Lachlan Colquhoun

Australia

ANZ Correspondent at CDOTrends

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More Aussie retail failures to impact Kiwi high streets

1 week ago | nbr.co.nz | Lachlan Colquhoun

More Aussie retail failures to impact Kiwi high streets Wittner and Jeanswest join the Noni B and Rivers brands in the hands of administrators. Jeanswest stores in New Zealand are expected to close by April 26. The New Zealand stores of two Australian retailers are set to close after the Jeanswest and Wittner fashion brands have both entered administration.
Star shares resume trading on ASX after near death experience

1 week ago | nbr.co.nz | Lachlan Colquhoun

Star shares resume trading on ASX after near death experience The company will emerge with new majority shareholders, with Bally's Corporation from the US in the driver's seat. Revenues at the flagship Sydney property have halved over the last decade.
Aspiring homeowners wooed by both sides in Aussie election

1 week ago | nbr.co.nz | Lachlan Colquhoun

ANALYSIS: Trailing in the polls, Opposition leader Peter Dutton has announced a radical plan for homebuyers to claim tax deductions on mortgage interest.
Taco Bell up for sale in Australia

1 week ago | nbr.co.nz | Lachlan Colquhoun

Taco Bell up for sale in Australia Operator Collins Foods will double down on the KFC brand while selling out of struggling Taco Bell. Australians 'no quieren' Taco Bell. Australian founded Mexican food chain Guzman y Gomez has had a victory over rival Taco Bell in Australia, with the US brand slated for sale or closure. ASX-listed Collins Foods, which operates 27 Taco Bell stores in Australia, has announced a strategic review which will see it exit the Want to read more?
Virgin float flies into Trump turbulence

1 week ago | nbr.co.nz | Lachlan Colquhoun

When executives from Bain Capital met with investors barely two weeks ago to discuss plans for the delayed float of airline Virgin Australia, they would have done so with some confidence. After two previous failed attempts for the IPO, all seemed set for the newly scheduled take-off. The airline had Want to read more? It's easy.
Is luck running out for the ‘Lucky Country’?

2 weeks ago | nbr.co.nz | Lachlan Colquhoun

ANALYSIS: Australians are working longer hours but the standard of living is falling and productivity is in the doldrums. There are no easy solutions to the productivity dilemma.
MediaWorks now 100% Aussie owned as Oaktree sells out

2 weeks ago | nbr.co.nz | Lachlan Colquhoun

MediaWorks now 100% Aussie owned as Oaktree sells out Digital outdoor advertiser QMS has acquired the 45% of MediaWorks it did not already own. MediaWorks chair Barclay Nettlefold and chief executive Wendy Palmer. MediaWorks is now 100% Australian owned after digital outdoor advertiser QMS acquired the minority stake in the company owned by US private equity firm Oaktree Capital Management.
Another A$35b wiped off ASX on tariff gloom

3 weeks ago | nbr.co.nz | Lachlan Colquhoun

Another A$35b wiped off ASX on tariff gloom Close to A$90b in value has been shed from Australia's stock market since Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ announcement. Oil and gas stocks were hardest hit on expectations of a supply glut. The US tariff announcement continued to hit stocks on the ASX today, with another A$35 billion ($38b) wiped off the market after losing about A$55b yesterday.
Scyne cuts Aussie headcount by 10% as Canberra cuts consultants

3 weeks ago | nbr.co.nz | Lachlan Colquhoun

Scyne cuts Aussie headcount by 10% as Canberra cuts consultants Created as a specialist firm to service the public sector, Scyne is hurting from the move to insourcing. Canberra has slashed spending on consultants in the wake of the 2023 PwC Australia conflict of interest scandal.
Relief for Aussie beef producers, but A$55b wiped off ASX

3 weeks ago | nbr.co.nz | Lachlan Colquhoun

Relief for Aussie beef producers, but A$55b wiped off ASX Australia's beef industry had feared 20% tariffs on its US$3.3b in annual exports, so was relieved with the 10% announcement. 70% of McDonalds hamburgers in the US are made with Australian beef. Donald Trump may have consumed a lot of Australian beef in his hamburgers but the US President still called out Australia’s US$3.3b ($5.7b) in annual beef exports in his “Liberation Day” tariff announcement.