Alan Robert Kohler is an Australian financial journalist, television personality, and former newspaper editor. He is known for presenting the finance segment on the news on ABC Television, and as the founder of ''The Constant Investor'', a former online subscription service for investors.

Career

Kohler was born around 1951/1952 and in 1969, began his career as a cadet journalist at ''

The Australian ''The Australian'', with its Saturday edition ''The Weekend Australian'', is a broadsheet daily newspaper published by News Corp Australia since 14 July 1964. As the only Australian daily newspaper distributed nationally, its readership of b ...

''. He has been a columnist for Chanticleer in ''

The Australian Financial Review The ''Australian Financial Review'' (''AFR'') is an Australian compact daily newspaper with a focus on business, politics and economic affairs. The newspaper is based in Sydney, New South Wales, and has been published continuously since its foun ...

'' and served as its editor between 1985 and 1988. He was editor of ''

The Age ''The Age'' is a daily newspaper in Melbourne, Australia, that has been published since 1854. Owned and published by Nine Entertainment, ''The Age'' primarily serves Victoria (Australia), Victoria, but copies also sell in Tasmania, the Austral ...

'' from 1992 to 1995. Kohler was chief executive and a major shareholder of Australian Independent Business Media Pty Ltd, which published the online investment newsletter ''Eureka Report'' and the free, 24-hour business news and commentary website '' Business Spectator'' since 2007. AIBM was sold for $30m in 2012 to

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; Kohler remained as editor-in-chief. Alan Kohler appeared on ABC Television's '' Inside Business'' from 2002 to 2013 and continues to appear on ''ABC News''. He was chairman of

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between 2008 and 2012. He usually ends every finance report with the phrase, "And that's finance."

''The Constant Investor''

In July 2016, following the sale of Eureka Report, Kohler started ''The Constant Investor—''a new subscription model for investors and finance-related clients. In November 2018, Kohler sold ''The Constant Investor'' to InvestSMART Group Limited with the agreement to merge the business with InvestSMART's ''Eureka Report''. In December 2018, he joined InvestSMART Group Limited as the group’s editor-in-chief. ''The Constant Investor'' website was closed down in August 2019, with all new and old content from ''The Constant Investor'' made available within the ''Eureka Report'' website.

Recognition and honours

Kohler became a

Member of the Order of Australia The Order of Australia is an Australian honours and awards system, Australian honour that recognises Australian citizens and other persons for outstanding achievement and service. It was established on 14 February 1975 by Elizabeth II, Monarch ...

in the general division (AM) on Australia Day honours 2019, for his “significant service to the print and broadcast media as an editor, journalist and finance commentator”.

Personal life

Kohler is married to journalist and author Deborah Forster. They have three children, amongst them Nine News finance editor Chris Kohler. , Kohler's son Chris is a business, finance, and property reporter with ''Nine News''.

Bibliography

*''Making Money: Alan Kohler's guide for the independent investor'' (2005) *''The Constant Investor: A quarterly update of insights and reflections'' (2017) *''It's Your Money: How banking went rogue, where it is now and how to protect and grow your money'' (2019) * ''InvestSMART Editor in Chief'' (2018–present) * ''The Great Divide: Australia's Housing Mess and How to Fix It'' (2024)

References

External links

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