Insights

NAB's chief executive discusses the company's plans to exit the UK and gives his views on what impact the Financial System Inquiry might have on the bank's capital holdings.

A decision by the trustees of ANU's superannuation fund to divest resources holdings could result in members taking legal action.

The US economy continues to grow at a healthy pace, but renewed strength in the US dollar poses a risk.

Wall Street rose on strong corporate earnings and positive GDP data, while European markets edged up and oil prices slid.

GST is back on the agenda and Clive Palmer is voting for a policy he totally opposed a couple of months ago. More fool us for thinking they might stick to their promises.

AMP lands a significant stake in China's largest pension firm, while NAB looks to shed its troubled British operations.

Despite calls for macro-prudential policies to cool the property market, recent signals show regulators are more likely to take modest steps within the existing framework.

Insurance Australia Group is on the way up, while Pacific Brands faces challenges due to the falling Australian dollar.

The new CEO has much to do beyond offloading the UK operations in getting the bank back on track.

Communications minister Malcolm Turnbull has introduced draft laws requiring telecommunications companies to keep metadata for two years. So just what does it mean for Australian citizens?

A theory on why Medibank's share price could double in five years, Glenn Stevens is not the RBA's longest speaker and some hilarious examples of Australia's red tape problem.

While analysts focus on the NAB's UK situation, buried in the NAB profit announcements are a number of serious Australian problems.

Bitcoin will remain reasonably popular with investors in China, but regulators have ensured that its growth will be stunted.

Student protesters in Hong Kong are gaining a political education that will prepare them to be future leaders of the island.

There are some important changes and improvements in the detail of the deal struck between the Government, PUP and Xenophon beyond what's been covered in the newspaper headlines.

The increasingly large sum of money needed to keep rural areas connected to the grid means it already makes sense to go with solar plus batteries in many of these locations.