Ian Verrender
Caliburn partners are reading the tea leaves
Ian Verrender Unless you have been hiding under a very large rock for the past year and a half, you no doubt would have gathered the impression that the Australian economy is a shining beacon in an otherwise very...
Too many are riding the top-200 merry-go-round
Ian Verrender There is a major flaw in the legal framework that has been designed to protect shareholders.
Wanna buy a power plant, or maybe a tunnel?
Ian Verrender We Australians appear to be turning into a nation of contrarians when it comes to economics and business.
The politics of delay: it's about the wrong number
Ian Verrender The longer the NBN buy takes, the more money Telstra makes. But don't forget the Senate numbers.
The Aussie and the krona make the world go round
Ian Verrender A major realignment in world currencies is under way for the medium to longer term.
Aussie dollar turns into Popeye of the Pacific
Ian Verrender Here's a bit of trivia for you. What do Sweden and Australia have in common?
Major airlines may be having an identity crisis
Ian Verrender No one doubts John Borghetti's pedigree, but can the new chief of Virgin Blue really shake up the market?
Show us the money: super should be stunning, not stunted
Ian Verrender Ever opened up your superannuation statement and wondered how on earth, after all these years, there's so little cash there? A long time ago, about 10 years after the first compulsory scheme was...
Government and Telstra caught in a staring contest
Ian Verrender There was an audible ''click'' this week as Stephen Conroy fired off yet another empty chamber and, with a smirk, handed the pistol back to David Thodey.
Funds unite against Cooper in super battle
Ian Verrender The superannuation review panel chairman's push for lower-cost options has met surprising hostility.
Right place, right time for Snowball's chances
Ian Verrender A great many skills are involved in running a financial institution.
AMP mulls $4b ANZ deal
Michael West and Ian Verrender AMP is considering a deal that would deliver ANZ a controlling stake, in return for the bank's ING wealth management business.
Toll operator delivers, but rough roads lie ahead
Ian Verrender How hard can it be to run a company? If that company is Transurban, it could be about to get complicated.
Dirty money: bailing out the banks and power utilities
Ian Verrender It was Al Pacino in his memorable role of Tony Montana in the cinema classic Scarface who came up with the immortal line: ''First you get the money, then you get the power.''
Tractors and television: a merger made in heaven
Ian Verrender There's method in the madness of Seven Network boss Kerry Stokes' surprise corporate manoeuvre.
Earnings under a cloud
Ian Verrender Many companies are beating expectations not because of improved sales, but through cost-cutting, and that is not sustainable.
Capitalism's alive and kicking, thanks to deadly sin No. 2
Ian Verrender The Catholic Church may rank greed No. 2 among the seven deadly sins but for many economists it is not an evil at all.
Mighty double act built on perfect timing
Ian Verrender Marius Kloppers and Ralph Norris did the double act yesterday.
ACCC holds the cards in AXA Asia Pacific play
Ian Verrender Ironically, AMP may hope the ACCC finds fault with its bid, as that could foretell an even worse finding for NAB.
Packer may be ready to cash in his chips
Ian Verrender Is James Packer about to walk away from the stress of running a public company?
