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Amber PlumDeputy Business Editor

Amber Plum has been Deputy Business Editor at The Australian since 2018, after joining the masthead in 2016. She was previously a European correspondent and deputy editor at Business Spectator.

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Blind eyeWealth

FILE: Bernard Madoff, founder of Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC, leaves federal court in New York, U.S., on Tuesday, March 10, 2009. Madoff, the Manhattan investment adviser who promised stellar returns to his A-list clients and instead defrauded them of more than $19 billion in history’s largest Ponzi scheme, has died. He was 82. Photographer: Jin Lee/Bloomberg

How Bernie Madoff ripped off billions and almost got away with it

The most infamous Wall Street fraud since Charles Ponzi died this week – here’s how it all worked for one-time chairman NASDAQ … until it didn’t

Randall Forsyth

Letter to shareholdersThe Wall Street Journal

(FILES) In this file photo taken on November 25, Warren Buffett, Chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway and Co-Chairman of Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses Program, attends a press conference in Detroit, Michigan. - Buffett has yet to name a successor and at age 88 still dreams of making an

Buffett defends $32.5bn buyback

As Berkshire’s profit soared 23pc, investors had been watching to see if it would buy a significant stake in a large company.

Jenna Telesca and Geoffrey Rogow

WealthBusiness

Light sparkling from inside a hatching gold nest egg, a metaphor for success and investments such as retirement and savings. Superannuation generic golden

Super release paused after fraud

The tax office has temporarily halted applications for early access to super after a tax agent was hacked and savers’ money stolen.

Lachlan Moffet Gray

WealthWealth

(FILES) In this file photo the Federal Reserve building is viewed on April 2, 2020 in Washington, DC. - The US Federal Reserve opened its two-day policy meeting amid tentative signs the coronavirus lockdowns can be lifted, but rising evidence of the economic pain.It is the first meeting of the Fed's policy-setting committee since it slashed the benchmark lending rate to zero in mid-March after holding two emergency meetings, so there is little left for the panel to do except offer reassurance.In the latest move April 27, 2020, the Fed expanded lending to smaller cities and counties. (Photo by Olivier DOULIERY / AFP)

Danger in Fed’s junk bond buys

Wall Street prices are being clouded by unprecedented government intervention.

Randall Forsyth

Financial Services

10/04/2017: Chairman of the Board of Westpac, Lindsay Maxsted, photographed in Surry Hills on Monday. Hollie Adams/The Australian

Westpac ’too slow’: Maxsted

Lindsay Maxsted has described Westpac’s culture as too slow, complex, and lacking accountability.

BANKING ROYAL COMMISSIONBanking royal commission

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Big day at the bank inquiry

Potentially criminal breaches by NAB have been aired and the first outing for a CEO — here’s a wrap of what happened today.

Elizabeth Redman and Chris Jenkins

Mining & Energy

Solar Power Direct rooftop solar installation for HOME/LIFE 22/7/18

Solar subsidy led to bill rises: Origin

A 20 per cent spike in electricity prices last year was partly driven by a federal rooftop solar subsidy, Origin says.

Perry Williams

Aviation

12/06/2018: Virgin CEO John Borghetti at his offices in Sydney. He has announced his resignation today and will be leaving the airline in January 2020.Pic by James Croucher

Borghetti silent on next leg

Virgin Australia chief John Borghetti has revealed he’s received several offers of work when he leaves the airline industry.

Robyn Ironside

dividend detectiveWealth

Delayed families deliver

Over the past 40 years, the average age of mothers giving birth in Australia has steadily crept higher.

Adrian Ezquerro

News

Gina Rinehart (pictured) and NSW Sports Minister Stuart Ayres MP (pictured) officially opened the multi-million dollar Hancock Prospecting Women's National Training Centre on the Nepean River today October 28, 2017. The facility at Penrith will be used by Australia's best female rowers. (AAP Image/David Swift)

Follow Trump’s lead: Rinehart

The Turnbull government should take a leaf out of Washington’s book to secure Australian competitiveness, says Gina Rinehart.

Sarah-Jane Tasker

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