Insights

On their first day of trading on the ASX, shares in Genworth Australia gained 11%.

Treasury Wine Estates' rejection of a takeover offer from private equity group Kohlberg Kravis Roberts should give the market confidence in the struggling company's potential upside.

India's next Prime Minister is set to open up brave new opportunities for cross-border investment in infrastructure, education, healthcare and sports.

The big banks have lent $19 billion to coal and gas projects since 2008 while the fossil fuel divestment campaign has cost them $200 million in deposits since last year.

In Australia and elsewhere, trade investigations have the potential to damage downstream developers as disputes lag PV market dynamics.

Maker of Penfolds declines Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co offer of $4.70 per share.

The popularity of games like Angry Birds and Candy Crush Saga has led to a fundamental flaw in the strategic thinking around corporate apps.

There is reason to be sceptical about China's talk of tackling pollution, which includes its latest target: tripling installed solar capacity to 70 gigawatts by 2017.

The likes of WhatsApp and WeChat are shaking things up and real-time, digital communication could become more important than the internet itself.

Australian property owners are dangerously uninformed about what their own home is worth, and it feeds into their decision-making. While plenty of data takes a birds-eye view, local factors tend to distort value estimations.

As Alibaba gears up for what could be the world's biggest tech IPO, retail isn't the only thing on its mind. Online finance could be a massive money spinner for the company.

US stocks move higher over signs of rising M&A activity despite a major pharmaceutical merger again being spurned by the target.

For the G20 to play any role in economic development, member nations must embrace policies that promote fair and inclusive growth. Australia's budget will achieve neither outcome.

The plummeting iron ore price will continue to put pressure on the likes of BHP and Rio Tinto for the next few years. But there is light at the end of the tunnel.

The fall in the iron ore price took some of the wind out of the Australian dollar's sails, while tech stocks drove the Nasdaq higher.

China's bulging foreign exchange reserves have become a headache to manage for the central bank. Poor returns on its US reserves should encourage Beijing to chase higher-yield assets in Australia.