1+ hour, 20+ 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…...

8+ hour, 45+ 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…...

2+ day, 14+ hour ago   (110+ words) AFR Investors are bracing for the global bond storm to wreak havoc on still-elevated share market valuations as a sharp spike in oil prices adds to fears that the Reserve Bank will be forced to tip the economy into recession…...

2+ day, 19+ hour ago   (84+ words) Divorce sets popular pub empire wobbling AFR The bar and restaurant empire of Perth publican John Parker is on the brink after the protracted separation of its two owners left the business struggling to pay its multimillion-dollar debts. Administrators were…...

2+ day, 16+ hour ago   (123+ words) This global bond meltdown and oil surge will deepen our housing shock AFR Bond markets keep screaming that higher borrowing costs are coming. That’s bad news for hopes of a quick turnaround in Australia’s property correction. Anyone in financial markets…...

3+ day, 10+ hour ago   (73+ words) AFR Macquarie Group chief executive Shemara Wikramanayake says that the building of Australia’s huge $4.8 trillion superannuation pool has made the country complacent about competing for foreign investment. Australia’s superannuation savings made up the fourth-largest saving pool in the world – “way…...

3+ day, 11+ hour ago   (95+ words) AFR NSW Treasurer Daniel Mookhey says the state’s revenue office is examining whether trusts will be exempt from stamp duty after federal tax changes announced by federal Treasurer Jim Chalmers, but he reassured small businesses he is not looking to…...

4+ day, 6+ hour ago   (86+ words) AFR Westpac chief Anthony Miller says Australia’s housing shortage will cause property prices to start rising again next year, and called on the Albanese government to consider subsidising construction costs rather than focusing on demand stimulus such as first home…...

4+ day, 8+ hour ago   (72+ words) AFR Trustees risk breaching their legal obligations to beneficiaries and will find it almost impossible to distribute income to current or unborn children under the federal government’s trust tax overhaul. Lawyers and accountants said that despite the Albanese government’s efforts…...

4+ day, 9+ hour ago   (87+ words) AFR More than half of homes advertised for auction nationally are being flipped to private sales before their listed auction date as an increasing number of sellers lose hope in striking a sale in a rapidly cooling market. In Sydney,…...