be left with a heavy budget workload that will make it even more risk-averse on tax.
Political editor
Canberra spooked by China Mobile's looming Pacific strike
Not one but two possible suitors are getting ready to bid against China Mobile if it moves on Digicel's Pacific assets.
Senior writer
Why fixed-income diversification is a myth
When an economy is hit by a large shock such as COVID-19, the ensuing recession imposes adversity on a large number of businesses at the same time, writes Christopher Joye.
Columnist
Politics
Australia's military muscle receives a shot in the arm
The Morrison government is building up Australia's military but will it be enough to protect the country?
Flemington could be the next suburb locked down
Flemington - the home of the race track hosting the Melbourne Cup - has emerged as a viral hotspot and could be the next suburban area to be locked down.
Aspen Medical's $1.2b COVID surge
Few companies can claim an almost 30 per cent dominance in contract value from a government department in a single year, Aspen Medical is one of them.
Morrison likely to keep post-Cormann reshuffle modest
Prime Minister Scott Morrison is unlikely to undertake a major shake-up of his frontbench in response to the departure of Finance Minister Mathias Cormann due to the ongoing health and economic crisis caused by the coronavirus.
Labor clings to underdog status in Eden-Monaro
Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese says that if the party wins, it will be a come-from-behind victory.
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World
Mooted safe haven for Hong Kongers draws Beijing's ire
China says Australia is meddling in its affairs by considering offering safe haven to Hong Kongers fearful of draconian security laws aimed at stifling dissent.
US bill penalises banks over China's Hong Kong law
The US Senate unanimously approved legislation to penalise banks doing business with Chinese officials who implement Beijing's draconian national security law on Hong Kong.
How a sex cult book appeared on Christine Lagarde's shelf during call
'The Atlas of Creation', by a jailed paedophile Islamic leader, was seen over the right shoulder of the European Central Bank president during an online summit.
Tesla shines during the pandemic as other auto makers struggle
The electric car maker delivered 90,650 vehicles in the second quarter, down just 5 per cent from a year earlier.
Police hack encrypted phone network for organised crime bust
Officials said 'millions' of messages were read in real time, leading to arrests in the Netherlands, France, the United Kingdom and elsewhere in Europe.
Property
How to keep your mortgage costs low
Beware of loans with comparison rates fattened by fees that will make your borrowing more expensive.
Charter Hall offloads Sydney shopping centres to Primewest trust
The ASX-listed Perth-based property fund manager has added two more Sydney retail properties to its new $300 million property trust.
Institutional investors pump $768m into timberland fund
Stafford Capital has already deployed more than a third of this fresh capital – $241 million – into five investments.
Rudd revealed as $17m buyer of Pat Rafter's former home
The former prime minister Kevin Rudd is pleased the $17 million sale gives him a home back on the Sunshine Coast, where he grew up.
Women-run pub reclaims former strip club
SA's top commercial architecture project didn't just transform a colonial-era building, it's also bringing new life to a down-market corner of Adelaide.
Wealth
Why you should wait to lodge your 2020 tax return
Australians are being warned to reconsider filing their 2020 tax returns early, with complications from the COVID-19 pandemic and information from banks, insurers and shares among reasons to go slow.
- Opinion
- Fixed income
Why fixed-income diversification is a myth
When an economy is hit by a large shock such as COVID-19, the ensuing recession imposes adversity on a large number of businesses at the same time, writes Christopher Joye.
Fears of elder abuse rise as COVID-19 causes economic stress
Family members greedy for early inheritance are putting pressure on parents to sign over their savings and property.
Technology
- Exclusive
- Cyber protection
Hacked: Thousands of MyGov accounts for sale on dark web
Logins for more than 3600 MyGov accounts are for sale on the dark web, potentially exposing thousands of Australians to fraud and identity theft.
Tesla shines during the pandemic as other auto makers struggle
The electric car maker delivered 90,650 vehicles in the second quarter, down just 5 per cent from a year earlier.
Optus primed to take fight to Vodafone and TPG
Sport is back, flexible working is here to stay and Kelly Bayer Rosmarin is keen to build on the telco's strengths and connection with customers.
Work & Careers
Freedom's ex-CEO milks it on the circuit
You'd assume Rory Macleod – surely under a gag clause – studiously avoided specific discussion of the circumstances surrounding his departure.
Law firms cut recruits for partnership pipeline
More firms are using the rank of 'special counsel' as an additional stepping stone to partnership.
Life & Luxury
Why wellness is a $6 trillion confidence trick
The self-health industry is booming in the age of coronavirus, but its dark side promotes pseudo-science, entrenches inequality and celebrates narcissism.
Planning a road trip? Read this first
Driving not flying is par for the course these holidays and there are a few traps for the unwary.
'Shirley': a gothic fantasy of brooding mystery and sudden cruelty
Don't mistake the story of US novelist Shirley Jackson for a biopic – this portrait of the artist takes liberties with the facts to tell a greater truth.
See inside the secret bits of the Heide Museum of Modern Art
An exhibition by Melbourne artist Caroline Eckdale takes the viewer into previously inaccessible parts of this iconic building.
Kate Grenville uses fiction to lay out facts in new book
In 'A Room Made of Leaves', the acclaimed author invents a plausible alternative life for the wife of one of the best-known Australian settlers.
