Insights

Local market finishes quarter 0.8% higher than December's close

Groups sign merger implementation agreement for cash offer, set to close in June.

Lender raises $1.61bn of additional Tier 1 capital on completion of offer.

The costs of climate change are already mounting, the experts are advising, and the time to adapt is now.

Managing rising levels of housing credit with weak business credit remains a tricky balancing act for the Reserve Bank, but it can only wait so long before taking action.

Seven Group Holdings' move for Nexus Energy is more than an opportunistic portfolio investment, and could signal a flurry of acquisitions looming on the horizon.

In trying to cover off on all possibilities, the latest report from the IPCC summarising impacts from climate change is likely to leave politicians and the media confused as to what's in store if we fail to act.

Household spending in the US is on track to rebound after a bout of bad weather, but the Federal Reserve's preferred measure of inflation suggests the economy is not out of the woods yet.

Some investors are becoming spooked as recent tech company hype stokes memories of the dot-com boom and bust.

Regulating potent methane emissions from wells and landfill on public lands is a good start but the administration faces hurdles when it comes to private land.

Toy distributor declines to pay interim dividend as writedowns weigh on profit.

Tesla has passed the safety test but a software update to increase default ground clearance and a new underbody shield will bring the fire risk to almost zero.

Telco pursuing pilot fibre-to-the-node rollout, may lead to more NBN work.

Group to make announcement on services deal with Singapore Power.

Many businesses quickly fill their data centres to capacity due to common pitfalls in measuring the amount of space and power needed.

Local market pushes higher in early trade following upbeat Wall Street leads.