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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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Chi-Won Yoon , CEO of UBS Group Asia Pacific, pictured in their Sydney office. The Australian / Picture David Moir 12/11/2014

Great step forward for capital markets

CHINA is opening up of trading in shares in the Shanghai stockmarket to investors based in Hong Kong.

Glenda Korporaal

Business

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Retailers shop for big data

THE retail sector’s hunger for ‘‘big data’’ has more than tripled revenue for analytics company Quantium

Eli Greenblat

EXCLUSIVEBusiness

David Jones CEO Iain Nairn at the David Jones store in Sydney.

Devil in retail detail for DJs boss

AFTER almost 100 days as CEO of David Jones, Iain Nairn has a few things to sort out beyond the walls of the department store.

GLYNIS TRAILL-NASH

G20

Andrew Mackenzie (2nd R), CEO BHP Billiton and B20 Trade Taskforce Coordinating Chair, speaks at a B20 press conference at the Convention Center in Brisbane on November 14, 2014. The G20 Leader's Summit being hosted by Australia in Brisbane will be held from November 15-16. AFP PHOTO /

Green growth possible: Goyder

WESFARMERS CEO Richard Goyder says tackling climate change does not have to be at the expense of the G20 growth objectives.

ANNABEL HEPWORTH and Damon Kitney

Financial Services

Westpac CEO Gail Kelly, left, is followed by Chief Executive Brian Hartzer as they arrive to a press conference where Kelly will announce her retirement in Sydney, Thursday, Nov. 13, 2014. Kelly, CEO of Australia's second largest bank, will hand over to Hartzer on Feb. 2, 2015. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)

Kelly proud of cultural change

WESTPAC chief Gail Kelly, who has announced her retirement, says her proudest achievement at the bank is its culture.

Andrew White

Financial Services

Mature market will challenge Hartzer

AS Brian Hartzer takes charge of Westpac next year his challenge will be to continue to squeeze outsized earnings growth from a mature banking market.

Eric Johnston

Business

Atlas, BC Iron in freefall

THE sell-off in iron ore equities has continued, putting the Australian sharemarket back into a short-term downtrend.

David Rogers

Business

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Firms splash cash to stay safe

A TREND among large Australian companies to hand back cash to shareholders is gathering pace.

Prashant Mehra

Wall Street Journal

Barclays Capital logos are seen on the Lehman Brothers building on Wall Street in New York, 23/09/2008. Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc filed for Chapter 11 a week ago and since then, they sold their North American banking business to Barclays and its Japanese and Australian units to Nomura.

Regulators put investors on hook

NEW proposals from the global Financial Stability Board aim to ensure that taxpayers should never again foot the bill for banks.

PAUL J. DAVIES

Business

APN Outdoor solid on debut

APN Outdoor shares lifted more than 8 per cent on the billboard company’s ASX debut yesterday.

Prashant Mehra

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