1+ hour, 21+ min ago   (75+ words) AFR Up to 600 workers at the Whyalla steelworks will be made redundant after administrator KordaMentha and the South Australian government decided to abandon attempts to restart the ageing blast furnace. KordaMentha has been operating the Whyalla steelworks since February last…...

4+ hour, 35+ min ago   (93+ words) AFR Up to 600 workers at the Whyalla steelworks will be made redundant after administrators KordaMentha and the South Australian government decided to abandon further attempts to restart the ageing blast furnace, which has not been operating since April. KordaMentha have…...

4+ hour, 56+ min ago   (81+ words) AFR Mark Cutifani, a one-time lead candidate to replace Richard Goyder as chairman of Woodside, has quit the board of the country’s largest oil and gas producer. The sudden departure comes just six months after the former Anglo American chief…...

10+ hour, 54+ min ago   (95+ words) AFR Commonwealth Bank is ratcheting up the pressure on financial regulators to rein in Macquarie’s use of a corporate structure it alleges provides an unfair competitive advantage, after commissioning economic analysis to show how the arrangement supports Macquarie’s rapid growth…...

14+ hour, 54+ min ago   (107+ words) CBA ramps ups pressure on regulator over Macquarie capital settings AFR Commonwealth Bank is ratcheting up the pressure on financial regulators to rein in Macquarie’s use of a corporate structure it alleges provides an unfair competitive advantage, after commissioning economic…...

10+ hour, 44+ min ago   (85+ words) AFR Recently departed Reserve Bank board member Ian Harper has revealed that nearly one-third of monetary policy decisions over the past decade were split votes, challenging long-held assumptions of central bank unanimity. Harper said there was “very vigorous” debate among…...

10+ hour, 48+ min ago   (83+ words) afr.com Consulting giant McKinsey says Australia’s economy can be three times bigger by 2100 with seven smart steps. But to get there, we need to make a deliberate tilt towards growth. The Macquarie Group chief executive, who will retire in…...

1+ day, 13+ min ago   (110+ words) AFR Ashurst Perkins Coie has plucked seasoned corporate lawyer Ben Plotnik from rival Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer as the former seeks to expand its global private capital team following a high-profile transatlantic merger. Freehills’ special counsel Ben Plotnik is heading…...

22+ hour, 19+ min ago   (95+ words) AFR Stock pickers must keep believing that the forces reshaping the ASX and smashing their performance are going to turn, eventually. TV’s most famous coach, Ted Lasso, had a sign that simply said “Believe” in his change rooms. Maybe it’s…...

3+ day, 23+ hour ago   (92+ words) AFR ASX-listed Equity Trustees incorrectly categorised the First Guardian scheme, leading the firm to make it available for investment on its wealth management platform, without board approval, and in breach of its rules for managed funds with high exposure to…...