Earnings season
Webjet CEO flags ‘challenging’ environment as Virgin cuts commissions
The online travel agency pioneer has been under a cloud of uncertainty over its leadership and ownership in recent months.
- Chris Zappone
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- Executive pay
The $35 million Macquarie man who out-earned his own CEO
Macquarie Bank chief Shemara Wikramanayake took home $26.5 million, but she wasn’t even the highest-paid executive at the company.
- Clancy Yeates
Westpac raises buffers for bad loans as it braces for slowdown
The banking giant is preparing for a softer economy and disruption from the energy crisis caused by the war in the Middle East.
- Clancy Yeates
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- ANZ Bank
‘This crisis is still at the beginning’: ANZ boss sends Iran war warning
As ANZ delivered a $3.8 billion profit, chief executive Nuno Matos has sounded a warning over the risks that would arise from a prolonged conflict in the Middle East.
- Clancy Yeates
Nine won’t ‘overpay’ for NRL rights, says CEO
Nine Entertainment grew earnings by 6 per cent in the December half, its first results since the sale of Domain Group.
- Calum Jaspan
- Opinion
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The profit season shock that no one saw coming
Only six months ago, analysts were pencilling in profits in 2026 would rise by a meagre 3 per cent. All that has now changed.
- Elizabeth Knight
- Opinion
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How this Aussie appliance-maker dodged Trump’s tariff bullet
Breville’s avoidance of the full hit from US duties is testament to its agility, and the consumer’s love of its coffee machines and other kitchen gadgets.
- Elizabeth Knight
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- Commonwealth Bank
CBA shares rocket as profit beats expectations
Investors in Australia’s biggest bank are cheering after the release of its half-year results.
- Clancy Yeates
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The good, the bad and the very ugly of profit season
It’s still early in the earnings season, but already we have two chief executive beheadings, while one of the big four banks has posted a stellar result.
- Elizabeth Knight
- Opinion
- Sharemarket
What AI bubble? Nvidia hits it out of the park
In one stroke, its chief executive Jensen Huang just delivered an earnings masterclass, gagged the legion of AI detractors and put some life back into global equity markets.
- Elizabeth Knight