NewsBite

Advertisement

Elizabeth Knight comments on companies, markets and the economy.

More dog than watchdog: How to fix our broken corporate regulator
Opinion
Regulation

More dog than watchdog: How to fix our broken corporate regulator

ASIC has failed in its sole mandate to enforce the country’s corporate laws and is in a “dire” state with an unenviable prosecutorial rate.

  • by Elizabeth Knight

Latest

Why the CBA share price continues to defy gravity
Opinion
Big four

Why the CBA share price continues to defy gravity

A bunch of short-seller investors who last year placed expensive bets that CBA share price would fall are licking their financial wounds.

  • by Elizabeth Knight
Why we’re going into the new financial year carrying last year’s problems

Why we’re going into the new financial year carrying last year’s problems

It is difficult to see anything much that will stimulate corporate profits in the remainder of this calendar year.

  • by Elizabeth Knight
The Virgin dilemma: How to catch the IPO Mexican wave
Opinion
Aviation

The Virgin dilemma: How to catch the IPO Mexican wave

Qatar Airways is eager to become a cornerstone shareholder in Virgin, but this brings another complicated twist.

  • by Elizabeth Knight
The ex-poker player who played a winning hand to get Star’s top job
Opinion
Casinos

The ex-poker player who played a winning hand to get Star’s top job

Steve McCann doesn’t need to meet any financial hurdles to receive a gargantuan pay package, but he’s still the best insurance policy The Star board can buy.

  • by Elizabeth Knight
Hot luxury to bargain bin: The red flag that should have warned investors

Hot luxury to bargain bin: The red flag that should have warned investors

A lot of naysayer told-you-sos were around when Cettire spectacularly missed profit expectations this week. Now its shares and luxury clothes are discounted.

  • by Elizabeth Knight
Advertisement
How Lew is lining himself up to be the ultimate winner

How Lew is lining himself up to be the ultimate winner

He has taken his sweet time, but Solomon Lew is putting the pieces in place to cash out a decent part of the retail empire he has spent decades building.

  • by Elizabeth Knight
Coalition’s nuclear utopia could put renewables on ice

Coalition’s nuclear utopia could put renewables on ice

When the opposition leader unveiled his plan to give nuclear power primacy in the nation’s energy mix, certainty for investors in wind, solar and battery assets vaporised.

  • by Elizabeth Knight
Should the Qantas board cut Alan Joyce’s pay deal down to size?

Should the Qantas board cut Alan Joyce’s pay deal down to size?

The airline has enlisted an influential governance expert to advise on whether to claw back up to $16 million from the former CEO’s performance-based pay entitlement.

  • by Elizabeth Knight
Can a burrito chain give the market a much-needed spice hit?
Opinion
IPO

Can a burrito chain give the market a much-needed spice hit?

There is plenty riding on Mexican food chain Guzman y Gomez’s debut on the ASX, so set your alarm for noon on Thursday for our own Mexican wave.

  • by Elizabeth Knight
Tabcorp’s big, risky bet on the former king of AFL

Tabcorp’s big, risky bet on the former king of AFL

Gillon McLachlan will move from running a sporting code where the revenue topped $1 billion to overseeing a gaming company with its share of challenges.

  • by Elizabeth Knight

Original URL: https://www.smh.com.au/by/elizabeth-knight-hve4o