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Property construction is under pressure due to high costs.

The next three property shortages have already started

Charter Hall boss David Harrison says the supply shortages and lack of developer confidence we’re seeing in the housing market are playing out across the property sector. 

Jakob Stausholm says Rio’s Everyday Respect program is also about driving better performance.

Rio Tinto’s push to protect women is making both sexes angry

The attempt to address sexual harassment and bullying captures the collision of the push for increased diversity and another against so-called wokeness.

The growing power of the super sector raises some big questions.

CFMEU’s return to Cbus board shows it’s time for change

Appointing union officials as directors at a time when super fund boards are screaming out for specialist skills raises questions about the need for change.

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Gary Weiss has five decades in Australian capital markets.

Meet corporate Australia’s top bulldust detector

With nearly five decades of experience in the markets, Gary Weiss has seen it all. Here’s how he spots corporate BS, and his No. 1 rule as a director.

Telstra chief financial officer Michael Ackland says businesses are stuck with a difficult dilemma.

This is why Australia is stuck in a rut

Low investment and productivity growth has left the country’s economy in the doldrums. The short-term challenges are large, but we can’t forget the long term.

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MinRes chairman James McClements will face shareholders on Thursday.

MinRes board fails the pub test. Again

The $45 million transaction revealed by the Financial Review – not by the company – underscores questions over the miner’s governance.

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Brad Banducci was back in the spotlight again on Monday, despite his recent retirement.

The moment the ACCC boss put the heat on Woolies

The competition regulator is clearly sceptical about the way the supermarket giants use discounts, and whether the market is really competitive.

Market sentiment among US brokers  is at its highest level in more than two years.

The one number that could derail ‘dangerously bullish’ markets

The euphoria from Trump 2.0 is impressive, but equities have already been running for two years and strategists are starting to worry.

Howard Marks, co-founder of Oaktree Capital, is prepared to give Trump the benefit of the doubt.

Howard Marks and Sohn’s big stars reveal seven rules for investing

Among the stock picks and stunts at the Sohn Hearts & Minds event, Howard Marks and Nick Moakes provided investors with long-term rules for playing markets. 

Gary Weiss, David Paradice, Solomon Lew and Matthew Grounds at the Sohn Hearts and Minds, Investment Leaders Conference VIP opening event at  Adelaide Botanic Gardens on Thursday night.

Billionaires gather in Adelaide for Sohn big bash

The major stock picking conference is on tour for the third time in its nine-year history – as the supercar championships also come to the city of churches.

Xero CEO Sukhinder Singh Cassidy has become a market favourite.

The ‘simple’ secret to how Xero’s CEO became an ASX favourite

In under two years, Xero boss Sukhinder Singh Cassidy has won the market over with her clear strategy and some huge share price gains.

Trump’s pro-growth policies will be good for ASX firms with US operations.

This ASX giant is primed for a Trump bump. Australia is already losing

In the last few years, Orica, an $8.6 billion company, has invested $2 billion in the US that should have been spent in Australia. Could that capital flight get worse?

ASIC chairman Joe Longo wants to tackle Australia’s ‘legislative porridge’.

Why our top corporate regulator wants less regulation

ASIC chairman Joe Longo says complex regulation is hurting businesses, consumers and the regulator’s work. It’s another window into Australia’s productivity problem. 

The growing power of the super sector raises some big questions.

Cbus puts super sector on the edge of a systemic scandal

The banking royal commission taught us seemingly innocuous problems can have huge ramifications. The super sector may be about to learn that lesson.

Elon Musk has won extraordinary power in the new Trump administration.

Elon Musk’s job as Trump’s bureaucracy buster could be just the start

Within four months, Elon Musk went from Trump cheerleader to insider. His new role as efficiency tsar could be just the start of his influence.

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Donald Trump has the bulls running in every direction.

Bonds haven’t flashed this warning sign at stocks for two decades

The risk compensation for sharemarket investors is looking narrow, as stocks and bond yields push higher following Trump’s big win. Beware the signs of froth. 

Cryptocurrencies will be put to the market test when ETFs are developed for trading.

Bulls are calling the ‘golden age of crypto’. It’s not all about Trump

Donald Trump’s decisive election win has sent crypto markets surging. But pundits see a much bigger case for optimism around the sector.

Nouriel Roubini sees China as a big risk.

Dr Doom reveals the big risk you’re not thinking enough about

Nouriel Roubini, the economist who called the GFC, sees Donald Trump’s election as a huge moment. But there’s a big risk Australia needs to watch.

Aldi’s Jordan Lack says the retailer has a unique model.

Aldi proves populism won’t cut grocery prices

Breaking up Coles and Woolworths makes for a populist soundbite, but Aldi’s evidence at the ACCC supermarket inquiry suggests it wouldn’t drive grocery prices down.

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Tony Ottaviano is under no illusions that the game has changed for lithium, and Liontown needs to adapt.

It was our sexiest lithium stock. Now it’s having major surgery

Liontown Resources has opted for a small-target strategy to try and survive lithium’s nuclear winter.

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