This Month
- Opinion
- Opinion
Nine ways to make money from the world’s energy mess
As the political push against the energy transition builds, the challenge for investors to find value in the sector is also growing.
- Updated
- James Thomson
Aussie high-flyer’s wings clipped by US investors
Red-hot biotech Telix got a shock when US investors wanted a chunky discount to buy stock. So it’s walking away looking silly, but with its pride intact.
- Anthony Macdonald
- Opinion
- Opinion
The cult of Musk is alive and well. Now he needs to deliver
Elon Musk’s massive pay deal has been re-approved by Tesla investors. But the billionaire needs to stop selling the same old blue sky and start delivering.
- James Thomson
- Opinion
- Opinion
Australian business is at a crossroads. Can we get out of our own way?
Chanticleer’s 50th anniversary celebration showed Australia’s long period of prosperity and growth will be challenged by geopolitics, regulation and competition.
- James Thomson
‘Chanticleer for a day’ draws out three big issues
Infrastructure planning, boosting equity markets and re-thinking social advocacy by companies are three things these movers and shakers put on Chanticleer’s agenda.
- Anthony Macdonald
'They could talk to each other now via my words. And they did.': Gottliebsen
Founding Chanticleer columnist Robert Gottliebsen describes what it was like at the birth of "personality journalism".
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- Opinion
- Opinion
Chemist Warehouse deal can still get past ACCC health check
The issue of the competitiveness of Sigma’s pharmacies may require a more direct solution, such as disposing of a few Chemist Warehouse outlets.
- Updated
- James Thomson
ChatGPT can make human-like judgments, pick good stocks, researchers say
Earnings season looms – and expect to see more fund managers and brokers using AI to analyse information. ChatGPT could be a game-changer, according to some academics researching how it can analyse results.
- Anthony Macdonald
- Opinion
- Opinion
Rate cuts are coming, but Wall Street guru fears ‘unstable’ backdrop
Good news on US inflation helped Wall Street to a fresh record. But Morgan Stanley’s Mike Wilson sees two big worries hanging over markets.
- James Thomson
- Opinion
- Opinion
‘Stories were dropping out of trees’: The roaring ’90s
The choice of a new Chanticleer columnist is a tricky task, writes former Financial Review editor Colleen Ryan.
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- Colleen Ryan
- Opinion
- Opinion
Fifty years on, it’s time to share the secret origin story of Chanticleer
I had lined up a major scoop to launch my first Chanticleer column on July 8, 1974, founding Chanticleer columnist Robert Gottliebsen reveals.
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- Robert Gottliebsen
- Opinion
- Opinion
Through 50 years of change, Chanticleer’s mission endures
While the corporate landscape has shifted over five decades, the ingredients of the Chanticleer column remain the same: a healthy degree of scepticism, a dash of humour, and an eternal sense of curiosity.
- James Thomson
‘Topical, sometimes controversial’: Why I read Chanticleer
Ten of Australia’s most influential business leaders share their thoughts on Chanticleer and its impact.
- Opinion
- Shares
Digital world wants, real world needs: Chook’s next 50 years
The battle for physical world assets shifts to those things that will underpin the digital world in the next 50 years. It will be a bigger battle, and Chanticleer will be there to cover it.
- Anthony Macdonald
- Opinion
- Opinion
The top 21 moments in Chanticleer history
The Chanticleer column has charted the highs and lows of corporate Australia since 1974. Here are a few of the highlights.
- James Thomson and Anthony Macdonald
- Opinion
- Opinion
Big four can’t be allowed to stay in ‘grey zone’ of PwC scandal
The Senate report makes it clear the big accounting firms have fallen through the regulatory gaps. That structural problem must eventually be addressed.
- James Thomson
- Opinion
- Opinion
AusSuper was right on Origin. But that’s not great for the rest of us
If Origin and its investors loom as winners from various phases of the energy transition, it’s worth considering who the losers will be.
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- James Thomson
- Opinion
- IPO
Canva’s IPO pitch lands just as markets are warming up
You can tell from the way Canva has upped its engagement that its IPO is coming, and it was on Wednesday, when co-founder Cliff Obrecht wheeled out a pitch with just about the lot.
- Anthony Macdonald
- Opinion
- Opinion
The Warren Buffett question at the heart of Guzman y Gomez float
Morningstar is the first to initiate coverage on the Mexican fast-food chain and has whacked a valuation of $15 a share on the company, far less than the $22 that the stock will be valued at under the IPO.
- James Thomson
- Opinion
- Opinion
The simple fix to the PwC scandal that consultants would hate
On the eve of the final report of the Senate inquiry into the consulting sector, a simple way of ensuring accountability has been proposed.
- James Thomson
