Matt Bell

Matt BellBusiness reporter

Matt Bell is a journalist and digital producer at The Australian and The Australian Business Network. Previously, he reported on the travel and insurance sectors for B2B audiences, and most recently covered property at The Daily Telegraph.

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Corporations including Telstra, Commonwealth Bank and AustralianSuper allow staff to work Australia Day for another day off, at odds with Peter Dutton.

Bosses baulk at Dutton’s January 26 election vow

Some of Australia’s largest businesses will avoid celebrating Australia Day and allow staff to work the national day for another day off as flexibility around public holidays takes hold.

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MarketsMarkets

Traders work the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on August 16, 2024. US stocks edged lower in early trading Friday, as traders looked to lock in gains at the end of a positive week for major Wall Street indices. Around 10 minutes into trading, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 0.1 percent at 40,518.87, and the S&P was 0.1 percent lower at 5,536.08. The Nasdaq slipped 0.2 percent to 17,566.08. (Photo by ANGELA WEISS / AFP)

Australian ETF industry’s value to soar beyond $300bn

A year after taking a record $33bn of cash inflows in 2024, experts believe Australian exchange-traded funds will surpass more than $300bn under management by the end of 2025.

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RetailRetail

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos MAY 10 2024. GENERIC. Shoppers walk past the entrance to the Myer department store in Pitt St Mall. Economy, cost of living, budget, shopping, retail. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Max Mason-Hubers

Myer and Premier take $1bn hit over shock profit warning

The department store chain’s share price has tumbled below a key threshold set by the independent expert backing its near $1bn merger with Solomon Lew’s Premier retail assets.

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MarketsMarkets

(FILES) Former President and 2024 Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump gestures while giving a keynote speech on the third day of the Bitcoin 2024 conference at Music City Center July 27, 2024 in Nashville, Tennessee. Images/AFP. Trump's triumphant return to the White House signals a potential golden era for cryptocurrencies, whose influential backers heavily supported his presidential bid. After years of ascendancy following bitcoin's emergence, the cryptocurrency industry had fallen into a "crypto winter," plagued by scandals and hostile regulatory oversight. But Trump's impending presidency has spurred an enthusiastic market response, with bitcoin surging more than 25 percent in a week and breaking through the $90,000 mark for the first time. (Photo by Jon CHERRY / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / AFP)

Bitcoin ‘could hit $400,000 under Trump’

Market analysts say Donald Trump’s policies coupled with growing favour among institutional investors could result in bitcoin more than doubling in value this year.

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SuperannuationWealth

Colonial First State Chief Investment Officer, Jonathan Armitage.

CFS eyes new asset classes after 17pc return

Colonial First State’s investment chief says the fund won’t invest in bitcoin, but will look for other opportunities after member returns jumped in 2024.

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MarketsMarkets

11/11/2016: Arian Neiron; MD of VanEck, outside his Sydney office.Pic by James Croucher

Investors ‘must be selective’ in shaky Aussie economy

VanEck APAC boss Arian Neiron says the RBA won’t be able to cut rates for months, warning investors need a new approach in 2025.

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TourismAviation

The Beach Grill and Salt Bar owners Jake and Nerida Baker are excited to launch the new look premise at the Ballina Byron Gateway Airport after extensive renovations to the airport.

Holiday towns receive spending bonanza over Christmas

Australians have spent big over the most recent holiday period with NAB reporting a 700 per cent uplift in spending in one South Australian town.

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SuperannuationFinancial Services

Generic pic of a businesswoman pointing to a graph on a clear screen.

Super ‘on its way back to single digit returns this year’

Top super funds have delivered their third best returns of the past decade but don’t expect a repeat performance this year, the sector’s investors say.

Cliona O'Dowd and Matt Bell

InsolvenciesBusiness

18/02/2021. Jason Preston, chair of McGrath Nicol, a consultancy firm specialising in insolvencies and corporate restructuring, photographed at their offices in Sydney. Britta Campion / The Australian

Rate cut won’t stop insolvency trend overnight

McGrathNicol’s Jason Preston expects more businesses will shut in 2025 even if the RBA cuts interest rates, as poor consumer sentiment, higher power prices and inflation take their toll.

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MarketsMarkets

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos, October 29 2024. GENERIC. Stocks. Finance. Economy. Stock price ticker of the Australian Stock Exchange, ASX, at their offices on Bridge Street. Picture: NewsWire / Max Mason-Hubers

ASX listings climb 50pc in 2024

The Australian sharemarket saw a step-up in activity from the prior year’s lows, with confidence growing in recent months.

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