Malcolm Maiden

Punters dabble in risk as bond yields fall

Malcolm Maiden The NAB business survey for November shows why the Reserve Bank cut its cash rate.

Malcolm Maiden

US fracks its way to an energy revolution

Malcolm Maiden This column is about the broader implications of the fracking boom, and they are huge.

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Not quite the season to be jolly for GrainCorp

Malcolm Maiden An unexpectedly active lead-in to a Christmas break that is now only two working weeks away looks set to continue, with GrainCorp likely to confirm by the end of next week that US group Archer...

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The odd one out in Ten's gang of four

Malcolm Maiden Gina Rinehart has yet to decide on the Ten share offer. If she decides not to support it there would be obvious questions about her continued tenure on the board but she may see Ten as a distraction...

Malcolm Maiden

RBA faces challenges amid slowing trend

Malcolm Maiden There are various ways to slice and dice the economic growth numbers for the September quarter that came out on Wednesday, but they all confirm that the Reserve Bank has more work to do on the...

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Reserve Bank hasn't finished yet by a long shot

Malcolm Maiden RBA is attempting a baton-pass from slowing resources boom to rest of economy.

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Reserve's decision inevitable

Malcolm Maiden On the analysis of the economy the Reserve presents, there's a good chance rates will go even lower after the new year.

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Mining's new boom has pluses and minuses

Malcolm Maiden If concerns about fracking are overcome, the push for lower emissions will be more difficult.

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Big miners playing the cost curve

Malcolm Maiden When two big players face off, there's usually mutual respect, but there's intense rivalry too.

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Corporate world looks at making life fairer

Malcolm Maiden One of the things to remember as we consider what to do about the chronic under-representation of women in senior management in this country is that there are real forces massed against women in the...

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Shareholder activism in its infancy

Malcolm Maiden Uncertainty in the market about recent manoeuvring around Qantas and its share register reflects the embryonic nature of the shareholder activism asset management class in this country.

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Times of trouble, but cliff of doom a mirage

Malcolm Maiden Upon returning to Australia, I am convinced that the shale boom is a global game-changer, and that the fiscal cliff is a beat-up.

From postal clerk to chairman of the Post

Malcolm Maiden John Stanhope, the former chief financial officer of Telstra, has been named chairman of the federal government-owned Australia Post.

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Tragedy of human (not economic) proportions

Malcolm Maiden In purely economic terms, the hurricane that slammed into the US will be a storm in a teacup.

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A tale of two takeovers shows approach is key

Malcolm Maiden Two unsolicited foreign bids for two Australian companies, two starkly different outcomes.

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British restructure must work

Malcolm Maiden NAB boss says he is hanging on to the British franchise because alternatives are worse.

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White paper failed to tackle corruption issue

Malcolm Maiden The word that I would liked to have seen more in the Asian Century white paper is corruption.

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Agricultural assets fall prey to foreign hands

Malcolm Maiden It's difficult not to feel a sense of frustration as GrainCorp consider it's $2.7 billion takeover.

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Foreign ownership can be hard to digest

Malcolm Maiden It is difficult not to feel a sense of frustration as the company that dominates grain handling on the eastern seaboard, GrainCorp, considers its response to the $11.75 a share, $2.