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Follow the leader
| Damon Frith
Some of Australia’s best-known chief executives share their insights into what makes a good leader.
Mix and match
| Jonathan Shapiro
Hybrid securities - part equity, part debt - may confuse investors.
Malaysia opens up
| David JamesKuala Lumpur’s hopes for economic development will require huge social and financial shifts.
Opportunity stocks
| Damon Frith
Looking for long-term value in the sharemarket seems quaint but it is possible.
Ominous signs behind banks’ big profits
| Anthony Sibillin
While banks booked super-profits in the first half, the second half may not be so rosy.
Rate rises hit satisfaction
| Anthony Sibillin
Business satisfaction with the major banks fell for a second consecutive month in December.
Innovation cures domestic paralysis
| Damon Frith
Frith | Foreign markets look attractive to companies that run out of domestic growth opportunities, but companies need to offer something unique to meet success overseas.
Mining sets the pace
| David JamesThe mining boom is contributing to the Australian dollar’s ascendancy, affecting the property market and banks.
National Australia Bank
| andrew heathcoteMove over, banking peers, because National Australia Bank is successfully adding to its share of the mortgage lending market.
Tight as a drum
| Anthony Sibillin
Basel 111 is soon going to make it harder than ever for small businesses to borrow money from the big banks.
No map for ANZ’s OnePath
| Neil shoebridge
Shoebridge | Executives from Australia and New Zealand Banking Group were clearly pleased with themselves when they revealed OnePath, the new name for their wealth management businesses, last week.
Bigger the better
| David James
Meet the top 10 large-cap stocks that should provide some security in these volatile times.
Banks on shifting sands
| Anthony Sibillin
Australia’s big banks are proud and haughty after emerging from the global financial crisis in profit.
Starve small clients, strangle recovery
| Anthony Sibillin
There’s plenty of cash about for home buyers, but small businesses face a credit shortage.
Winners take all
| Anthony Sibillin
Australia’s big four banks operate a comfortable oligarchy, but can they handle the cut-throat competition?