Forewarned is forearmed: The quixotic challenge of today's equity marketsBY HUGH SELBY-SMITH | FRIDAY, 27 JUN 2025 1:39PM Like Don Ǫuixote, today's markets are driven by powerful narratives, and there is value in stepping back to examine what's actually hiding in plain sight.
 Uber's not after taxis, it's after financial servicesThis 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 ...  Don't leave Gen Y behind in super tax debateWhen attending superannuation industry forums as a media man there are a couple of moments I always enjoy - personal stories and practical examples. The Hayne Plane's super flightAvid readers would note Australia's superannuation system appears, on the surface, to be leaps and bounds ahead of our friends in the United States. Stop talking superannuation downYou really have to marvel at the superannuation industry's ability to denigrate itself and frighten away its members. Super's problem is too little choice. Really?There I was thinking that the fundamental purpose of superannuation was enabling Australians to build up their account balances so they might be able ... Your super robo is no RFZIf 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 ... Revenge is a dish best served coldLast week's Irish referendum for marriage equality may not seem to have much to do with superannuation, but in reality it has everything to do with it. Superannuation, we have a problemSuper funds, or rather their trustee boards have a problem: where to stash or productively invest the huge wads of cash pouring through their doors each ... Women-led companies better for investorsThe Australian government end last year released its first Gender Equality Scorecard and while the results are discouraging, a separate international ... Fear and hatred is what I want for ChristmasMany years ago when I started work as a country school teacher students would often moan about how they thought it was unfair that I expected them to ... |
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