Finance
Mortgage nation
Australia has one of the most concentrated banking systems in the developed world, and we owe more to the ‘Big 4’ banks than ever, including those about to retire. Harry Chemay with the analysis. A lot has […]
Property
Home prices stall
The increase Australian home values in November has slowed to a snails pace with economists saying buyers are holding out for an interest rate cut in 2025 CoreLogic’s national Home Value Index (HVI) increased by […]
China
Shanghai on show in Sydney
The Invest Shanghai Global Roadshow reveals that China’s financial capital has a great deal more to offer investors than just finance Three of Shanghai’s premiere districts were on show at a trade promotion event in […]
Automotive
Life in the F1 fast lane
China’s first Formula One driver Zhou Guanyu may have lost his ride with Kick Sauber for 2025 but he is currently in negotiations with other teams to sign up as a reserve driver, having recently […]
Economy
Solid economic data drives shares
Global share markets mostly rose over the last week. US shares rose 0.9% on the back of solid economic data and a mixed but okay start to earnings reporting season. Eurozone shares rose 0.2% with the […]
Culture
Behind the mask of a Chinese dance spectacular
New York Times investigation finds, behind the pageantry of Shen Yun, a culture of abuse and persecution of its performers They began appearing about two decades ago, often around the holidays, and often at high-end […]
Comment
Global public debt is worse than it looks
Global public debt is very high. It is expected to exceed $100 trillion, or about 93 percent of global gross domestic product by the end of this year and will approach 100 percent of GDP […]
Business
Andy Schmulow: a bulldog who won’t rest
With ex-partners suing them, the parliament grilling them, the government firing them, the Australian Federal Police investigating them and the media lambasting them, the tax scandal ridden PwC clearly doesn’t have much to worry about. […]
Property
Three million additional strata units offer part of the solution to housing crisis
New analysis has identified the potential to build more than three million additional strata units over almost 1.3 million sites across Australia’s capital cities, providing one potential solution to Australia’s growing housing crisis. Of those units […]
Property
What is going on with property investors?
CoreLogic’s Head of Research, Eliza Owen explores the dynamics of property investor activity There are two main narratives about Australian housing investment in 2024 that seem to contradict each other. One is that investors are […]
China
China’s big stimulus
A move towards more aggressive fiscal policy stimulus and property support measures should help drive a mild cyclical upswing in China’s economy. However, it’s doubtful it will be enough to reverse longer term structural problems […]
Opinion
India-China relations far from black and white
Should Australia’s leaders be reading far more closely the implications for broader Asia that arise from the China-India border dispute détente? Marcus Reubenstein with his opinion on the coooling of relations between the world’s two […]
Automotive
MG makes history in Australia
The MG 4 has made its mark in Australian automotive history by becoming the first electric vehicle (EV) to outsell Tesla in a single month In October 2024, MG delivered 1,486 units of its compact […]
Opinion
Trump effect on Australia
What will Trump 2.0 mean for Australia? What will China do? But there are two similar questions to ask: what should and what will Trump mean for Australia and our region? Michael Pascoe with his answers. The short answer to the […]
Economy
Asia’s economies should pivot to services
Manufacturing has been the engine of growth in Asia, but a transition to modern, tradable services could be new source of growth and productivity The Asia-Pacific region prospered by becoming the source of more than […]