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TOM RICHARDSON: Private credit investors have enjoyed a golden run, but regulators are calling and the risks in a downturn are much higher than most investors realise.

Takeover target Santos has revealed it had expressed concerns about delays in finalising a deal before its suitors eventually pulled the plug just days before an offer was due on the table.

Abu Dhabi National Oil Co has walked away from a proposed $30 billion offer for natural gas producer Santos, saying a ‘combination of factors’ discouraged it from making a final bid.

Super Retail Group has sensationally dumped its chief executive after new information about a relationship he had with a co-worker came to light.

The milestone comes a little over 20 years after Google’s market debut and 10 years after the creation of Alphabet.

Economists say Australian property prices are set to surge once again over the coming years, with a number of factors creating a perfect storm in the housing market.

Jayne Hrdlicka has earned an eye-watering payday after leading the airline from a pandemic wipe-out to a profitable share market listing.

EXCLUSIVE: Forty-eight of Australia’s top investors were involved in Rodney Forrest’s stock-picking competition when he illegally bought $2.6 million worth of shares in Platinum Asset Management.

With about 5000 jobs already cut by ANZ and National Australia Bank this week, the union said Bendigo was slashing 145 jobs from its technology division while eliminating another 13 in mortgage help.

The CEO of Melbourne biotech 4DMedical gambled his home on lung imaging, but just won big as shares raced 380 per cent higher in just over a week.

BHP will pay $110 million to aggrieved Australian investors who bought shares in the Big Australian just before the deadly Samarco dam collapse in Brazil.

Australia’s two biggest supermarket chains — Woolworths and Coles — face combined costs of as much as $780 million following years of underpayments to staff.

Germany’s growing appetite for fried chicken is boosting sales at Collins Foods, Australia’s biggest KFC operator, sending its share price sharply higher.

Wesfarmers’ boss has singled out one State for a ‘disproportionate’ amount of theft by organised crime gangs and has blamed its ‘very draconian lockdown’ for leaving ‘mental and economic scars’.