Karen Maley
Financial Review
Australia
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Past articles by Karen:
Will the SVB collapse be a wake-up call for investors?
Yet again, a major central bank has been forced to intervene to prevent massive market mayhem. → Read More
The curious disconnect in Labor’s ranks
There’s a weird disconnect in Treasurer Jim Chalmers’ tough language and his free-spending first budget. → Read More
So how is the US economy going, really?
The bosses of the two largest US banks have delivered very different verdicts on the US economic outlook. → Read More
The US high-yield market starts to unravel
Highly geared companies are facing a sharp jump in borrowing costs as nervous investors shy away from risk. → Read More
Phil Lowe dials back the dovishness
It’s no Powell pivot, but RBA boss Phil Lowe has subtly changed the central bank’s message on rate rises. → Read More
Debelle’s departure a warning to Josh and Jim
Treasurer Josh Frydenberg and shadow treasurer Jim Chalmers are baying for a review of the RBA, but it’s not clear there’s anything wrong with the central bank. → Read More
Why US inflation will probably follow meme stocks lower
With US stimulus payments at an end, far fewer amateur investors will be piling into the sharemarket. → Read More
Is it safe to venture back into the Chinese market?
Last week’s brutal slide in the country’s tech and education stocks has caused a rift among fund managers. → Read More
Why industry super funds have a love affair with infrastructure
Why are the country’s giant industry super funds so eager to acquire the pandemic-struck Sydney Airport? → Read More
Reserve Bank makes slow and steady exodus from monetary stimulus
There’ll be no abrupt changes in direction that could easily startle investors, businesses and households. → Read More
Faith in the Fed fuels inexorable surge in US shares
Market sentiment proved remarkably resilient in the face of a sharp climb in long-term interest rates. → Read More
Bankers less glum about small business losses
Bankers warn the real test will come when small firms are due to resume loan repayments. → Read More
Commonwealth Bank plays disrupter
CBA is making incursions into business banking, long the stronghold of Melbourne-based National Australia Bank. → Read More
Sydney's never-ending Hong Kong fantasy
Even if obvious impediments were somehow overcome, the idea of Sydney becoming a new Hong Kong is inherently flawed. → Read More
What's behind Lyn Cobley's retirement decision
The imminent release of two reports into the Westpac AML scandal may have influenced the timing of her departure. → Read More
Can property markets withstand the virus?
The RBA warns of risks lurking in the residential property market as rising unemployment triggers a rise in people falling behind on their home loan repayments → Read More
Investors reel as banks suspend dividends
Bank shareholders have given up any hope of receiving an interim dividend from ANZ, Westpac and NAB, but they're hopeful that Macquarie and Commonwealth Bank may still deliver. → Read More
Share market plunge to keep boomers working for longer
The sudden disappearance of a large chunk of their retirement nest-egg is likely to change boomers' behaviour. → Read More
How the RBA learnt from the mistakes of other central banks
RBA boss Phil Lowe and his senior lieutenants have had years to learn from the mistakes make by other central banks. They put these lessons to good use last week. → Read More
Josh Frydenberg faces the fight of his life
The Treasurer has conscripted top officials of the RBA, big banks and power companies to work out plans to shield hundreds of thousands of businesses from bankruptcy. → Read More