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Eric Johnston is an associate editor of The Australian. He has more than 25 years experience as a finance journalist, including a former business editor of The Australian. He has been business editor of The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age and financial services editor with The Australian Financial Review. His work has also appeared in The Wall Street Journal.

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Pedestrians are reflected in the window of the Australian Stock Exchange with companies listed including BHP Billiton's spin-off mining company South32 in Sydney on May 18, 2015. South32 debuted on the Australian Securities Exchange on May 18, 2015 at the lower end of expectations, valued at about Aus$11.3 billion (US$9.1 billion). AFP PHOTO / Peter PARKS

Call for rethink of yield hunt

Deutsche Bank says dividend-chasing Australian investors need to turn their attention from traditional dividend-yield stocks.

PRASHANT MEHRA

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Heavyweights target Barrick assets

Barrick Gold is expected to be swamped with bids for its assets in NSW and Papua New Guinea this week.

Bridget Carter and Gretchen Friemann

Markets

ASX, Australian Stock Exchange electronic stock board.

Income-oriented funds top of class

Fund managers focused on income-oriented funds were among the best performers over a 12-month and 5-year horizon.

Prashant Mehra

Mining & Energy

Boyne aluminium smelter - Photo Supplied Copyright Unkown

Surprise downturn weighs on aluminium

Since hitting a 12-month high on May 5 at $US1886 a tonne, prices for three-month aluminium futures have slipped 4.7 per cent.

BIMAN MUKHERJI

M&A

Vocus CEO James Spenceley at the North Sydney office.

Amcom to delay merger vote

Amcom Telecommunications has confirmed it intends to delay Monday’s vote on its proposed merger with Vocus Communications.

Eric Johnston

Business Spectator

Sorry budget a wasted opportunity

Unlike Joe Hockey’s first budget, there are no nasty surprises this year — but there is also very little of substance

Alan Kohler

Budget 2015 Business

New phase for bank lending

The small business tax cuts and accelerated depreciation measures will spark an unprecedented change in bank lending policies.

Robert Gottliebsen and comment

Alan Kohler

No shocks, but little substance from Hockey

This year’s budget is a little more than a long, grovelling apology for last year’s stuff up.

Alan Kohler

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BCM HOME 18/1/2013. Gateway Lifestyle Bayside development, 905 Manly Rd, Tingalpa, QLD. Photographer: Liam Kidston.

Gateway listing tipped to top $584m

Gateway Lifestyle is in the process of locking in cornerstone investors ahead of its plans to list as a public company.

Bridget Carter Gretchen Friemann

Business

Craig Meller, chief executive of AMP, delivering results for the year. Pic - Britta CampionCraig Meller, chief executive of AMP, delivering results for the year. Pic - Britta Campion

AMP confident as cashflows dry up

AMP has reported a decline in first-quarter cashflows in its wealth management business but still has confidence in its products.

Mitchell Neems

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