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The 10th annual Financial Review Business Summit
The annual AFR Business Summit will discuss the strategies to navigate the increasingly complex economic and political factors shaping Australia’s future.
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The four charts that show how the RBA board and staff were split
The Reserve Bank cut the cash rate, but the extent to which it tempered enthusiasm for more reductions brings into question why the board chose to move at all.
How this man went from a bike accident to $17b
The founder of CDC has found himself rich thanks to big investors who can’t get enough of digital infrastructure. He had dreamed of becoming a champion cyclist.
RBA rate cut more about politics than economics
After roughing up the central bank, Anthony Albanese and Jim Chalmers should take whatever sliver of bacon the RBA will give financially squeezed voters.
ACCC gives the nod to Virgin’s Qatar-backed international flights
In a draft determination, the competition watchdog said the plan to resume long-haul services using leased planes would benefit travellers.
Infratil, Future Fund scoop up stake in $16b-plus CDC Data Centres
Sources said the deal was signed shortly after 6pm, and would see Future Fund take a bigger piece of CDC than Infratil.
February
The Property Council’s vampire mortgage controls
The housing lobby’s bizarre new idea suggests a profound identity crisis.
Global stockpicker Peter Rutter ponders future of AI riches
Peter Rutter and his team are back in Australia, and they are trying to solve the investing question of our time: data centres or software?
Drum beats and politics: how RBA rate calls are really made
The Reserve Bank board has always done what it believes is right. But former senior officials say it hasn’t stopped successive governments from trying to get their way.
As Trump tries to kill DEI, Labor moves to lock it in
Proposed changes before the Senate would force Australian employers to set and meet more gender equality targets, just as their US counterparts abandon them.
Dutton faces down big business as he threatens to break up insurers
Investors said there was no evidence that the biggest insurers were price gouging, after the Coalition widened its criticism of business from supermarkets.
Investment banking grads survive AI test, for now
Local investment banks are adding graduate roles to firms, despite fears artificial intelligence will reduce the need for junior bankers.
Is corporate America already souring on Trump?
Optimism at the prospect of tax cuts and lighter regulation has given way to anxiety over trade policies.
‘Just call me Bill’: Shorten brings ‘X factor’ to new job
The former Labor minister was joined by an eclectic crowd at his investiture as University of Canberra vice chancellor.
David Di Pilla’s HMC Capital eyes Healthscope hospitals
The alternative asset manager and other operators are talking to Healthscope’s landlords about taking over Australia’s second-biggest hospital group.
How this chairman used AI to rebuff a hostile takeover bid
CEOs aren’t using gen AI just to write speeches. They’re asking it for advice on big decisions and making ‘digital twins’ of themselves to coach others.
Why Comyn is cautious celebrating CBA’s bumper profit
Chief executive Matt Comyn has plenty to celebrate in the bank’s results. Unlike politicians, he prefers to avoid claiming much credit for that.
Matt Comyn’s CBA share price conundrum
All the figures in Commonwealth Bank’s results – and there were 128 pages of them – are about the one number that was not there.
Accenture to end DEI policies to comply with Trump
Accenture CEO Julie Sweet advises staff of a global evolution as the consulting giant abandons DEI programs in response to President Donald Trump’s orders.
Directors warn of investment delays amid Trump, election uncertainty
Company directors from Macquarie, Fortescue, Dexus and Perpetual say Donald Trump and the upcoming election will lead to projects being delayed or paused.
Too late to avert energy crisis in Victoria, CEOs warn
The heads of Woodside Energy and Beach Energy say the Victorian Labor government has spent more than a decade demonising gas as a transition fuel.
BCA and 30 CEOs to push Musk-style agenda on Chalmers
Big business will press local political parties to appoint a minister for deregulation and get government out of the way of private enterprise.
AustralianSuper tipped $500m into Nvidia before DeepSeek crash
Australia’s largest super fund was buying up shares in the chipmaker in the lead up to last week’s trillion-dollar sell-off, Wall Street records indicate.
January
Trump slams Europe, threatens ‘trillions’ in tariffs
The president lambasted Canada’s trade surplus with the US and also fired a verbal volley at the European Union’s restrictions on his country.
PM speed-dated TV, sports bosses before U-turn on gambling ad ban
In a 95-minute period on August 30, Anthony Albanese spoke with the country’s major sporting and TV bosses about his draft gambling ad policy.
AI can stop phones dropping out, Telstra boss says
Vicki Brady says the telco group’s customers have ‘no appetite’ for phone outages. Her $700 million Accenture deal shows it is getting serious about AI.