Adele Ferguson

Spotlight on super transparency

Adele Ferguson Transparency is a big issue in a big industry.

Investors fume over toothless watchdog

Adele Ferguson Almost three-quarters of Australian retail investors have lost faith in the corporate regulator, our newest Investor Pulse survey reveals.

ATO takes aim at the murky side

Stuart Washington and Adele Ferguson Investigators are focusing on foreign multinationals as the Tax Office unravels a series of minimisation strategies.

Taxman declares war on top end of town

Adele Ferguson and Stuart Washington The ATO is about to reap tens of billions of dollars.

Insolvency industry must change

Adele Ferguson Group of victims of unscrupulous practitioners soliciting support to run multi-million dollar class action against corporate regulator ASIC.

Big banks too powerful: investors

Adele Ferguson Most investors oppose NAB taking over AXA Asia Pacific as the banks are seen as too powerful, our Investor Pulse survey reveals.

Diluted dividend payouts irk investors

Adele Ferguson Profits came in better than expected in the latest earnings season, but investors are highly critical of companies that didn't provide guidance.

Earnings: Investors pounce on signs of weakness

Adele Ferguson Profits came in better than expected in the latest earnings season, but investors are highly critical of companies that didn't provide guidance.

Investors pounce on signs of weakness

Adele Ferguson Profits came in better than expected in the latest earnings season, but investors are highly critical of companies that didn't provide guidance.

NAB cools talks on PIS play

Adele Ferguson With the competition regulator days away from delivering its verdict on NAB's takeover offer for AXA, the bank has temporarily suspended talks with the country's second-biggest financial planning...

An email lets cat out of the bag on dealer kickbacks as NAB sweats over takeover

Adele Ferguson As the competition regulator prepares to deliver its verdict on NAB's takeover offer for AXA, the bank is understood to have suspended talks with the country's second biggest financial planning...

Fees on super funds could soar to $8.2bn

Adele Ferguson Australians could be paying $8.2b in super commissions a year, triple what they pay now, if the Rudd government fails to stamp out the many hidden commissions.

Arrow move a direct hit on gas stocks

Adele Ferguson The takeover of Arrow's Australian assets has put the spotlight back on the coal seam gas sector and confirmed that China has an appetite for gas.

QBE needs to make its mark

Adele Ferguson The earthquake that hit Chile at the weekend and put nearly a quarter of the world on tsunami alert is a chilling reminder that investing in insurance companies is high risk.

Trillions in risk lies under shell

Adele Ferguson Reserve Bank governor Glenn Stevens' suggestion that banks pay more attention to liquidity and increase the capital on their balance sheets is the boldest warning yet that they should pull their...

Making sure pills go down, and money flows

Adele Ferguson and Eric Johnston Drug companies spend big money pushing their products. Adele Ferguson and Eric Johnston report.

Lend Lease dodges ratings downgrade

Adele Ferguson Lend Lease's $800m-plus equity raising gets a tick from a credit ratings agency, avoiding an unsightly downgrade.

Investors hang up on Telstra

Adele Ferguson In the latest Investor Pulse survey, investors blame Telstra’s poor performance on a series of bad management decisions, a monopoly mentality and delays in negotiating a deal over the NBN.