Insights

As resource industries start to feel the pinch of lower prices, a lower dollar softens the blow ... especially for the best companies.

Car dealer AHE is a standout while predators will return to both Ten Network and Treasury Wines.

Converting an SMSF to pension phase, buying a car and working out tax deductions.

Wondering what to do with your super at retirement? Look harder at the pension option.

The majority of very wealthy investors prefer to directly invest in companies ... sidestepping the private equity bandwagon.

In the first of our series on LICs, we profile a global fund that looks for deep discounts.

Adviser fees, Bailador and Collected Wisdom.

Australia sorely needs a resilient and affordable energy supply system, but there's precious little guidance to be found from the government.

Sluggish wage growth will persist for at least another couple of years, and the ongoing weakness will have a significant impact on the economy.

Sales momentum is picking up, but the big issue with online sales is that global competition drives down profit margins. Bernie Brookes has his work cut out.

More women are taking up board positions across the family business sector, and Australia's corporate sector should be taking notice.

Post mid-terms, a lot of speculation is saying America's climate efforts are stalled. But the election doesn't radically change the landscape for what the US can deliver next year in international negotiations.

Real estate agents that promote properties to self-managed superannuation funds should be treated as if they're in the business of offering financial services.

Farming may enjoy an initial windfall from the Emissions Reduction Fund, but industry's high emitters are set to supply the bulk - about 80% - of all abatement into the scheme by 2020.

America's leaders have long hoped that a vibrant and wealthy Chinese middle class will foment change in China, but so far the country's preference for authoritarian capitalism has endured.

Energy efficiency is, unsurprisingly, one of the few climate change related topics the G20 will consider at its Brisbane Summit. Australia should focus on progressing past appliance standards to installation measures.