Insights

Super funds invest hundreds of billions of dollars in Australian firms, make a handsome profit, and then return dividends to fund owners. So how can a third of retirees be living below the '60 per cent poverty line'?

With local players scrambling to counter the threat of subscription video king Netflix, what makes Nine Entertainment and Fairfax Media think StreamCo can find success?

Forget user metrics or Amazon's gaming ambitions. This company gets digital.

In the latest reporting season, companies are giving back to their shareholders in different ways. But, if you had a choice, you'd take a buyback any day … here's why.

Among other things, the latest results show the golden days for the banks are over, and there's a warning on listed property trusts.

Superannuation and the assets test, living overseas and capital gains, the tax benefits of buybacks, and more.

The end could be nigh for self-managed super fund property gearing strategies.

The bears are in hibernation, rates are low, there's lots of cash on the sidelines, and volatility will rise. They're all signs that this market should outperform.

An Australian dairy farm fund could be the cream on the investment cake for some of the world's super wealthy.

The results are in, effectively, and these blue-chip and small cap companies have the highest yields.

The Vertigan Committee's review puts hard figures to the far inferior net benefit of FTTP compared to a multi-technology mix. In the process, it demolishes Conroy's argument that future NBN benefits are unmeasurable.

Family businesses of the future will look very different to today's organisations. New opportunities will arise in a range of sectors, while ownership teams will be transformed.

Construction activity has taken a major hit from the decline in mining investment, but a lack of public sector spending is also increasingly weighing on the sector.

As more details about the renewables review leak out, it seems the Australian Industry Group's renewed called for electricity bipartisanship will fall flat. With everyone stuck in their positions, Australia is stumbling towards the worst of all systems.

A warning for sophisticated investors, Tracking ETFs' performance, Behind ToxFree's results, and Investing in the UK.

Murray Goulburn's capital raising will allow it to aggressively expand and capitalise on growth in the Asian market, while offering farmer suppliers higher farmgate prices for their milk.