This Month
How Assad secretly sent 21 planeloads of Syria’s cash to Moscow
The near-broke central bank sent almost $400 million in bulk shipments between 2018 and 2019 to Russia when the dictator was indebted to the Kremlin.
- Miles Johnson, Mehul Srivastava and Chloe Cornish
Suburban pub grub suits Westpac’s new CEO
Living in Sydney’s inner west makes Anthony Miller an outlier among big bank chiefs. The former investment banker is determined to make his firm stand out, too.
- Updated
- Lucas Baird
- Analysis
- Trump's White House
Autocrats rise as Trump scorches the land of the free
Strongman leaders have lit a bonfire of the orthodoxies: the role of the state, neoliberalism, globalisation and the international “rules-based” order.
- James Curran
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
How CEOs are using AI, from driverless forklifts to bird counts
Everyone’s doing it, but are they doing it properly? Here is a fascinating snapshot of what Australian companies are doing with artificial intelligence.
- Anthony Macdonald and James Thomson
The CEOs are tripping. Can psychedelics help the C-suite?
A growing cottage industry is dedicated to the theory that mind-altering drugs can improve business leadership.
- Emma Goldberg
The signs of poor health that your hands, nails and knuckles reveal
The clues to fighting illness, from eczema and psoriasis to arthritis and Parkinson’s, could be right before your eyes.
- Marina Gask
- Analysis
- Russia-Ukraine war
The vast spy agency behind Russian general’s death
The assassination of Igor Kirillov marked the latest strike in a shadow war between Kyiv and Moscow. It was carried out by Ukraine’s intelligence service, the SBU.
- Christopher Miller and Max Seddon
Six surprising things I learnt from a Gen X gap year in London
We expected this to be a memorable time, but it was the workarounds and unknown unknowns that made it even better than we hoped.
- Andrew Hobbs
- Opinion
- Governance
I sent Andrew Forrest 50 hard questions. He invited me to have a talk
After months of reporting, and only carefully worded written responses from Fortescue, I found myself with the iron ore billionaire on the company jet in the Pilbara.
- Primrose Riordan
Fortescue’s Game of Thrones moment
When the firm’s troubled Iron Bridge mine blew its budget and fell behind schedule, Andrew Forrest called a meeting likened to the series’ “red wedding” scene.
- Primrose Riordan
- Investigation
- Governance
Inside the ‘unending chaos’ at Andrew Forrest’s Fortescue
After a frenetic world tour, the billionaire had to wind back his hydrogen plans. A Financial Review investigation looks at what led to an exodus of executives.
- Primrose Riordan
The five-day diet that cuts belly fat
Professor Valter Longo’s eating plan called “Pro-Lon” was awarded the first patent for “promoting longevity and health span”.
- Jessica Salter
Manhattan murder frightens executives everywhere
Many companies view investor meetings such as the one that the UnitedHealthcare boss was walking to as security risks because they are highly publicised.
- Adam Geller and Cathy Bussewitz
November
Labor plans to kick with the wind for a second time
The dynamic could not be more different to this time last year when parliament wound up with the government blowing smoke and the PM resembling a shot duck.
- Phillip Coorey
Inside Chris Ellison’s brutal executive meetings
A whistleblower claims the Mineral Resources founder ordered a female lawyer to stand in front of a meeting and say, “I am a f--ing idiot”. He told another she “just needs a good f--k”.
- Neil Chenoweth
Meet Chris Ellison’s personal accountant
Yenna Ong, the number cruncher who managed the Mineral Resources founder’s private affairs, rapidly gained great power. Then just as suddenly, she was gone.
- Neil Chenoweth
Inside the two-week unravelling of Chris Ellison’s hold on MinRes
Monday’s attempt to draw a line in the sand still leaves unanswered questions for shareholders and investigators about the goings-on at Mineral Resources.
- Mark Di Stefano and Neil Chenoweth
October
- Exclusive
- Tax avoidance
How Chris Ellison’s secrets came to light
Allegations of serial tax evasion have raised questions about how the miner Mineral Resources is being run.
- Neil Chenoweth
Chris Kourtis is on a winning streak. Here’s his next ASX pick
The renowned value investor is preparing his stock selection for the Sohn Hearts & Minds Conference. It’s not Star Entertainment.
- Joshua Peach
Why are athletes and rich people taping their mouths shut at night?
Rich Lister Tim Gurner and Manchester City footballer Erling Haaland are among those who swear it promotes better sleep. But medical experts are not convinced.
- Euan Black