Cash in the bank? You’re likely to be losing money

Cash in the bank? You’re likely to be losing money

Savings account interest rates are falling well short of resurgent inflation. There are better rates available,so it pays to shop around for the best deals.

  • byJohn Collett

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Magellan’s Hamish Douglass on the fight of his career as markets turn against him

Magellan’s Hamish Douglass on the fight of his career as markets turn against him

Hamish Douglass lost his billionaire status this year,as investors punished his funds management business Magellan for underperforming the market. Can the man who likes to fast for 16 hours every day turn it around?

  • byAnne Hyland
Withdrawal of defamation action a win for the ABC,not Christian Porter
Opinion
Defamation

Withdrawal of defamation action a win for the ABC,not Christian Porter

The broadcaster did not have to apologise or retract the controversial article,but there are still lessons for it to learn from the defamation action.

  • byMargaret Simons
False prophets and snake oil will fail coal communities
Opinion
Energy

False prophets and snake oil will fail coal communities

The likes of Joel Fitzgibbon will tell voters that coal can have a bright future. It can’t,but the people who’ve relied on it can.

  • byPatrick Suckling
Woman allegedly defrauded Macquarie Bank of $1.1 million in loans,insurance

Woman allegedly defrauded Macquarie Bank of $1.1 million in loans,insurance

Queensland resident Charleen Henegan,58,is accused of committing the offences through a Brisbane car yard business.

  • byToby Crockford
Fallen Eagle in fight to keep Cottesloe home,accused of rorting millions

Fallen Eagle in fight to keep Cottesloe home,accused of rorting millions

Former West Coast player Andrew Donnelly looks set to lose his multi-million-dollar beachside house as he faces multiple lawsuits over the running of his once insurance-broking empire.

  • byAja Styles
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Original thinker changed face of investment banking in Australia

Original thinker changed face of investment banking in Australia

John Caldon achieved much between a childhood in Yorkshire and becoming co-founder of Macquarie Bank.

  • byAdam Geha
Inside job:Rio’s appointment reveals board's tin ear
Opinion
Mining

Inside job:Rio’s appointment reveals board's tin ear

Rio Tinto’s decision to appoint an insider based in London as its new leader epitomises a board not listening to shareholders,politicians and Indigenous groups.

  • byAdele Ferguson
Macquarie,CBA face fresh money laundering scrutiny after data leak

Macquarie,CBA face fresh money laundering scrutiny after data leak

A leak of secret bank data shows that more than $230 million of possibly dirty money flowed through the two Australian banks.

  • bySarah Danckert
Data analytics startup Nuix brings in new recruit

Data analytics startup Nuix brings in new recruit

Macquarie Group-owned data analytics startup Nuix has hired former NSA deputy director as an advisor,as it plots a path to a potential IPO on the ASX.

  • byCara Waters
AFL to seek $500m plus loan during unprecedented crisis

AFL to seek $500m plus loan during unprecedented crisis

The bank loan that the AFL is seeking to secure the game's future as the coronavirus takes a stranglehold on the 2020 season is expected to exceed half a billion dollars.

  • byJake Niall