Insights

Local unit hits three-week high on RBA call, stabilisation of global markets.

TPG Telecom's plan to connect an extra 500,000 apartments to its fibre to the basement network has hit a roadblock, but it also leaves the Coalition in a dilemma.

Group's H1 NPAT hit by one-off costs from restructure of financing arrangements, Redmond to transition CEO role to Bekier.

Big four accounting, clarifying commodity calls, and biotech risks.

Over 75 per cent miss out on the benefits a family council brings. It can make streamline succession, governance, financing and other tricky family business trip wires.

The Coalition's charge against SPCA workers could hand Bill Shorten a tremendous political advantage. An accord with workers could be just the ticket for Labor, but Shorten would need to bring unions to heel.

The week in clean energy saw Germany add momentum to the global trend of self-consumption levies for renewable power use, while wind players enjoyed new-found confidence.

What happens when the next generation is split into family factions? Having kids from multiple marriages can fragment a family business if legal safeguards are not in place.

For the small-scale renewable market, the STC spot price crept forward in busy trade while politics have weighed heavily on the the scheme's large-scale sibling, the LGC.

US stocks close broadly higher on bargain hunting, Microsoft management changes.

Bruce Billson's deregulation campaign is gaining ground in the tax commissioner's office. His efforts are made all the more important by approaching waves of unemployment.

A rush to safety reversed, while the Australian dollar's spike will boost investor confidence.

The Liberal Party is on a radical mission to re-define itself, for the first time in history, as a true party of small government, self-reliance and 'private virtue'… seemingly, no matter what the costs.

Macquarie Generation may not carry the price NSW is hoping for, while Bernie Brookes stamps out suggestions of a revised DJs pitch.

China's economy looks to have made a historic transformation, with the services sector finally snaring the single largest slice of GDP. Now it can no longer be seen as a single entity.

Former Treasurer Peter Costello takes the reins of the $96 billion Future Fund at a volatile time and may find the previous leadership a hard act to follow.