Eric Johnston

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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23/10/24: Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan who is visiting Australia. John Feder/The Australian.

Why Bank of America’s boss thinks the inflation fight has been won

Bryan Moynihan says in an interview says the US economy can absorb two more modest interest rate cuts this year, but has a warning about debt.

Eric Johnston

commentaryMedia

Morgan Stanley CEO James Gorman photographed at the banks's headquarters in New York City on February 20, 2018. Picture: Michael Bucher / Wall Street Journal

Why an Aussie banker landed a key role in this succession drama

This former Melbourne boy and Wall Street boss is now in charge of steering Disney through one of the toughest succession stories in corporate America.

Eric Johnston

CommentaryCompanies

**THE LIST 2024**Richard White, Maree Isaacs, Co-founders, WiseTech Global. Photographed by Nic Walker, Tuesday 17st October.

Richard White must step aside to protect WiseTech

At the very least, the WiseTech boss should take up his board’s suggestion to temporarily vacate his position.

Eric Johnston

ExclusiveBusiness Breaking News

How ‘dumb luck’ launched a $1 trillion opportunity

Stonepeak founder Mike Dorrell was in the right place at the right time. But the highly sought after fund manager is rewriting the rules on infrastructure.

Eric Johnston

CommentaryCompanies

Can Nine really change its shocking ways?

There is little confidence the same board that fundamentally allowed an appalling corporate culture and poor leadership to thrive, can also fix it.

Eric Johnston

COMMENTARYCompanies

DAILY TELEGRAPH DECEMBER 9, 2021 EMBARGOED FOR THE DAILY TELEGRAPH POWER 100. Embargoed until print date Feb 2022 Do not use unless you speak to the pic desk. Richard White is the suburban billionaire few have ever heard of. He is the founder and major shareholder of Wisetech Global, a logistics software business worth $17bn. Pictured in his Bexley home that he grew up in and has now renovated. Picture: Jonathan Ng

WiseTech’s board confronts tough choices with White

The billionaire founder of WiseTech Global, Richard White, has the backing of his board but there are active discussions about the chief executive taking leave from the tech major.

Eric Johnston

CommentaryCompanies

Ethernet data cables are seen in a server room in Canberra, Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2016. (AAP Image/Mick Tsikas) NO ARCHIVING

How Blackstone became an ‘AirTrunk believer’

The New York giant was dabbling with some sheds with ‘some power on the side’ but two lessons paved the way for its bumper acquisition.

Eric Johnston

ExclusiveEconomics

Nathan Sheets, chief economist at PGIM Inc. and former U.S. Treasury undersecretary for international affairs, speaks during the IIF Mexico Economic Forum in Mexico City, Mexico, on Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2018. The event, hosted by Banorte, brings together chief economists, country risk managers, and investors to discuss the prospects in Mexico and Latin America amid a changing political landscape, growing global trade tensions, and the implications for EM of monetary policy normalization in the G-3. Photographer: Alicia Vera/Bloomberg

Oil, debt and China: A trifecta of threats to global recovery

For Citi’s New York-based global economist, Nathan Sheets, the difference between a recovery and global recession are finely balanced.

Eric Johnston

commentaryCompanies

Macquarie’s new lighthouse is all about the AI boom

Investment bank Macquarie wants to build another AirTrunk, and the infrastructure supporting the tech revolution sits at the heart of its plans.

Eric Johnston

AnalysisCompanies

Aerial birds eye views of real estate and infrastructure in Sydney Australia of CBD

Inside John Gillam’s renovation rescue at Lendlease

The former hardware boss believes Lendlease can get its glory back. This involves ‘the right kind’ of risk.

Eric Johnston

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