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Megan Neil

Megan Neil
Megan NeilBusiness reporter

Megan Neil is a Melbourne-based senior business reporter for The Australian, covering financial services. She spent 20 years at national newswire Australian Associated Press in various roles including senior national journalist, finance editor and Melbourne bureau chief. Megan covered several royal commissions including the financial services inquiry.

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Pedestrians are reflected in a window as they walk past an electronic stock board at the ASX Ltd. exchange centre in Sydney, Australia, on Thursday, Feb. 14, 2019. “We made good progress on our core initiatives across the period, including the program to replace CHESS with distributed ledger technology; upgrade of our secondary data centre to strengthen market resilience; and restructure of our Listings Compliance team to enhance the quality of market oversight,” ASX Chief Executive Officer Dominic Stevens said. Photographer: David Moir/Bloombergrket resilience; and restructure of our Listings Compliance team to enhance the quality of market oversight,” ASX Chief Executive Officer Dominic Stevens said. Photographer: David Moir/Bloomberg

ASX 200 eases; James Hardie, Star drop

ANZ probing internet banking issues. RBA avoids ‘excessive fine-tuning’. James Hardie’s cloudy outlook weighs. Sonic flags weak earnings. TechOne, ALS gain. Telstra job cuts. Star falls on Hard Rock dismissal. 

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA: NewsWire Photos: MARCH 18 2024: A general view of the digital boards at the ASX in Sydney. Picture: NCA NewsWire/ Gaye Gerard

Mining, energy boost ASX 200

Index advances towards March closing record as gold, iron ore jump. Star jumps with Hard Rock consortium among suitors. Elders gains. Profit warning, analyst downgrades hit Michael Hill. Guidance boost for Nuix.

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA: NewsWire Photos: JANUARY 22 2024: A general view of the digital boards at the ASX in Sydney. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Gaye Gerard

ASX 200 has its best day in five months

Andrew Forrest’s Fortescue will be ‘doing the numbers’ on hydrogen plant: Incitec. Bourse jumps 1.7 per cent as jobs data adds to rate cut optimism. Aristocrat soars. Incitec, Fonterra rise. Namoi falls. 

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA: NewsWire Photos: MARCH 18 2024: A general view of the digital boards at the ASX in Sydney. Picture: NCA NewsWire/ Gaye Gerard

ASX 200 gains as BHP rises; SCA rejects ARN

SCA board rejects new ARN proposal. Wages growth slows. BHP insists Anglo bid ‘compelling’ after target’s split plans. Iress falls amid hack probe. AACo down as cattle prices dent profit. Mixed reaction to budget. 

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos, NOVEMBER 09 2021: A view of the Australian Stock Exchange in Sydney. Picture: NCA Newswire / Gaye Gerard

ASX 200 falls; Anglo to sell assets

Anglo American to divest or demerge assets, including Aussie coal mines, as rebuffs BHP takeover. Karoon Energy targets oil output lift. Inquiry head takes aim at Star reforms. ARN Media still chasing SCA. GUD jumps. 

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos,June 3, 2022: Generic imagery of the Australian Stock Exchange. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Jeremy Piper

ASX 200 erases losses to end flat

Fletcher drops 11 per cent on profit warning. Household spending growth slows: CBA. PwC restructures. Business conditions ease: NAB. Lendlease down as fights tax bill, sets investor day. ASIC probes ANZ bonds sale. 

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA: Newswire Photos- NOVEMBER 07 2023: A general view of the digital boards at the ASX in Sydney as the Reserve Bank meets today to discuss another rate rise. Photo by: NCA Newswire /Gaye Gerard

Energy stocks, banks lift ASX

ASX 200 up 1.6 per cent this week. UK exits recession. Financial stress at highest in 8 years: NAB. CBA shareholder class actions dismissed. Bonza administrators in talks with ‘interested parties’. Life360 drops. 

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA: NewsWire Photos: MARCH 18 2024: A general view of the digital boards at the ASX in Sydney. Picture: NCA NewsWire/ Gaye Gerard

ASX flatlines; Perpetual slammed

The market closed broadly flat, with seven of the 11 sectors in the black. Perpetual’s forgettable day after KKR deal triggers calls for chair to exit with outgoing CEO. Analyst downgrades hit Imdex. IPH bids for Adamantem-target Qantm.

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