 Alex Dunnin Executive Director, Research & Compliance, Financial Standard (at time of writing)
ALEX DUNNIN | MONDAY, 11 APR 2016 Well that didn't take long. A month ago I'd never heard of 'block chain' yet articles on the topic now seem to be everywhere, and not just in technology publications. Read more ALEX DUNNIN | THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2016 On International Women's Day this year, Rainmaker released research showing that superannuation funds with a strategically significant proportion of women in their leadership teams slightly outperformed super funds without as much gender diversity in ... Read more ALEX DUNNIN | FRIDAY, 22 JAN 2016 The real lesson of the appallingly mishandled AFL Essendon Bombers drugs in sport scandal has nothing to do with sport, it's that we now know what the world thinks of Australia's weak regulatory regimes. Read more ALEX DUNNIN | SUNDAY, 6 DEC 2015 Here we go again. Business leaders, who know so much about how to educate children, are telling us that the secret weapon to reconfiguring Australia's economy and making us globally competitive in the 21st century is teaching every child how to &quo ... Read more ALEX DUNNIN | FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2015 I'm all for democratic expression, free speech and freedom of association but with 57 industry and professional associations all claiming some interest and right to speak publically about superannuation isn't it time to say "enough already" ... Read more ALEX DUNNIN | FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2015 It is over, we lost, low fees have won. Nothing else matters. Read more ALEX DUNNIN | FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2015 This fascination with Uber seems to know no end. For the business world to be so worried about a company that seems to only organise car rides there has to be something else going on. Read more ALEX DUNNIN | FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2015 You really have to marvel at the superannuation industry's ability to denigrate itself and frighten away its members. Read more ALEX DUNNIN | THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2015 There I was thinking that the fundamental purpose of superannuation was enabling Australians to build up their account balances so they might be able to retire with dignity and some income to supplement their age pension. But I was wrong. Read more ALEX DUNNIN | THURSDAY, 25 JUN 2015 If super fund trustees caught up in the frenzy over robo advice think these systems are going to be an easy way around financial advice regulation they better think again. Read more |
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