Insights

The advice scandals at CBA and Macquarie may be costly ... but they highlight how consumers must seek out advice in future.

We've had the correction we deserved … and the outlook for stocks is now favourable.

Unlisted non-residential property is offering yields of 8% and higher.

The big banks are enjoying solid profitability but dividend growth is outpacing income as the "chase for yield" has a price.

Market sentiment, the Medibank Private IPO and Ridley.

Any planned tie-up between the two TV networks will attract plenty of viewing interest, and the ACCC's Rod Sims will make sure he's in the front row.

Coal power station Redbank won't be just mothballed, it will be dismantled and sold for its parts. Yet the plant is relatively new, commissioned in 2001. Could the similar sized Anglesea coal power station, built in 1969, be next?

The G20 is ill-equipped to deal with the challenges posed by disruptions to the global order. The upcoming meeting will come to symbolise the death throes of 20th century capitalism.

Foreign policy under Xi Jinping has shifted from passive diplomacy and international cooperation to a more hard-line stance.

High speed rail projects have not only become a way for Beijing to buoy the industrial sector, they have also become a geopolitical tool.

Organised cybercrime gangs have Australian family businesses firmly in their sights. Putting proper security measures in place is a must.

The odds are firming that the National Electricity Market will smash previous records with an unprecedented rise in our electricity sector carbon emissions, by around 9% this financial year.

Wind alone reduced wholesale electricity prices 5-8% over 2011-13. Any reduction in the RET will see households and small businesses, not big energy users, wear the reversal of this wholesale price effect.

The latest $2.3bn quarterly earnings result shows the bank is sailing along nicely.

Two years after Hyundai and Kia admitted they overstated their average fuel economy, the Korean carmakers have been fined $100m.

Our telcos are struggling with change as their traditional profit centres stagnate and that has grave implications for Australian businesses.